Patty Kumbera, chief operating officer of medication therapy management service provider OutcomesMTM, is slated to receive the inaugural Distinguished Achievement in Practice Management Award from the American Pharmacists Association and the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management.
Jean Coutu Group has begun enabling pharmacy customers to receive a text or e-mail notification when their prescriptions are ready for pickup.
Walmart U.S. has promoted Carmen Bauza to senior vice president of OTC health and wellness, filling the roll previously held by Scott McCall. Bauza, who most recently was vice president of beauty and personal care, takes the new post effective Feb. 1 and will report to Dr.
Advocare Walgreens Well Network, Diagnostic Clinic Walgreens Well Network and Scott & White Walgreens Well Network have been selected as accountable care organizations (ACOs) in Medicare. Walgreen Co.
Duane Reade is slated to carry the Khroma Beauty by Kourtney Kim and Khloe (Kardashian) collection from Boldface Group Inc. The beauty product marketer and licenser said Thursday that plans call for the product line to hit shelves at 138 Duane Reade stores this spring.
South Beach Diet has extended its lineup of convenient, nutritious foods with South Beach Diet Snack Smoothies.
Jim Trappani, a former CVS merchandising executive, has joined Family Dollar Stores Inc. as vice president of health and beauty aids. The dollar store chain said Trappani brings decades of HBA knowledge to the retailer.
Walgreen Co. executive Jeffrey Kang has been named to the board of directors at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), a newly formed group representing over 60 accountable care organizations.
Pricing pressure on prescriptions from government-mandated reductions didn’t prevent the Jean Coutu Group drug stores from growing revenue and same-store sales for the fiscal 2013 third quarter. The Canadian chain drug retailer said Thursday that for the third quarter ended Dec.
Supervalu Inc., one of the nation’s largest food and drug retailers, plans to sell five of its supermarket chains — including most of its pharmacies — in a $3.3 billion deal that will result in a new, smaller company. Supervalu’s planned sale of 877 supermarkets also includes those stores’ Sav-on
With a much-publicized PBM battle now behind it, Walgreen Co. is locked in on expanding its "Well Experience" health and daily living strategy across its stores and other channels, president and chief executive officer Greg Wasson told attendees at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
Terry Lundgren, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Macy’s Inc., has been named to the board of directors of Procter & Gamble Co.
P&G Beauty & Grooming aims to make "salon genius available to all" with the launch of the new Vidal Sassoon Pro Series hair care, color and styling line.
Walgreen Co. and BMW Manufacturing have opened what they called one of the nation’s most comprehensive work-site health centers on the BMW campus in Spartanburg, S.C.
More consumers have used walk-in health clinics in recent years, according to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey. Of 3,000 U.S.
Uniprix Group is heading into 2013 with a reinforced brand and a bigger presence in its Quebec market area.
