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Poo-Pourri gets it with social media

Poo-Pourri gets it with social media

Here’s the poop about Poo-Pourri: They know the deal with social media marketing. Since launching Poo-Pourri Before-You-Go Toilet Spray in 2007, the company (Poo-Pourri Scentsible LLC) has drawn more than 200 million combined YouTube views.

HHS projects rise in ACA health coverage

HHS projects rise in ACA health coverage

maybe you missed it — but health care was indeed mentioned in last night’s presidential debate in Las Vegas. And it wasn’t Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump that brought it up. During the discussion on the economy, moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News tried to get the candidates to

CVS highlights cost-quality-access dilemma

CVS highlights cost-quality-access dilemma

Some consumers are making trade-offs as they try to solve the cost-quality-access equation for health care, according to CVS Health. This week, CVS posted some key findings from a poll of 2,000 registered voters that it conducted last month.

Walgreens turns it up in beauty care

Walgreens turns it up in beauty care

Customers are hungry for beauty care and, with the rollout of its Beauty Differentiation store concept, Walgreens is positioning itself as the place to get it, according to Lauren Brindley, group VP and GMM for beauty and personal care.

Consumers miss Target’s red Rx bottle

Consumers miss Target’s red Rx bottle

The rollout of CVS Pharmacy departments in Target stores is bringing enhanced pharmacy services to the discount retail chain. But it seems that a number of Target customers are lamenting a now-missing feature of its pharmacy: the distinctive, uniquely shaped red prescription bottle.

Online grocery shopping: Cutting the mustard?

Online grocery shopping: Cutting the mustard?

Maybe there’s some stuff that people just don’t really want to buy online. That’s one of the undercurrents to the the TABS Analytics Fourth Annual Food and Beverage Study, which concluded that online grocery shopping hasn’t caught on. In TABS survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers ages 18 to 75, only 4.

Reports: More Kmart stores set to close

Reports: More Kmart stores set to close

Kmart reportedly plans to close 64 more stores by later this year. Published reports said the stores slated to be shut are in 28 states and that parent company Sears Holdings Corp. had recently informed Kmart employees of the planned closures.

Pugh takes new post at Jo-Ann Stores

Pugh takes new post at Jo-Ann Stores

most recently of Fred’s and, before that, Walgreens — has shifted to a new retailing segment with his move to Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores. The fabric and craft specialty retailer announced that Pugh has joined the company as executive vice president of stores and store operations,

Cardinal Health buys telepharmacy provider

Cardinal Health buys telepharmacy provider

Cardinal Health has quietly acquired TelePharm, an Iowa City, Iowa-based provider of telepharmacy services, according to published reports. Spokespeople for both companies told the Des Moines Register that the deal closed last month. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.