In the St. Louis area, Walgreens is turning over the operation of its Healthcare Clinics to health system SSM Health. Walgreens said Monday that 27 Healthcare Clinics in Walgreens stores across the St.
Fruth Pharmacy ventured into a new business model last year by opening three small-format stores.
One of the world’s largest consumer health care companies celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art headquarters here earlier this month with company leaders and federal, state and local dignitaries.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores elected a new chairman this weekend at the NACDS Annual Meeting here.
Going forward, chain drug stores can bank on the same underlying trends that have fueled the retail pharmacy business in recent years. But the industry as they’ve known it won’t look quite the same.
defined as helping shoppers get in, get what they need and get out. Kantar Retail assesses trip missions and cross-channel behaviors to examine how the Walgreens shopper may respond to this strategic goal. Recently, Walgreens
Pharmacists for Aurora Pharmacy are actively involved in providing medication therapy management services to a diverse group of patients.
In the nine years since Steve Anderson became chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the association has become a proactive advocate for its industry and raised its influence and recognition among legislators and policy makers.
I’m sure the last thing you want to read, yet again, is another treatise on the impact of the Great Recession on the U.S. economy. So apologies up front. All I can say is that the effects of the recession have still not gone away. That is clear in our biennial How America Shops MegaTrends
A new study from Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. indicates that pharmacy interventions can lead to greater medication adherence and lower health care costs.
Within hours of each other, the governors of California and New York recently signed bills that will eventually raise the minimum wage in their states to $15.
Almost 100 years ago Australian pharmacists banded together to stop Boots the Chemist entering their market by setting up the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and successfully lobbying governments to enact laws restricting pharmacy location and ownership. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
Pfizer Inc. and Allergan PLC have, by mutual agreement, terminated their planned merger. Pfizer management attributed the decision to new tax rules issued by the Treasury Department that are specifically intended to make such combinations less attractive.
Beth Stiller has stepped down as group vice president of global brands and sourcing at Walgreens to join Massage Envy as chief commercial officer. She will be responsible for leading services, retail, innovation and operations teams at the Scottsdale, Ariz.
Tom Coughlin, a legendary retailing executive and former vice chairman of Walmart, died April 1 at the age of 66. According to a Reuters report, Coughlin had been in the intensive care unit of a hospital for several days.
Albertsons Cos. has launched a major new store brand, Signature, which will be available in all 2,286 stores under all of the company’s 18 banners. The multicategory brand encompasses more than 4,000 items, ranging from coffee to juice, soup to cereal, fresh produce to fried chicken.
