BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has made changes in its U.S. stores division’s management team that the company says are designed to streamline the leadership structure of the business. Mike Moore, who has been serving as executive vice president of Neighborhood Markets at Walmart U.S., will assume responsibility for Walmart’s more than 3,400 domestic Supercenters as
ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores community pharmacy-based point-of-care testing certificate program kicked off last month at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy in Omaha. The multi-city tour will continue at colleges and schools of pharmacy during 2015. In March, NACDS announced the acquisition and expansion of a
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. has hired information technology veteran Steve Rempel as senior vice president and chief information officer. Rempel will oversee the company’s IT systems, including network infrastructure, telecommunications and data security. He will have responsibility for development and execution of Rite Aid’s IT strategy. Rempel began his career at Safeway
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores bestowed the chain drug industry’s highest honors on three “industry icons” at its annual meeting here last month. Greg Wasson, former president and chief executive officer of Walgreen Co., received the Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award. Two industry veterans received the Robert B.
When members of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores gathered at The Breakers in Palm Beach for the 2015 NACDS Annual Meeting last month, they brought with them a renewed sense of purpose and confidence in the meaningful contributions that community pharmacy is making to improve the U.S. health care system and meet many
Less than a month has passed since the National Association of Chain Drug Stores hosted its 2015 Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. By all accounts, the event was hugely productive, as retailer and supplier attendees from around the country and throughout the industry journeyed to South Florida in the most optimistic mood the chain drug
We at Kantar Retail believe that the most disruptive retail presence in the U.S. health care environment won’t be from a drug store — it will be from Walmart. Walmart wants to become the No. 1 U.S. health care provider and is now poised to challenge the slope of drug store growth. Today, Walmart is
NEW YORK — Dr. Miracle’s has rolled out Miracle Repair, a three-step reconstructive system formulated to instantly rebound hair from damaging color, relaxer and thermal appliances. The hair care brand said Friday that the average woman, during her lifetime, devotes 294 days to styling her hair, unintentionally damaging it through blow drying, curling, coloring and straightening, leaving their hair dull,
BOISE, Idaho — Mark Panzer is stepping down as president and chief executive officer of Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy to become senior vice president of pharmacy, health and wellness at AB Acquisition LLC, the parent company of food and drug chains Albertsons and Safeway. AB Acquisition said Friday that Panzer will oversee the company’s 1,760 pharmacies in 34 states
LINTHICUM, Md., and PITTSBURGH — Care Pharmacies Cooperative Inc. has partnered with Aureus Health Services Inc. to launch the Care Pharmacies Specialty Network. The companies said Thursday that under the partnership, Aureus will provide specialty pharmacy management services to Care’s member pharmacies, as well as resources to support the needs of their specialty patients and providers. Care Pharmacies has retail and
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — PharmaSmart was cited in a first-of-its-kind clinical guide on the use and validity of public blood pressure kiosks by the American Society of Hypertension (ASH). The health care technology company said this week that the ASH guideline, titled “Public Use Blood Pressure Kiosks: A Guide for Clinicians,” recognized PharmaSmart as uniquely qualified among kiosks for
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Next month, CVS Health plans to launch an employee smoking cessation program that reflects the findings of new research and continues the company’s efforts to reduce tobacco use. According to a study by the CVS Health Research Institute and researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, employer-sponsored smoking cessation programs that offer financial incentives show higher
ARLINGTON, Va. — Deepti Loharikar has joined the National Association of Chain Drug Stores as director of federal and state public policy. NACDS said late Wednesday that Loharikar comes to association from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where she oversaw the development and implementation of long-term strategies for the consumer-oriented and operated plan (CO-OP) insurance program. At NACDS,
ATLANTA — Coca-Cola Co. has signed letters of intent granting expanded territories to two U.S. bottlers. The beverage giant said late Wednesday that it has agreed in principle to grant additional expanded territories to Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, which will assume markets in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
