Bartell Drugs has teamed up with EveryMove to launch an online rewards program that encourages its customers to pursue healthy lifestyles. Under the EveryMove program, rewards for healthy activities include Bartell Drugs gift cards.
Jondo-USA has launched its SnapBox framed prints and its EZWay software platform, which enable consumers to create and order high-quality framed prints from their smartphone and digital photos and pick them up at chain drug stores.
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) is urging Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett to support state legislation that would give consumers more leeway to choose to go to a local retail pharmacy instead of being required to use a mail-order pharmacy for their prescriptions.
Pfizer Inc. plans to buy NextWave Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops medications for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related central nervous system disorders.
Pharmavite has launched Voots Veggie-Fruit Tarts, a fruit- and vegetable-based dietary supplement for children.
Energizer Holdings Inc. is voluntarily pulling some continuous-spray Banana Boat sun care products from the market due to a risk of the products igniting on the skin if contact is made with a source of ignition before the product is completely dry.
Citing key findings of a major medical study on multivitamins, CVS/pharmacy and Walgreens are touting their stores and pharmacies as a destinations for consumers seeking dietary supplements and advice The drug chains said Monday that according to new research by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harv
Now able to provide a broader range of health services, pharmacists in Ontario this week will begin administering flu shots via the provincial government’s Universal Influenza Immunization Program.
In the battle for market share among chain drug retailers, store formats are pre-empting numbers. Rather than seeking to dominate metropolitan areas by saturating them with new stores, drug chains are seeking to draw shoppers with distinctive retail concepts. Walgreen Co.
About a year and a half after the debut of its first “wellness store,” Rite Aid Corp. has ushered in the next generation of the concept. The drug chain unveiled a new iteration of the wellness format — known internally as “Genuine Well-Being” — this month at a store here, near the
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty opted to himself announce the introduction of regulations that extend the powers of pharmacists.
Walmart is ramping up its small-store rollout, with plans to add 95 to 115 Neighborhood Market units next year. That would be up from a projected 80 additions in the current year. “This gives us the opportunity to build more stores for less money,” Bill Simon, president of the company’s U.S.
In previous issues Chain Drug Review has presented some of the major findings from the Pharmacy Satisfaction Pulse Survey by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. The September 24 issue highlighted the pharmacy industry’s strengths and best practices.
Retail sales growth slowed in September, according to monthly sales figures released by a number of large U.S. retailers. According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, which tracks 22 retailers, sales for the month rose 3.9%, down from a 6% increase in August.
Associations serve a vital function as the “fifth estate” in the 21st century American democracy, National Association of Chain Drug Stores president and chief executive officer Steve Anderson told an audience of more than 1,100 association members here earlier this month.
Walgreen Co. has partnered with singer/celebrity Taylor Swift to introduce the “Taylor Swift Store at Walgreens,” featuring a selection of her music and other merchandise. The collection is available in Walgreens and select Duane Reade locations.
