Duane Reade Inc. is working with NCR Corp. to deploy Blockbuster Express DVD rental kiosks in most of the metropolitan New York drug chain’s stores. The kiosks will be deployed in 200-plus Duane Reade stores over the next few months.
MinuteClinic, the retail clinic arm of CVS Caremark Corp., and health benefits provider Humana Inc. plan to collaborate on activities to broaden Humana members’ access to convenient health care services.
American Greetings Corp. has teamed with Target Corp. to launch what it calls the first digital slideshow greeting card. The greeting card giant said Tuesday that the digital slideshow card, which retails for $19.
Walgreen Co. has promoted two legal executives and hired another executive for its pharmacy systems team. The drug store chain on Monday said Laura Merten, currently divisional vice president of health law, has been named divisional vice president of compliance, loss prevention and profit sharing.
With many consumers putting extra emphasis on finding holiday deals this year, Rite Aid Corp. is offering a gift guide to aid customers as well as a gift certificate program to spur purchases.
With consumers keeping a tight rein on their spending dollars, category managers are being compelled to change the way they operate, drug retail executives said in a recent Chain Drug Review roundtable in New York City.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has expressed support for the Food and Drug Administration’s recent initiatives to crack down on "rogue" pharmacy web sites.
As it continues to expand distribution of its fragrance collection, Demeter Fragrance Library Inc. has put a high-profile display in the newest Duane Reade store here, offering shoppers 90 of the company’s 250 scents.
Former Johnson & Johnson and Wyeth sales executive Jennifer Ceslak has joined Market Performance Group (MPG). At MPG, Ceslak will serve as as senior vice president of client management.
Charles R. "Cork" Walgreen III, grandson of Walgreen Co.’s founder, plans to step down from the company’s board early next year, along with longstanding directors Cordell Reed and Marilou von Ferstel.
Kerr Drug this month took another step to advance pharmacy. The chain opened a store here with a room for pharmacogenomics, the study of how a patient’s genes affect medication efficacy.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) introduced a health care reform bill in that chamber earlier this month, setting the stage for a debate there and the eventual merging of the Senate measure with the bill passed in the House on November 7.
Drug chains across the country and in Canada are stepping up their promotional efforts this holiday season, offering everything from sophisticated catalogs and in-store flyers to money-saving programs. CVS Caremark Corp.
“In transition,” “crisis,” “opportunity,” “danger,” “a new paradigm”: Those were the words and phrases that were liberally sprinkled through the remarks of 10 speakers who, in an intense six-hour session, addressed the delegates to the 2009 Innovation In Pharmacy conference here earlier this month.
Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) will seek to expand in British Columbia and other provinces that compensate pharmacies for stepping up their role in the health care system.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has expressed concerns with a proposed amendment to health care legislation because the provision would authorize the importation of prescription drugs. NACDS sent a letter to Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D., N.Y.
