In another round of executive changes at Walgreen Co., Mike Arnoult has been appointed vice president of Customer-Centric Retailing (CCR), the retailer’s store optimization initiative. As the head of CCR, Arnoult replaces Chong Bang, who left in December to join Shoppers Drug Mart.
Despite the lingering recession, the chain drug industry finished 2009 with solid gains in revenue. Overall drug store chain sales for the year rose 7.4% to $226.11 billion, while same-store sales grew 3.4%, according to research by Racher Press, publisher of Chain Drug Review.
Rite Aid Corp. has set out to make shopping its stores fun, and possibly profitable, by launching a contest promotion based on a classic board game. Called Rite Aid The Game of Life, and based on the Hasbro Inc. game, the promotion gives customers the chance to win $5 million in
Rite Aid Corp. has appointed Bryan Shirtliff senior vice president of business development, a new position at the company.
Chain drug retailing has changed dramatically in the first decade of the 21st century. Nowhere have those changes been more evident than in the character and content of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
The new year promises to be pivotal for retail pharmacy, with internal and external factors coalescing to shape the profession’s future direction.
Duane Reade is betting that New Yorkers know a good deal when they see one. The metropolitan New York drug store chain is making a big push to convey its value message. Last week, the retailer launched a new customer rewards program, FlexRewards, that promises more rewards and lower prices. And
Procter & Gamble Co. plans to pilot an online store this month in conjunction with e-commerce solution provider PFSweb Inc.
With H1N1 vaccine now widely available, Kerr Drug is urging customers to get immunized and not mistakenly interpret the thus-far moderate flu season as a sign that virus activity is waning.
Pharmacy chains and food and drug retailers are answering the call for help in the Haiti earthquake disaster by providing cash donations and enabling employees and customers to donate to relief efforts. CVS Caremark Corp.
In another round of personnel moves, Walgreen Co. has promoted three vice presidents, including its pharmacy chief. The company said Friday that Kermit Crawford has been promoted from senior vice president to executive vice president of pharmacy services.
Duane Reade is launching a new customer rewards program called FlexRewards that it said will be easier for shoppers to use plus offer more rewards and lower prices.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare has issued a voluntary recall of certain lots of over-the-counter medications, including products from its Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Rolaids, St. Joseph and Simply Sleep brands.
Kinney Drugs, Discount Drug Mart and USA Drug are carrying Smart for Life Cookie Diet weight-loss products in their stores. Plans call for the Smart for Life Cookie Diet products to be placed in 87 Kinney locations in New York and Vermont. Smart for Life six-pack to-go cookie trays in two flavors,
The Gatorade Co., a division of PepsiCo, has hired Andrea Fairchild as its new vice president of brand marketing. Fairchild, 38, comes to the company after 10 years at Nike, where she was responsible for driving global business growth for the women’s training category.
Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals Inc. licensee JD Nelson & Associates has entered into a distribution agreement with Walgreen Co. to carry its Safe4Hours First Aid Antiseptic Skin Protectant in the chain’s drug stores. JD Nelson currently licenses Safe4Hours Hand Sanitizer from Skinvisible.
