Kroger Co. is adding self-service health screening kiosks to all 1,950 of its stores with pharmacies. “Our customers tell us they want to make healthy choices but don’t always know where to start,” says Matthew Feltman, Kroger’s health strategy coordinator.
CVS Caremark Corp. is part of a group of more than a dozen big retailers that have joined forces to develop a way for customers to use their smartphones to pay for purchases and receive customized offers. The retailers have jointly formed a new company called Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX).
Retail sales rose in July for the first time in four months, according to the Commerce Department, and a survey of importers and manufacturers found them upbeat about the upcoming fall and winter shopping season. Retail sales in July were up 0.8% over June, and 4.1% over July 2011, according to the
Express Scripts Inc. customers will again fill prescriptions at Walgreen Co. pharmacies. The two companies have announced an end to the contract dispute that has left Express Scripts plan members unable to get their scripts at Walgreens since January 1.
Lewis Drugs, one of America’s most successfully innovative drug chains, is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The first Lewis drug store — the first self-service drug store to open its doors in the Upper Midwest — rang up its first sale in February 1942 in downtown Sioux Falls. Today, 32 drug stores
As community pharmacies across the country continue to search for ways to drive patient compliance, Thrifty White Pharmacy has introduced what it calls the HealthyPackRx.
As one of the nation’s largest providers of health care services, McKesson Corp. stands at the nexus of health care delivery, an enviable vantage point from which to observe and help shape the rapid evolution of the way Americans access, receive and pay for care.
Kerr Drug vice president of pharmacy and government affairs Mark Gregory has been promoted to senior vice president of store operations. In his new position Gregory and will oversee the company’s district operational teams.
Walgreen Co. has tapped former McDonald’s Inc. chief executive officer James Skinner to serve as its new nonexecutive chairman. Skinner, who has served on Walgreens’ board of directors since 2005, succeeds Alan McNally in that post.
After credit card companies and some of the nation’s largest banks agreed to pay more than $7 billion to settle a price-fixing case dealing with swipe fees, the future of the deal was put in jeopardy when several retailers objected to the terms of the pact. The settlement must still be approved
Trade associations representing thousands of retailers have thrown their support behind proposed federal legislation that would require online merchants and other remote sellers to collect sales tax.
Walgreen Co. has launched a pilot program that will allow patients to make appointments at some of the retailer’s Take Care Clinics via their smartphones.
Duane Reade, which has purchased 14 electric trucks in a bid to reduce the air and noise pollution associated with store deliveries, is asking its customers where they should be deployed. The new electric vehicles will replace nearly 25% of the retailer’s truck fleet.
For most of her 62 years, Deborah Klein has lived a relatively comfortable life. She raised two children, held down a career and considered herself a productive member of society. But in 2005, her fortunes began to change. She was laid off from her $80,000-a-year job but managed to find a series
