Drug chains can be reinvented as beauty destinations
By Jacqueline Flam, senior vice president of beauty, drug and OTC for NielsenIQ
CDR
NACDS Annual 2025: Leadership shows pharmacies’ commitment to health care innovation and advocacy for policy reform
Retailer-supplier collaboration positioned as central to NACDS' value.
Don't wait for perfection, but 'always fail forward'
By Dave Wendland, vice president of strategic relations and a member of the HRG owner group
Pharmacy must wake up to digital disruption
By Todd Huseby, partner at Kearney, a global management consulting firm, and leads its Consumer Healthcare practice
AI promises efficiency and personalization for shoppers
By Andrea Leigh, founder and chief executive officer of the Allume Group
Grocers are poised to be at health care's forefront
By Lari Harding, senior vice president of industry affairs and strategic partnerships at Inmar Intelligence
New strategies for chain drug retailers and suppliers
Brian Owens, managing director of strategy and insights at BAV Group.
WBA sends a message: Adapt or risk obsolescence
By Darpan Seth, chief executive officer of Nextuple, an omnichannel order management advisory and software firm
NACDS Annual 2025: Opening Celebration kicks things off with Rob Thomas in concert
Opening Celebration event gave attendees a chance to meet up with new and existing business partners while enjoying a grand assortment of cuisine prepared throughout the evening as well as great live entertainment.
AI can elevate independents’ inventory management
Das Pattathil, chief executive officer of OnePint.ai
Some alternatives to TV ads for pharmaceuticals
By Bradley Keefer, chief revenue officer at Keen Decision Systems
Technology can enhance shopping and customize care
By Deborah Weinswig, founder and chief executive officer of Coresight Research
Digital out-of-home ads are a smart bet for pharma
By David Weinfeld, cofounder and chief executive officer of Screenverse
AI: Invaluable tool or unintended hindrance to care?
By Grace Mahas and Jonathon Brown, director of content and chief growth officer, respectively, at Trend Hunter
Whitman has been the heart and soul of NACDS
David Pinto writes that his longtime friend Jim Whitman can never be replaced once he retires from NACDS. "It’s not just what he did, how often he did it, or how effectively he did it. Rather, it has been the unfailing presence of the man himself."
Bruce Kneeland gears up for 12th Rx road trip
According to Kneeland, this trip, like all the previous ones will allow him to visit the carefully selected pharmacies and interview the owners or senior managers.