2026 Health Care Outlook: Susan Cantrell, AMCP
By Susan Cantrell, CEO, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
Opinion
2026 Health Care Outlook: Scott Melville, CHPA
By Scott Melville, president and CEO of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association
2026 Health Care Outlook: Peter Matz, FMI – The Food Industry Association
By Peter Matz, Director of Food, Pharmacy and Health Policy at FMI – The Food Industry Association
2026 Health Care Outlook: Chip Davis, HDA
By Chester “Chip” Davis Jr. is president and CEO of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance
2026 Health Care Outlook: Sheila Arquette, NASP
By Sheila Arquette, president and CEO of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy
2026 Health Care Outlook: John Murphy III, AAM
By John Murphy III, president and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines
2026 Health Care Outlook: Steve Anderson, NACDS
By Steve Anderson, president and CEO of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores
2026 Health Care Outlook: Doug Hoey, NCPA
By Doug Hoey, CEO, National Community Pharmacists Association
2026 Health Care Outlook: Lee Ann Stember, NCPDP
By Lee Ann Stember, president and CEO of NCPDP
Retailers should matter to legislators
Two issues in particular — credit card “swipe fees” and organized retail crime (ORC) — illustrate how slow congressional action and regulatory inertia are costing businesses and consumers alike.
Health care’s cost is unsustainable
Businesses’ cost concerns and the profitability struggles of providers point to the urgent need for reform.
One 2025 story overshadows the rest
David Pinto looks at the state of retailing as we head into 2026.
The brick-and-mortar renaissance
By Dave Wendland, vice president of strategic relations and a member of the HRG owner group.
Consumers are resilient, and divided
For nearly one-fifth of consumers, though, the holidays will mean cutting back — constrained by stagnant incomes and persistent unease about the economy’s direction.
A retail tech arms race is imminent
If Walmart, which continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence and other advanced technology, saw the need to join forces with OpenAI, it’s likely other major retailers that intend to maintain their standing in the marketplace will follow suit.
The transformation of MMR and CDR reflects five seminal industry changes
David Pinto looks at the five major changes in the mass retail market and what we did to reflect those changes