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Retail News Breaks Archives Rite Aid Corp. is donating vital supplies to help the victims, families and communities affected by the recent flooding in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. Adding to its roster of online stores, drugstore.com has launched DeluxeSalonSupply.com, a business-to-business microsite that provides products and supplies to salon and spa operators. Tom Ryan, chairman, president and chief executive officer of CVS Caremark Corp., plans to retire from the CEO post at next year's annual shareholder meeting in May. Lewis Drug this week broke ground on what it said was its first new, full-size store in two decades in Sioux Falls, S.D., where the drug chain is based. Continuing its push to improve health care outcomes for diabetes patients, CVS Caremark Corp. has extended its ExtraCare loyalty program to provide savings and rewards on the purchase of over-the-counter diabetes-related products plus wellness education benefits. The National Community Pharmacists Association has applauded lawmakers for legislation that aims to remove diabetes supplies provided by small pharmacies from the bidding program for Medicare Part B durable medical equipment. MinuteClinic is offering complimentary A1c blood glucose tests on a walk-in basis at select locations inside CVS/pharmacy stores. CVS Caremark Corp. has entered a multiyear agreement with LMG Insight & Communication, a subsidiary of Groupe Aeroplan Inc., for shopper intelligence services. Retail health clinics are an effective and affordable care option for allergy sufferers when they're unable to see their primary care doctor, according to a study by health benefit provider WellPoint Inc. About 100 Walgreens stores in Florida recently hosted Maybelline makeup makeover events that introduced new eye and lip products to drug store customers. Chronic headache sufferers often experience "rebound headaches" by overdoing it with nonprescription pain relievers, research by Consumer Reports finds.
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