Ulta Beauty president and chief executive officer Chuck Rubin is leaving the company to become CEO of arts and crafts retailer Michaels Stores Inc. The beauty care retailer said Thursday that Rubin is slated to step down as CEO, and as a director, on Feb. 21.
Bartell Drugs this week deployed PharmaSmart blood pressure testing kiosks at its 58 drug stores in the Puget Sound region. Bartell Drug customers using the PharmaSmart kiosk can talk with the chain’s pharmacists about their results.
By geography alone, the location of Walgreen Co.’s annual Analyst Day event signifies the company’s historic transformation with the integration of Alliance Boots.
Extending its menu of co-branded financial services with Royal Bank of Canada, Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. this week plans to begin selling travel insurance through its website. Canada’s largest drug chain said Wednesday that starting on Feb.
Bi-Lo has rolled out a revamped prescription discount program that gives customers more $4 generic drugs and more benefits.
Furthering its mission to promote preventive health care, Walgreen Co. has embarked on its Way to Well Health Tour with AARP for 2013.
Six pharmacy students have received Pharmacy Student Scholarship Awards, totaling $30,000, from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation.
Staples Inc. executive Brian Tilzer has joined CVS Caremark Corp. as chief digital officer.
Rite Aid Corp. has released details on an amended credit facility and new terms loans as part of debt refinancing transactions initiated earlier this month.
Joe Magnacca, who earlier this month was promoted to executive vice president at Walgreen Co., has left the company to join RadioShack Corp. as chief executive officer. RadioShack said late Thursday that Magnacca is slated to take the CEO reins on Feb. 11. He also has been named a board member
A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) study on medication therapy management brings "further proof" of the benefits of pharmacist-led MTM services in improving patient health and mitigating medical costs, according to Steve Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the Nation
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. ended fiscal 2012 with solid revenue gains for the fourth quarter and full year, along with upticks in earnings per share. Canada’s largest drug chain said Thursday that for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 29, total sales rose 4.4% year over year to $2.72 billion (Canadian).
Rexall Pharma Plus has become a top consumer destination for flu shots in Ontario since the province expanded the range of services that pharmacists can perform.
Medicine Shoppe Canada has enlisted media software provider ScreenScape to implement a digital signage network that connects its pharmacies across Canada and presents value-added health care information to customers.
Shopko reports that pharmacy customers are embracing its mobile application to help manage their prescriptions. The retailer said Tuesday that more than 1,000 prescriptions a day are being refilled via the Shopko mobile pharmacy app, introduced last year, and that number is rising fast.
