Rite Aid strengthens top management team
In addition to Ken Martindale’s promotion to the newly created position of chief executive officer of Rite Aid Stores, Rite Aid Corp. has made three senior executive appointments.
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ScriptSync introduced at CVS
CVS Health is launching a new pharmacy service, ScriptSync, enabling patients with multiple medications to pick up eligible maintenance prescriptions in a monthly visit to a CVS/pharmacy store.
SDM Beauty Boutique stakes claim online
Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) has launched a Beauty Boutique e-commerce website, allowing customers to #BRINGBEAUTYHOME with the click of a button. The new BeautyBoutique.
Barra steps down as Target exec VP
Target Corp. executive vice president of merchandising Jose Barra, whose areas of responsibility included the retailer’s pharmacy business, is leaving the company. His departure is the latest in a series of executive changes at Target under chairman and chief executive officer Brian Cornell.
Ryan picked to oversee Walmart Care Clinics
Walmart has hired veteran retail clinic executive Sandra Ryan to head its fledgling Care Clinic business, which was launched in April 2014 and now operates 17 clinics in three states.
Frestedt is promoted at Bartell
Bartell Drugs this month announced the promotion of Steven Frestedt to vice president of marketing. Frestedt had been the company’s marketing director. He also spent 20 years with advertising agencies in Seattle and Los Angeles.
Walgreens Boots Alliance names accounting chief
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) announced that it has named Kimberly Scardino as its new senior vice president, global controller and chief accounting officer, effective August 3. Scardino joined WBA from American Express Co.
CVS researchers re-examine cholesterol treatments
CVS Health Research Institute experts have urged cardiologists to consider changing their treatment guidelines for patients with high cholesterol as a new class of high-cost medications arrives on the market.
With ACA in place, number of uninsured falls by a third
The Affordable Care Act has reduced the number of Americans without health insurance by 15.8 million, or one-third, since 2013, new government data shows. In the first quarter of this year there were 29 million uninsured people, the National Center for Health Statistics said this month.
Switches will continue to be pacesetters in O-T-C arena
Growth of the U.S. over-the-counter medications market has been primarily driven by prescription-to-OTC switches And that expansion is likely to continue. Due to an increasingly favorable regulatory environment, Kline & Co.
Mobile payments get easier at Rite Aid
Rite Aid Corp. announced that all of the company’s nearly 4,600 stores nationwide will accept mobile payments, including Apple Pay and Google Wallet. The drug chain began accepting Apple Pay and Google Wallet payments as of August 15.
Two big chains kick off flu shot season
Walgreens and Rite Aid have launched their annual flu shot campaigns, providing a range of vaccine options and making it easy to visit the pharmacy and get vaccinated.
Medicine Shoppe selects franchisee of year
John Balch was named 2015 Medicine Shoppe Franchisee of the Year during Cardinal Health Inc.’s annual Retail Business Conference (RBC). Balch, based in Cumberland, Md.
AmerisourceBergen hones resources for pharmacies
At ThoughtSpot 2015, Good Neighbor Pharmacy’s annual trade show and conference, AmerisourceBergen announced a new set of innovations it said will strengthen its Pharmacy Services Administration Organization and help independent pharmacies endure the industry’s most pressing challenges.
Thorpe rejoins Dollar General as top merchant
Dollar General Corp. announced that James Thorpe has rejoined the company as executive vice president and chief merchandising officer. Thorpe had retired from the company in 2012 after serving for six years as senior vice president and general merchandising manager.
Signs of change appear in grocery sector
Chain Drug Review’s sister publication, MMR, annually publishes a study of the 100 largest grocery, drug and discount store markets, ranking the markets in descending order by the market share of the leading retailers. This year’s study is included in MMR’s latest issue, dated August 17.