Jim Trappani, a former CVS merchandising executive, has joined Family Dollar Stores Inc. as vice president of health and beauty aids. The dollar store chain said Trappani brings decades of HBA knowledge to the retailer.
Walgreen Co. executive Jeffrey Kang has been named to the board of directors at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), a newly formed group representing over 60 accountable care organizations.
Pricing pressure on prescriptions from government-mandated reductions didn’t prevent the Jean Coutu Group drug stores from growing revenue and same-store sales for the fiscal 2013 third quarter. The Canadian chain drug retailer said Thursday that for the third quarter ended Dec.
Supervalu Inc., one of the nation’s largest food and drug retailers, plans to sell five of its supermarket chains — including most of its pharmacies — in a $3.3 billion deal that will result in a new, smaller company. Supervalu’s planned sale of 877 supermarkets also includes those stores’ Sav-on
With a much-publicized PBM battle now behind it, Walgreen Co. is locked in on expanding its "Well Experience" health and daily living strategy across its stores and other channels, president and chief executive officer Greg Wasson told attendees at the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
Walgreen Co. and BMW Manufacturing have opened what they called one of the nation’s most comprehensive work-site health centers on the BMW campus in Spartanburg, S.C.
More consumers have used walk-in health clinics in recent years, according to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey. Of 3,000 U.S.
Uniprix Group is heading into 2013 with a reinforced brand and a bigger presence in its Quebec market area.
Home care provider ResCare Inc. plans to offer Walgreen Co.’s DailyMed prescription service.
Chain drug executives are sounding an upbeat tone as they size up their prospects for 2013. Though most executives express concern about fiscal developments in Washington, they are confident in the outlook for the retail pharmacy industry.
Thrifty White Pharmacy is reinventing the essential component of chain drug retailing by recasting pharmacists as patient counselors and practitioners of medication therapy management.
For his leadership in marshalling his team and executing a well-thought-out pharmacy plan, Rite Aid Corp. executive vice president of pharmacy Robert Thompson has been named Pharmacy Executive of the Year by Chain Drug Review. Pharmacists at Rite Aid are making a bigger commitment to health care.
PharmaChoice, one of Canada’s largest pharmacy networks, is slated to pilot the PreVu skin cholesterol test from Miraculins Inc. in Ontario and Atlantic Canada.
Denise Carpenter has joined the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS) as president and chief executive officer.
Striking a blockbuster deal that could shift the industry’s perspective, Walgreen Co. chief executive officer Greg Wasson and Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina — and their management teams — have been selected as the 2012 Retailers of the Year by Chain Drug Review.
To help consumers kick off the new year on a healthful note, Sam’s Club is offering five free health screenings.
