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Retail News Breaks Archives Early next month, Rite Aid Corp. plans to hold Diabetes Solutions Days at about 1,200 stores across the country. Katz Group's Rexall pharmacy chain has opened the first locations of a new store prototype designed specifically to help customers promote health and well-being. Consumers looking to recover deleted or corrupted digital photos, and other "lost" electronic files, can now turn to their local Walgreens store for help. Rite Aid Corp. and Supervalu Inc.'s Save-A-Lot supermarket chain have launched all of the locations for their 10-store pilot test of a co-branded pharmacy/grocery format in the Greenville, S.C., area. Actress and parent advocate Catherine Hicks has joined forces with the National Community Pharmacists Association and Purdue Pharma to help educate the public about the safe storage of prescription drugs. Navarro Discount Pharmacy has announced the recipients of its first Vendor of the Year Awards. A survey commissioned by Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. finds that many people aren't planning ahead to stay healthy during this cold and flu season. AmerisourceBergen and its Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise network have extended their support of university pharmacy programs nationwide. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service that calls for clarification of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions on the use of health debit cards in the purchase of over-the-counter and prescription medicines. Walgreen Co. is helping doctors make more cost-effective medication choices for patients by setting up electronic access, including via handheld devices, to the formulary list of its prescription drug discount club. Target Corp. has deployed Kodak photo kiosks with social networking technology in most of its stores nationwide. Walgreen Co. has implemented a social commerce platform that gives its web site customers greater access to product ratings and reviews from other consumers and improves the searchability of products offered on its site. Shop 'n Save is expanding its network of pharmacies with the purchase of Rinderer's Drug Stores Inc., a family-owned drug store operator serving metropolitan St. Louis. Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. is making grocery part of the solution this flu season. Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy's online business has gotten a boost since moving to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) on-demand e-commerce platform from UnitedU Technologies Inc. Canadians are paying almost two times as much for generic prescription drugs as Americans because of the impact of government drug plans on consumer market dynamics, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute. When it comes to keeping customers satisfied, pharmacies know how to get the job done.
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