WBA management team knows what’s what
Walgreens Boots Alliance experienced a rite of passage earlier this month when for the first time it reported quarterly earnings.
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Below the surface, much has happened
The NACDS Annual Meeting, unfolding at the moment in Palm Beach, Fla., unofficially marks the end of the first third of the mass retailing year.
Framework for thinking about international retail
One of the most dramatic changes in global business over the past few decades is the growth of organized retail in developing markets and the expansion of global retailers in general.
Power of scale can help unlock value
and thus more power to choose. As providers compete on this somewhat leveled playing field, they will be pressured to find new ways to
As online threats proliferate, brands must protect themselves
In 2014 there were an estimated 3 billion Internet users worldwide, up from 2.8 billion by the end of 2013. The Indexed Web contained at least 4.59 billion pages as of this writing (March 16, 2015). The Worldwide Web is here to stay, and it is clearly not shrinking anytime soon.
QS/1 partnership helps improve health care coordination
Pharmacy automation provider QS/1 has partnered with Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) to help sharpen coordination among health care providers.
L’Oréal forms Multi-Cultural Beauty division
L’Oréal USA has formed the Multi-Cultural Beauty division to encompass Dark & Lovely, Optimum Salon Haircare, SoftSheen-Carson Professional, Magic Shave and newly acquired Carol’s Daughter. The goal of the MCB division is to fulfill the needs of the underserved multicultural beauty consumer.
At front end and online, gift cards can enhance the mix
In the last five years or so, chain drug stores have made huge progress ramping up their front-of-store offerings.
In skin care, facial masks emerge as the next big thing
Many beauty mavens have fond memories of some of their first product experiments. When we were eager tweens or teens, lip balm, nail polish and fragranced body splashes and sprays were some of the first products most of our mothers let us try.
NACDS Annual Meeting Business Program I highlights
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has posted NACDS Annual Meeting highlights from the Sunday Business Program via its NACDS-TV coverage. The first Business Program of the meeting featured presentations by Rite Aid Corp.
NACDS leaders say industry progressing toward ‘full potential’
National Association of Chain Drugs Stores chairman John Standley and president and chief executive officer Steve Anderson updated members on the association’s position in health care, retail, public policy and the political arena at the 2015 NACDS Annual Meeting here.
Thrifty White takes patient experience to next level
Thrifty White Pharmacy’s focus is “It’s All About the Patient and Healthy Outcomes.” And that focus has been implanted into the mind-set of its pharmacists and other store personnel as well as those who work at the corporate level.
Anderson has NACDS moving in right direction
An apt symbol for what Steve Anderson’s leadership has meant to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores is certainly RxImpact Day.
McKesson Canada grows pharmacy banners
McKesson Canada has seen its retail pharmacy banner business continue to grow. The company’s roster of pharmacy banners includes Guardian, I.D.A., Medicine Shoppe Canada, Proxim and the newly acquired Remedy’sRx.
Ritzman adds specialty Rx capabilities to arsenal
With the launch of specialty pharmacy services, Ritzman Pharmacies had one of its most successful years in 2014.
Lewis Drug steps up its pace of expansion
Last year brought dramatic expansion for Lewis Drug, as it acquired 12 stores in three states. The pickups brought the chain’s store count at the start of 2015 to 46, and more purchases are in the works. In the first half of 2014 the retailer bought a half-dozen independent outlets across