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To start new year, Rite Aid offers extra reward

To start new year, Rite Aid offers extra reward

Rite Aid Corp. is offering members of its wellness+ with Plenti loyalty program an extra reward to start off the new year. The drug chain said that through Jan. 23, customers can earn 1,000 Plenti points on every $30 spent on participating products in stores or online at RiteAid.com.

Pharmaca names new CEO

Pharmaca names new CEO

Richard Willis has been hired as president and chief executive officer of Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy. Pharmaca said Monday that the 56-year-old Willis, who most recently served as the president and CEO of SpeedCommerce, also joins the board of directors.

Target appoints new chief stores officer

Target appoints new chief stores officer

Janna Potts has been promoted to executive vice president and chief stores officer at Target Corp. Target said Monday that Potts, previously senior vice president of human resources focused on stores and distribution, takes over the post effective immediate and replaces Tina Tyler.

Pessina, Rite Aid team named Retailers of Year

Pessina, Rite Aid team named Retailers of Year

For 2015, the editors of Chain Drug Review have chosen to give the publication’s annual Retailer of the Year honors to two chain drug retail industry leaders: Stefano Pessina, executive vice chairman and CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., and the management team at Rite Aid Corp.

December sales flat at Rite Aid

December sales flat at Rite Aid

Rite Aid Corp. posted flat retail pharmacy sales results for December, despite an uptick in same-store sales at the front end. The drug chain said Thursday that for the four weeks ended Dec. 26, same-store sales dipped 0.1% year over year. That compared with comparable-store sales growth of 0.

Holiday retail sales edge up in 2015

Holiday retail sales edge up in 2015

Drug chains were not immune to the shift in holiday shopping away from brick-and-mortar retailing. Holiday retail sales growth barely exceeded 4%, down from last season’s 4.4% advance and well off the 5.

Gallup: Pharmacists get high marks for trust

Gallup: Pharmacists get high marks for trust

Pharmacists rank high in terms of public trust, but they fall short of being No. 1. Nurses topped Gallup’s Honesty and Ethics of Professions rankings for 2015, a feat that the profession has accomplished every year but one since it was added to the list in 1999. The exception is 2001, when

Lawmakers see pharmacists as linchpin for MTM

Lawmakers see pharmacists as linchpin for MTM

A bipartisan coalition of congressmen is urging the participation of retail pharmacists in a new initiative to improve the use of medication therapy management (MTM) in Medicare. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores said Wednesday that 44 members of the U.S.

WBA makes financing move for Rite Aid acquisition

WBA makes financing move for Rite Aid acquisition

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Inc. has completed $12.8 billion in term loan facilities as part of the financing for its $17.2 billion deal to acquire Rite Aid Corp. WBA said Monday that the transactions include the placement of $5 billion of term loan facilities — split between two tranches of $2.

Walmart names Rogers chief marketing officer

Walmart names Rogers chief marketing officer

Tony Rogers reportedly has been appointed as chief marketing officer at Walmart. Published reports said Friday that Rogers, a 10-year company veteran who has been CMO of Walmart China for the past two years, succeeds Stephen Quinn, who is retiring.

Rite Aid 3Q earnings meet Wall Street’s forecast

Rite Aid 3Q earnings meet Wall Street’s forecast

Rite Aid Corp. posted fiscal 2016 third-quarter adjusted earnings in line with Wall Street estimates and announced a special shareholders meeting to vote on its $17.2 billion deal to be acquired by Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the third quarter ended Nov.

Rite Aid deploys EQuIPP Rx performance platform chainwide

Rite Aid deploys EQuIPP Rx performance platform chainwide

Pharmacists in Rite Aid Corp.’s nearly 4,600 drug stores are now using the EQuIPP pharmacy performance measurement platform from Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS). Rite Aid said Wednesday that it’s the largest drug chain to enable EQuIPP access to all of its pharmacists.

CVS closes purchase of Target pharmacies, clinics

CVS closes purchase of Target pharmacies, clinics

CVS Health has completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Target Corp.’s pharmacy and retail health clinic business. The companies said Wednesday that Target’s 1,672 pharmacies in 47 states will be branded as CVS/pharmacy and operated under a store-within-a-store format.