The Washington State Department of Health has 39 confirmed cases of measles between King County and Clark County. 34 of 36 cases were unvaccinated individuals. Vaccinations are the first line of defense for preventative care and Bartell’s is prepared to help protect the community from the outbreak.
Urban Skin Rx, the melanin experts and go-to clinical skin care line geared towards treating and perfecting diverse skin tones, announced it will expand its retail distribution beyond its e-commerce website www.urbanskinrx.com and its retail presence at select Target stores and Target.
With chain drug stores starting to offer some health check ups, CVS Health and Walgreens are now addressing oral health at some of their locations as well.
Kroger Co. announced its technology leadership succession plans in support of Restock Kroger. Christopher Hjelm, executive vice president and chief information officer, will be succeeded by Yael Cosset, Kroger’s chief digital officer, effective May 1, 2019.
RangeMe has announced a new partnership with the flourishing Calif.-based retailer Grocery Outlet, a nationwide leader in extreme-value grocery.
Peter Magowan, former chairman and CEO of Safeway and managing partner of the San Francisco Giants, died on January 27 at age 76.
Cary Rx has extended the release of their enterprise offering, CaryRx Enterprise, providing a cost-efficient platform that enables any pharmacy to transform into a tech-enabled operation.
PTS Diagnostics and Kroger Health, Kroger Co.’s nationwide arm of health and wellness facilities, services and programs, announce the full rollout of CardioChek Plus analyzers for point-of-care blood testing to help identify individuals at-risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes.
GIANT Food Stores is rebranding its digital grocery operations. The new branding — GIANT DIRECT, Powered by Peapod — will replace the current branding of Peapod by GIANT. The change comes with a new logo bearing the phrase “Direct from us, to you,” the company announced on Monday.
NEW YORK – Walgreens Boots Alliance was the big winner in the auction for the pharmacy assets of bankrupt retailer Shopko, taking charge of about half the assets that were on sale.
Nimesh Jhaveri has joined the Health Mart family of community pharmacies as president. Jhaveri, who has 30 years of hands-on pharmacy experience, started in his new role on October 31.
CAMP HILL, PA – Rite Aid Corp. announced today that its board of directors has approved a reverse stock split of the company’s common stock. The reverse stock split is intended to enable Rite Aid to regain full compliance with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing rules.
RetailMeNot released the top 10 trends that will define retail and marketing in 2019, based on survey insights from retail marketers and consumers.
For the second year, Hy-Vee, Inc. will be providing free biometric screenings throughout its eight-state region during Heart Health Month in February. Hy-Vee dietitians working out of Hy-Vee Healthy You Mobiles will offer the free biometric screenings to customers at 150 Hy-Vee stores.
CVS Pharmacy has expanded the responsibilities of Judy Sansone, the chain’s senior vice president of front store business and chief merchant. In addition, George Coleman has been promoted to senior vice president of merchandising, reporting to Sansone.
CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health, announced significant progress toward the goal of full transparency for all of its beauty imagery by the end of 2020 and its efforts to create new industry standards for post-production alterations of beauty imagery.
