Solid gains in the pharmacy help lift sales at Jean Coutu Group’s franchised drug store network for the fiscal 2013 first quarter. The Canadian pharmacy retailer also saw earnings surge during the quarter ended June 2, largely stemming from a reduction of its investment in Rite Aid Corp.
Mark Gregory has been appointed senior vice president of store operations at Kerr Drug.
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy has introduced the Natural Beauty Bar, a new concept aimed at enhancing the chain’s identity as a beauty care destination in the Los Angeles area. Pharmaca said Monday that the Natural Beauty Bar, launched at its Pacific Palisades, Calif.
New regulations in Florida have enabled Walgreen Co. to make a wider array of vaccinations available at all of its 851 drug stores in the state.
Rite Aid Corp. is offering 10 days of savings via digital postcards on its Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages that chronicle the travels of "the Rites," the retailer’s Rite Aid-loving digital family.
Duane Reade continues to make its mark in Manhattan’s Financial District with the grand opening of another "up market" drug store in the historic American Surety building at 100 Broadway. The Walgreen Co.
The nation’s largest drug chain has joined with four supermarket retailers in suing Pfizer Inc. and Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. for allegedly scheming to delay the introduction of generic versions of Lipitor, Pfizer’s blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug. Walgreen Co., Kroger Co., Safeway Inc.
The international expansion of a U.S. drug chain was a long time coming, but when it happened it happened with a bang. After no nonfranchised American pharmacy chain had ventured beyond Puerto Rico, Walgreen Co.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. will end up paying slightly less in its deal to acquire Paragon Pharmacies Ltd.
Generic drug introductions and the continuing contract impasse with Express Scripts Inc. took a toll on comparable-store sales in June at Walgreen Co., which reported a double-digit decline for the month. Walgreens said Thursday that overall same-store sales dropped 10% in June, compared with a 5.
Pharmacist Nick Dorich has joined the National Association of Chain Drug Stores as manager of pharmacy care and the NACDS Foundation as manager of foundation programs.
Comparable-store sales were down at Rite Aid Corp. in June, marking the drug chain’s first monthly decrease in more than a year. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the four weeks ended June 30, same-store sales declined 1% year over year. That was down from a 1.1% gain in May, and
Walgreen Co. has wasted no time in following up on its blockbuster deal with Alliance Boots. The nation’s largest drug chain on Thursday said it plans to acquire the USA Drug pharmacy chain, which operates 144 stores, mostly in the Mid-South, under the USA Drug, Super D Drug, May’s Drug, Med-X and
The U.S. Supreme Court’s complex decision to preserve the core components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care reform law could impact community pharmacies that fill prescriptions covered by Medicaid.
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has begun accepting nominations for its practitioner awards and honors, which are administered by the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM).
CVS Caremark Corp. and Cardinal Health Inc. have been honored with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards by the National Business Group on Health. Both companies announced this week that they were selected as Platinum winners for the annual award, now in its eighth year.
