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.
The number of retail health clinics in chain drug stores and other venues grew about 15% in the last two years, according to a report by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. But Deloitte also says retail clinic market growth will slow to as little as 10% from next year through 2012 before
Acknowledging the nearly 35 million Americans who have flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to cover their health care expenses, and who run the risk of losing their unused balances if they do not spend the funds by the end of the year, drugstore.
CVS Caremark Corp. will be able to provide its pharmacy benefits management clients additional genetic services beginning in 2010 under a deal with Generation Health Inc.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores earlier this month told House subcommittees assessing the nation’s plans for distributing the H1N1 flu vaccine that the country’s drug stores can play a crucial role in ensuring that a maximum number of patients receive immunizations.
With 2009 winding down, the time has come to list the most memorable events of the year in chain drug retailing. Herewith, seven such events: • The remaking of Walgreens.
The day before the Senate leadership unveiled an $848 billion bill that will be the focal point of the next phase of the health care reform debate, all of the members of Congress received a timely reminder about the importance of including measures to improve medication compliance in whatever legisl
Duracell this week opened its Smart Power Lab in Manhattan’s Times Square, kicking off the energy collection that will power the lighting of the iconic 2010 numerals on New Year’s Eve. The Duracell Smart Power Lab, held in conjunction with Procter & Gamble Co.
Fred’s Inc. aims to make pharmacy a centerpiece of its stores under a major rebranding and remodeling program.
MinuteClinic, the retail health clinic arm of CVS Caremark Corp., has opened its first clinic in Washington, D.C. The company said Tuesday that the new clinic is situated inside a CVS pharmacy store on Bladensburg Road.
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Walgreen Co., and Charles Greener has been appointed vice president of corporate affairs and communications, a newly created position at the retailer.
Walgreen Co. has launched a redesigned web site that the drug chain said provides new healthy living and product resources plus time-saving pharmacy and shopping tools and services. The new Walgreens.
Ongoing softness in front-of-store business likely will rein in sales growth for drug retailers next year, according to a 2010 U.S. retail outlook report released this week by Fitch Ratings. The rating agency forecast top-line growth at drug stores to "remain steady or improve modestly" in 2010.
