Sociability is inherent to shopping
With stores woven into the fabric of neighborhoods where people live and work, traditional merchants are ideally situated to build connections.
Opinion
$4.50-a-gallon gas has disparate effects
When it comes to gas prices, club membership looks like a bargain.
Why the musical chairs in C-Suites?
David Pinto examines the recent departure of Musab Balbale from CVS.
Filling the care gap for women
By Rich Kaminski is the research director at WSL Strategic Retail
Pharmacy is being disrupted: How retail pharmacies should respond and rethink strategic planning
By Todd Huseby is a partner at Kearney, a global management consulting firm. Michael Carr and Tonny Huang are principals at Kearney
Two titans are speeding change
Both retail titans are moving with alacrity to reinvent their core business, even as they invest billions of dollars in other relevant fields — most notably artificial intelligence.
Retailers face a new economic reality
What makes this moment particularly challenging is that consumers are not simply “trading down” in the traditional sense. They are redefining value altogether.
An invaluable event can be tweaked
David Pinto does a postmortem of the NACDS Annual and looks for areas to improve the event.
Employers wary of GLP-1 costs
Other new research, from Acosta Group, reveals that GLP-1s are reshaping consumer behavior including lifestyle, health and wellness, and personal care choices.
An Rx for affordable health care
The entire system would benefit from directing consumers to the lowest-cost point of care.
Make AI empowering, not domineering
AI is reshaping how consumers shop and how retailers compete. But as the technology grows more powerful, a critical question is emerging: How much AI is too much?
NACDS must face changing times
David Pinto looks at where NACDS needs to make some changes to meet its future destiny.
Why shoppers bypass drug stores
By Thom Blischok, chairman and chief executive officer of the Dialogic Group LLC.
NACDS’ top priority: Increase access to pharmacists’ services
By Steve Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
A bumpy ride through sluggish times: An industry navigates turbulence, transformation, and survival
By Ed Rowland, principal of Rowland Global LLC.
Grocers play a vital health role
By Krystal Register, VP of health and well-being at FMI – The Food Industry Association