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Should pharmacy industry worry about Amazon?

August 14, 2017 by Gregg Lipman and Chain Drug Review Amazon, Big Drug Retail, Big Pharma, CBX, chain drug store industry, Gregg Lipman, Jeff Bezos, Whole Foods Market Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion

What would happen to your business if, tomorrow, Amazon bought a major chain like CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens or Rite Aid? Not so long ago, if you put this question to an executive in the chain drug store industry, the response might have been “Well, that’s not going to happen.” But now that Amazon has announced

Breaking category conventions to remain relevant

May 1, 2017 by Gregg Lipman and Chain Drug Review Big Drug Retail, CBX, Drug Store of the Future, Gregg Lipman, H.R. 592, Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, S. 109 Opinion

Today’s drug store looks nothing like the drug store of your parents’ youth. Once upon a time, I was able to have neighborly banter with Stan, the local pharmacist, who greeted me warmly and actually knew all about me. Stan freely handed out community news, bad jokes and even a bit of innocuous gossip along