CVS lets shoppers double ExtraBucks
CVS/pharmacy has brought back its program that allows shoppers to double their quarterly ExtraBucks rewards.
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Drug chains can expect more pressure from Walmart
Walmart is seeing strong results from its smaller formats and is accelerating its rollout of Neighborhood Markets. It is the Walmart Express, however, that is emerging as a formidable rival to both drug stores and dollar stores.
Kroger COO to become CEO
W. Rodney McMullen will succeed David Dillon as chief executive officer of Kroger Co., one of North America’s biggest pharmacy operators, on January 1.
Flu shot program launches at Bartell
This flu season, Bartell Drugs is giving the communities it serves a variety of options to get immunized. The Puget Sound-area drug chain is offering flu vaccinations at its stores and through flu clinics serving area businesses and retirement communities.
Walgreens adjusts health plan
Against the backdrop of the shifting health insurance landscape, Walgreen Co. is covering employees through a private exchange.
New method of tracking adherence eyed
A new approach to classifying patients by their long-term medication adherence behavior may increase the accuracy of compliance studies. In a study published in the September issue of Medical Care, researchers at CVS Caremark Corp.
SDM launches innovative arthritis screening effort
Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) president and chief executive officer Domenic Pilla and Canadian health minister Rona Ambrose kicked off the drug chain’s arthritis screening program earlier this month with an event at a store here.
Social media milestone reached by Duane Reade
Duane Reade has become the most followed mass market retailer on the social media network Twitter, topping the 1 million-follower mark earlier this month.
NACDS names public policy exec
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has bolstered its government affairs and public policy department, hiring Christopher Smith as director of federal public policy.
Rite Aid climbs back into the industry elite
It is becoming increasingly difficult not to think of Rite Aid as one of the chain drug industry’s trendsetters.
Tests facing regional Rx chains put in perspective
Kerr Drug’s decision to sell its retail and specialty pharmacy businesses is another milestone on the road to consolidation that community pharmacy has been on for more than two decades.
Pharmacies can build loyalty by embracing wellness
The retail consumer shift toward wellness is well under way. Hamacher Resource Group and several leading trade associations spotted this emerging trend years ago and changed the term “health and beauty care” (HBC) to “health, beauty, and wellness” (HBW) in everything they produced.
Merck rolls out OTC patch for women with overactive bladder
Merck Consumer Care has released Oxytrol for Women, which it describes as the first over-the-counter treatment for overactive bladder in women. Oxytrol for Women offers women with overactive bladder an OTC option to help control the condition, Merck noted.
AXE issues challenge with Black Chill Collection launch
The AXE men’s personal care brand has kicked off the AXE Black Chill Challenge as part of the launch for its new Black Chill product line. Unilever North America said Wednesday that the AXE Black Chill Collection is infused with citrus, mint and cedar wood fragrance notes to "help guys keep
Kleenex tool predicts where cold/flu will strike
Kimberly-Clark Corp. is launching the achoo by Kleenex tool, which it calls the first and only cold and flu predictive tool that can determine where the flu will hit next.