November 1, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Marketing Association
Supplier News
NOVI, Mich. — Scot Fine recently joined the Chain Drug Marketing Association as vice president of sales and marketing. Fine has more than 20 years of experience working in the healthcare industry, from start-ups to multi-million-dollar U.S. and international companies. He most recently served as consultant at ECEK Capital and as vice president of sales
October 14, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Marketing Association
Supplier News
NOVI, Mich.— Chain Drug Marketing Association, Inc., the distributor of the profitable Quality Choice private label program, announced that John Galvan has been elected chairman of the board. Galvan succeeds Nancy Wharmby who served as chair since 2018. Along with CDMA president Michael Boivin, Wharmby helped lead CDMA to record setting years in growth and
October 12, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Marketing Association, Medicine Center Pharmacy (MCP), Nancy Wharmb
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
NOVI, Mich. — Chain Drug Marketing Association announced that Nancy Wharmby has been elected chairperson. Wharmby of Bolivar, Ohio has served on the CDMA board of directors since 2012 and is now the first woman in the history of this 92 year old association to hold the Chairmanship. Wharmby is the executive vice president of Medicine
June 19, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Marketing Association, Lanny Doud, Michael Boivin
Business, Leading Headlines
Novi, Mich. — The Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) announced that Michael Boivin has been hired as the new chief financial officer. Boivin has also accepted the invitation to sit on the CDMA board of directors as treasurer. Boivin has more than 20 years of diversified financial, operational and strategic experience from start-ups to multi-million
June 8, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Marketing Association, John Devine, Michael Boivin
Leading Headlines, Retail News
NOVI, Mich. — The Chain Drug Marketing Association’s (CDMA) board of directors announced today that John Devine is stepping down from his position as president to pursue other opportunities. Devine has served CDMA in a number of roles since he began in 2012, starting with vice president of store brands. In 2017, he became president
February 28, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Marketing Association, Chain Drug Review, CVS Health, Jim Devine, Larry Merlo, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Retailer of the Year, Richard Ashworth, slideshow, Steve Anderson, Walgreens
Slideshows
Chain Drug Review held a reception in Manhattan earlier this month to honor recipients of the publication’s Retailer of the Year awards. CVS Health president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo named Health Care Executive of the Year, and Walgreens president of pharmacy and retail operations Richard Ashworth was named as Operations Executive of the Year.
January 6, 2017 by Brian Bossetta
Affiliated Associated Drug Stores, CDMA, Chain Drug Marketing Association, Chain Drug Review, Jim Devine, John Devine, Lifetime Achievement Award, Quality Choice
2017, Issue 01-02-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, Retail News
NOVI, Mich. — After 26 years as an integral part of the Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) and a lifetime in the chain drug industry, Jim Devine is hanging up his cleats, though he won’t be completely out of the game. Devine stepped down January 1 as CDMA president, but he plans to remain with
March 14, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
90th annual Trade Expo, CDMA, Chain Drug Marketing Association, Fruth Pharmacy, Judy Aspinall, Lynne Fruth
2016, Issue 03-14-2016, Issues, News
LAS VEGAS — The Chain Drug Marketing Association’s 90th annual Trade Expo was hailed by participants as one of the organization’s best. “CDMA continues to hit it out of the park,” said Lanny Doud, executive director of QualityCare Pharmacies. Between the quality suppliers, social networking and entertainment that included a 1920s-themed gala, the show “couldn’t
February 22, 2016 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review
CDMA, chain drug industry, Chain Drug Marketing Association, David Pinto, Jim Devine
2016, Issue 02-22-2016, Issues, Opinion
This year, Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) marks its 90th anniversary. To translate, the organization was begun in 1926. The date was three years prior to the Great Depression and 13 years before the outbreak of World War II. Flying was a sometime thing, and air travel, when it was deemed an efficient and safe
August 23, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Awaken by Quality Choice, CDMA, chain drug industry, Chain Drug Marketing Association, Jim Devine, Quality Choice
Leading Headlines, Retail News
NOVI, Mich. — The Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) has not just withstood the consolidation of the chain drug industry. It has grown in spite of it. CDMA has broadened its membership with grocery stores and wholesalers, as well as convenience store chains, notes president Jim Devine. “We’re going beyond the drug channel,” he says.