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First MinuteClinic inside a Navarro store debuts

CVS Health has opened its first MinuteClinic inside a Navarro Discount Pharmacy store. The new MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinic inside the Navarro store in Miami Lakes, Fla., joins 22 other South Florida MinuteClinic locations inside selected CVS/pharmacy stores.

Rite Aid shoppers get jump-start on loyalty program

Through January 23, Rite Aid is celebrating the New Year by offering members in the wellness+ with Plenti program a special opportunity to begin accumulating Plenti points for 2016, in addition to regular weekly ­offers.

Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Dempse to speak at NACDS

Retired U.S. Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey will speak at the 2016 National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 19, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Meijer bullish on free Rx plan

Meijer Inc. pharmacies marked a milestone recently when the retailer’s free prescription program hit 30 million prescriptions dispensed — 6 million alone in 2015 — since October 2006 when the program launched.

Trade groups weigh in on waste management regs

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has joined other retail trade associations in commenting on proposed updates to the Environmental Protection Agency’s waste management regulations. Those rules could affect the way retailers handle their unsold consumer products and pharmaceuticals.

As health care battle persists, pharmacy moves ahead

As health care battle persists, pharmacy moves ahead

    Clearly, health care reform will remain a contentious issue during the current presidential election cycle and beyond. The House of Representatives started the new year by voting to gut the Affordable Care Act.

Changes loom as industry starts new year

Changes loom as industry starts new year

The new year has begun inauspiciously for chain drug retailing, an industry that is still trying to assess the results of the just completed Christmas selling season. By all accounts, December was a month of no great accomplishments, even if it was not the disaster some observers predicted.

Impax to release Emverm chewable tablets

Impax to release Emverm chewable tablets

Impax Laboratories Inc. has received Food and Drug Administration approval for its supplemental new drug application for Emverm 100-mg chewable tablets, a medication for parasitic worms.

IRI hires retail chief for Americas

IRI hires retail chief for Americas

David Hoodis has joined consumer goods market researcher IRI as president of Americas retail. IRI said Thursday that Hoodis to work closely with Piyush Chaudhari, IRI’s president of the Americas, to spur expansion of the company’s services to the retail industry.

CVS to roll out updated Nuance Salma Hayek line

CVS to roll out updated Nuance Salma Hayek line

CVS/pharmacy is relaunching the color cosmetics segment of the Nuance Salma Hayek brand with newly formulated and repackaged products. Plans call for the new Nuance Salma Hayek cosmetics to begin appearing in stores in March.

Walmart Express small-format stores to be shut

Walmart Express small-format stores to be shut

Walmart plans to close all of its Walmart Express small-format stores in the United States as part of a move to shut 269 stores worldwide. The retail giant said Friday that, after a review of the nearly 11,600 stores in its global portfolio, it aims to close 269 stores, including 154 U.S.

Hy-Vee specialty Rx chief given broader role

Hy-Vee specialty Rx chief given broader role

Hy-Vee Inc. has named Mike Agostino, president of Amber Pharmacy/Hy-Vee Pharmacy Solutions, as vice president of pharmacy innovation/business development at Hy-Vee. The food and drug retailer said late Thursday that Agostino will start in the newly created position in the coming weeks.

Target introduces its own nail care line

Target introduces its own nail care line

Target Corp. is launching its own nail care collection, named Defy & Inspire and comprising 38 shades of nail polish as well as a top coat and base. Each item is priced at $7.49 and will be sold exclusively at Target stores beginning January 17, the company said. Defy & Inspire is the

Real Techniques makeup brush line gets update

Real Techniques makeup brush line gets update

Real Techniques, a makeup brush brand created by Paris Presents Inc. with makeup artists and YouTube beauty gurus Sam and Nic Chapman, is marking its fifth anniversary by updating its look with bolder colors, sleeker packaging, a modern logo and new products.