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Upcoming months may shape pharmacy’s future

Upcoming months may shape pharmacy’s future

The balance of this year and the first months of 2024 will be a time of testing and potential transformation for retail pharmacy. Several pivotal questions, some of which have plagued the industry for many years, seem to be headed toward resolution. How they are resolved will impact the future trajectory of pharmacy and its

Video Forum: Justin Honaman, Amazon Web Services

Video Forum: Justin Honaman, Amazon Web Services

  In this week’s Video Forum, Justin Honaman, head of worldwide retail and consumer goods go-to-market at Amazon Web Services continues his discussion of generative AI. Honaman talks about how the technology will change the way retail and CPG executives go about their business; some of the challenges involved in implementing generative AI; and how

Video Forum: Justin Honaman, Amazon Web Services

Video Forum: Justin Honaman, Amazon Web Services

Justin Honaman, head of worldwide retail and consumer goods go-to-market at Amazon Web Services, tells this week’s Video Forum about how generative artificial intelligence will alter the retail and CPG industries. Among the topics Honaman addresses are the distinctions between artificial intelligence, machine learning and generative AI; how the new technology fits in with traditional

Chain Drug Review, Drug Store News and The Emerson Group join forces to honor NACDS’ 90th anniversary

Chain Drug Review, Drug Store News and The Emerson Group join forces to honor NACDS’ 90th anniversary

NEW YORK — In an unprecedented partnership, Chain Drug Review, Drug Store News, The Emerson Group and MMR are joining forces to celebrate the contributions of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and community pharmacy retailers, as NACDS celebrates its 90th anniversary. The December issues of Chain Drug Review and Drug Store News will

Video Forum: Walgreens Retail Media

Video Forum: Walgreens Retail Media

  Walgreens is staking a large claim in the burgeoning retail media business. In this week’s Video Forum, Robert Tompkins, the drug chain’s group vice president and general merchandise manager for health and wellness, and Katie Vogt, senior director of client success at Walgreens Advertising Group, exchange insights about retail media’s growing impact on the

Walmart offers Rx for health care’s ills

Walmart offers Rx for health care’s ills

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal­mart has taken several significant steps to heighten the impact of its pharmacists on the health and well-being of Americans. The moves, including higher compensation for those professionals (as well as the company’s opticians) and the rollout of dozens of additional HIV-focused Specialty Pharmacies of the Community (SPOCs), are the latest signs

Video Forum: JJ Fleeman, Ahold Delhaize USA

Video Forum: JJ Fleeman, Ahold Delhaize USA

In this week’s Video Forum, JJ Fleeman, recently named chief executive officer at Ahold Delhaize USA, talks about the strengths of the organization and its prospects in the highly competitive grocery sector. Fleeman also discusses his previous assignment as president of Peapod Digital Labs, Ahold Delhaize’s technology arm; the company’s commitment to omnichannel retailing; and

CVS Health hones drug store format

CVS Health hones drug store format

BOSTON — CVS Health is in the midst of reimagining its drug stores to reinforce their position as the front door of health care in America. At the company’s first annual Retail Supplier Summit yesterday, Musab Balbale, senior vice president and chief merchandising officer, talked about the process and how it will better align retail

Video Forum: George Rafferty and Claire Biermaas, AmerisourceBergen

Video Forum: George Rafferty and Claire Biermaas, AmerisourceBergen

In the second installment of a two-part interview, George Rafferty, who has announced his retirement after heading AmerisourceBergen’s Corporate Partnerships Group for the past five years, and his successor, Claire Biermaas, talk about the leadership transition and the unique culture that enables the drug wholesaler to stay in sync with the evolving needs of its

NACDS Foundation set for bold change

NACDS Foundation set for bold change

ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation — which continues to heighten its impact on the health and well-being of people through grants that support research and education — will be in the spotlight in August when, for the first time, it holds its premier fund­raising event in conjunction with NACDS

Video Forum: George Rafferty and Claire Biermaas, AmerisourceBergen

Video Forum: George Rafferty and Claire Biermaas, AmerisourceBergen

This week’s Video Forum offers a look at the leadership transition now under way at AmerisourceBergen’s Corporate Partnerships Group. In the first of two installments, George Rafferty, who has headed the program since its inception five years ago, and Claire Biermaas, who is succeeding him as president of corporate partnerships, share their perspectives on the

Fauci: COVID revealed Rx’s vital role in health care

Fauci: COVID revealed Rx’s vital role in health care

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Anyone who has lingering doubts about the centrality of retail pharmacy’s contribution to ending the COVID pandemic should consider the view of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s point man in responding to the emergency. Speaking at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Annual Meeting here last month, the former

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