An appeals court ruling has struck down the 2012 settlement of a class-action lawsuit over credit card swipe fees imposed by Visa and MasterCard. The settlement had been opposed by a significant portion of the retail industry.
Walgreens customers can now redeem paperless coupons from the retailer and manufacturers for online purchases, as well as in-store purchases. Additionally, offers can now be “clipped” on product detail pages and in search results on Walgreens.com, and through the Walgreens mobile app.
CVS Pharmacy has set foot in Colorado, opening its first locations in the state inside Target Corp. stores. CVS Health said CVS pharmacies have opened at 39 Target stores in the Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins metropolitan areas.
CVS Pharmacy is ramping up its offering of healthier foods and beverages at more than 2,900 stores nationwide. CVS said Tuesday that this year it will roll out “a carefully curated selection of national and niche better-for-you brands” at 100 stores each week.
The appointment of Alex Gourlay and Ornella Barra as co-chief operating officers of Walgreens Boots Alliance signals the start of a new stage in the process of forging the two companies that came together to form WBA at the close of 2014 into a new corporate culture.
Rite Aid Corp. cited pressure in pharmacy reimbursement as it reported a net loss and fell short of Wall Street’s earnings forecast for its fiscal 2017 first quarter.
Rite Aid Corp. is purchasing the assets and intellectual property of bankrupt telehealth kiosk provider HealthSpot. A Rite Aid spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that the company won an auction this week for the HealthSpot assets with a $1.15 million bid.
Walgreens is terminating its relationship with Theranos Inc. and closing operations at all 40 Theranos Wellness Centers at its stores in Arizona.
Top Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) executives Alex Gourlay and Ornella Barra have been appointed as co-chief operating officers as part of a realignment of the company’s senior management team.
CVS Health continues to move forward with conversion projects from its acquisition of Target Corp.’s pharmacy and retail clinic business. CVS this week opened the first CVS Pharmacy locations inside Target stores in Washington and Oregon.
AmerisourceBergen Corp. has done much to redefine the role of the pharmaceutical wholesaler in recent years. The company has augmented its core drug distribution operation with a variety of capabilities that better position it to help business partners throughout the supply chain succeed.
Rite Aid Corp. has opened a new distribution center here, the company’s first new distribution center in 16 years. The 900,000-square-foot Spartanburg distribution center sits on 97 acres and is located near Interstate 85 between Highways 9 and 221.
CVS Pharmacy will serve as the exclusive drug store for “Partner in Healthy Living,” a new diabetes care initiative of CVS Health and the American Diabetes Association.
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Inc. has announced a $6 billion debt offering to help finance its $17.2 billion deal to acquire Rite Aid Corp.
Denise Carpenter, president and chief executive officer of the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada, has left the organization.
CVS Pharmacy president Helena Foulkes appeared on ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to announce that the drug chain is taking action on one of the talk show host’s pet peeves: long paper receipts at checkout.
