Citing strong sales of over-the-counter products and on its Beauty.com site, drugstore.com saw revenue surge 25% for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter. The company said late Tuesday that sales for the quarter ended Jan. 3 totaled $117.4 million, compared with $93.9 million a year earlier.
Andy Giancamilli, chairman of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, called for continued industry unity amid economic recovery and health care reform in opening remarks at the NACDS Regional Chain Conference here.
Rite Aid Corp. is expanding its Rx Suncare product line, introduced last year, with two new items. The drug store chain said Monday the new products, Rx Suncare Sport SPF 70 and Rx Suncare HairGuard, are slated to roll out to stores in California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington this
Kerr Drug has entered an agreement to underwrite "The People’s Pharmacy," a popular public radio program. Under the deal, announced Monday, Kerr Drug said it will engage in cross-promotional opportunities with The People’s Pharmacy and the program’s creators and hosts, Joe and Terry Graedon.
Robust pharmacy business drove strong revenue and profit gains in the fiscal 2009 fourth quarter for CVS Caremark Corp. The drug store chain and pharmacy benefit manager said Monday that overall revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 7% to $25.8 billion from $24.1 billion a year earlier.
Kerr Health, a health care services subsidiary of Kerr Drug, has launched a new web site that provides entry portals for health care professionals, patients, caregivers and employers. The new site, www.kerrhealth.
Walgreen Co. plans to offer free blood glucose testing at its pharmacies and in-store health clinics starting at the end of this week, an initiative highlighted on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Plans call for Walgreens to begin offering the free tests on Friday at all of its 24-hour stores and Take Care
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation has gone live with an online database that enables the public to find out about the range of services that pharmacists provide. Accessed at www.nacdsfoundation.
CVS Caremark Corp. has made its second key market entry in the past two weeks, opening its first drug store in Memphis, Tenn. The pharmacy chain, which opened its first St. Louis stores late last month, said Wednesday the new Memphis CVS/pharmacy is located at 9861 Highway 64. At the grand opening
Continuing its strategy to build one-stop shopping destinations for key categories, drugstore.com has launched an online store for men’s health and grooming products. Called AtHisBest.
Retail pharmacy groups applauded the Obama administration’s plan, as part of its proposed fiscal 2011 budget, to extend the temporary hike in federal Medicaid assistance to the states.
Rite Aid Corp. said customers and associates nationwide have donated more than $765,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to help the victims, families and communities affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
Impacted by calendar day shifts, same-store sales at Walgreen Co. decreased for the second straight month in January. Though overall sales were up, the drug store chain said Wednesday that comparable-store sales fell 1.1% year over year in January, which also is down from a 0.
Walgreen Co. has introduced a new program called Community Corner that aims to highlight the successes of minority-owned businesses.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation announced a double-digit increase in dollars awarded last year for the Pharmacy Student Scholarship Program.
Rite Aid Corp. has shifted the responsibilities for one vice president and added duties for another in its latest executive maneuvers. The pharmacy chain said Monday that Chris Hall has been named senior vice president of pharmacy business development.
