Walmart has promoted Duncan Mac Naughton to chief merchandising officer for its U.S. stores. The discount store giant said Friday that the move is effective immediately. Mac Naughton, who was executive vice president of merchandising for Walmart U.S.
Italo Pennella has been named as the new vice president of pharmacy at ECRM.
The Canadian pharmacy community was caught off-guard by the resignation of Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. president and chief executive officer Jürgen Schreiber.
Drugstore.com and its sister site Beauty.com have launched a virtual store on social media portal Facebook. Social commerce solution provider Adgregate Markets, whose ShopFans technology powers the drugstore.com Facebook store, said Thursday that drugstore.
Keith Nielsen, president of food and drug retailer Jewel-Osco, plans to retire at the end of the company’s fiscal year next month. The Supervalu Inc. chain said Thursday that Nielsen’s retirement will become effective Feb. 28.
Cosmetics and skin care brand Clarins has partnered with Shoppers Drug Mart in the Kiss for Life fundraising campaign, whose proceeds to support Motherisk, a program of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
Neutrogena Corp. has signed up actress Kristen Bell to be face of its new Neutrogena Naturals skin care line.
A new table wine brand dedicated to raising awareness about heart disease is being launched through Walgreens drug stores. Walgreen Co.
Jürgen Schreiber, president and chief executive officer of Shoppers Drug Mart Corp., is slated to resign next month, and the company has begun a search for his replacement. Shoppers Drug Mart said Thursday that plans call for Schreiber, who’s also a board director, to leave the company on Feb. 15.
The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) has gone live with RxReconn, an online portal tracking pharmacy-related legislative and regulatory activity.
Same-store sales rose for the second straight month in January at Rite Aid Corp. The drug store chain said Thursday that for the four weeks ended Jan. 22, comparable-store sales increased 1.1% from a year earlier, building on a 0.6% same-store sales gain in December.
The Florida Pharmacy Association has filed a complaint claiming the state is unconstitutionally attempting to direct Medicaid recipients with chronic diseases to get their maintenance medications via a mail-order pharmacy program.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has launched NACDS Mobile, a new mobile web site intended to serve as a "guide on the go" for association events, activities and information. Going live on Wednesday, the NACDS Mobile site — available at http://m.NACDS.
A consumer poll by Prestige Brands Inc., the maker of Chloraseptic products, and market researcher TABS Group reveals that sore throats often arise from other causes besides the typical seasonal effects.
The Food and Drug Administration has cleared popular allergy medication Allegra to become available over the counter starting next month. Sanofi-aventis U.S. and its Chattem Inc. U.S.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and sanofi-aventis have received expanded exclusivity for the blood thinner medication Plavix. The companies said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration has granted an additional six-month period of exclusivity for them to market Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate).
