Walgreen Co. plans to open its 8,000th store — and first West Coast flagship location — tomorrow at the famous corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood, Calif. Walgreens said Friday that the Los Angeles flagship store, slated to open its doors to the public at 10 a.m. on Dec. 1, will
Kinney Drugs announced that vice president of marketing Jim Wuest is retiring and that it will promote merchandising chief Rick Cognetti to an expanded role.
The National Community Pharmacists Association has released "Moving Forward on a Solid Foundation: Year One Progress Report," which examines the progress of its Pharmacists Advancing Medication Adherence (PAMA) effort.
CVS/pharmacy stores have launched a gift card exchange in conjunction with Plastic Jungle. Plastic Jungle said Wednesday that the program marks a first. Through the exchange, CVS customers can sell unspent gift cards in-store and get a CVS electronic gift card in return.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation raised about $1.8 million for its research, charitable and educational initiatives at the 14th Annual NACDS Foundation Dinner in New York City. Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.
Walgreen Co. has agreed to sell SAJ Distributors and the Select Brand private-label line to L&R Distributors Inc. Walgreens acquired SAJ Distributors in July when it purchased the USA Drug regional drug chain from Stephen L. LaFrance Holdings Inc. and members of the LaFrance family.
About one in five U.S. adults has visited a retail health clinic, up from roughly one in 10 six years ago, according to research by Kalorama Information. The health care market researcher said Monday that of 2,000 U.S. adults it surveyed online, 21.3% have gone to a retail clinic, a significant gain
MinuteClinic has entered a clinical collaboration with Virtua, a South Jersey health care network.
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry loses an estimated $188 billion a year from nonadherence to medications for chronic disease, according to a study by Capgemini Consulting.
CVS Caremark Corp. has made cash tender offers to buy back up to $1 billion of senior notes. The company reported Monday that under the offers, it would purchase any and all of its $1 billion in 6.60% senior notes due 2019 and up to $1 billion of its $2.45 billion in
David Fitzsimmons has been promoted to senior vice president of finance and administration at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Walgreen Co. has opened the doors to its latest flagship store in Chicago inside the historic Noel State Bank building.
The chief executive officers of CVS Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co. are calling on Congress and President Obama to work together to reach a resolution on the looming "fiscal cliff.
Jean Coutu Group is slated to accept Interac Flash contactless debit transactions at its more than 400 drug stores in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario.
The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) has asked Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to explain why the agency didn’t take specific actions to address complaints it had received about the New England Compounding Center (NECC), which federal officials say i
A brow-raising bargain price may lure shoppers into the store, but if they’re mobile device users, chances are they’ll leave and end up making the purchase online, an Accenture Interactive survey finds.
