Bartell Drugs is set to mark the opening of its newest store, in Seattle’s burgeoning Ballard neighborhood. The Puget Sound-area drug chain said is plans to hold a grand opening event for the Ballard store, its 65th overall, on Nov. 19.
Dollar General Corp. plans to open the first of its new small-format stores early next year in Nashville. Dubbed DGX, the new format aims to serve busy metropolitan shoppers with everyday-low prices on daily essential items in a convenient, easy-to-shop format, Dollar General said Wednesday.
Target Corp. has hired former Walmart executive Shekar Natarajan for the newly created role of senior vice president, network planning and operational design, with oversight of Target’s direct-to-store and direct-to-customer shipping operations.
Walgreens has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against former lab testing partner Theranos Inc., the companies confirmed. The civil suit was filed Nov. 8 in U.S.
CVS Health posted sales gains in both of its business units and adjusted earnings per share above Wall Street’s forecast for the 2016 third quarter.
John Fegan has retired as vice president of pharmacy at Southeastern Grocers LLC. The food and drug retailer, the parent company of supermarket chains BI-LO, Harveys and Winn-Dixie, operates more than 500 pharmacies. Fegan joined Winn-Dixie as vice president of pharmacy in June 2008.
Walmart executive Carmen Bauza is leaving the company to join interactive media retailer HSN Inc. HSN said Monday that Bauza is slated to join HSN/Home Shopping Network as executive vice president and chief merchandising officer on Nov. 28.
CVS Health plans to terminate about 600 corporate jobs over the next couple of months. The job cuts will be made primarily at CVS corporate offices in Rhode Island, Illinois and Arizona, the company said.
Target Corp. announced that Anne Dament, senior vice president of grocery merchandising, will be leaving the company on Nov. 18 after 18 months in the role. The retailer said it will conduct an extensive search within and outside the company to find Dament’s replacement.
Sales continued to slump at Fred’s Inc. as the company posted declines for October. Fred’s said Thursday that revenue for the four weeks ended Oct. 29 totaled $157.3 million, down 4.2% from $164.2 million a year earlier. Same-store sales decreased 3.4%, compared with a 2.3% uptick a year ago.
Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey will take the reins as sole chief executive officer of the company, as Walter Robb steps down from his post as co-chief executive officer.
CVS Caremark has received health call center, pharmacy benefit management and drug therapy management accreditations from health standards body URAC.
Affiliates of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) plan to sell their remaining interest in Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) through a secondary stock offering. WBA said Wednesday that the KKR affiliates aim to sell 20.
Terica Gatewood left a retail pharmacy to work at Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company, because she wanted a more clinical setting. At the Genoa pharmacy here, inside Valeo Behavioral Health, she has found that environment and then some.
During its 2016-17 flu season vaccination drive, London Drugs also will be helping to protect children in developing countries from vaccine-preventable diseases.
A new survey by Walgreens has revealed a disconnect among seniors as they weigh Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.
