October 4, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
The Council for Responsible Nutrition, Video Forum: Andrea Wong
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Probiotics differ from other products sold in the nutritional supplements aisle, coming with special storage and labeling requirements. In this week’s Video Forum, Andrea Wong, senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs at the Council for Responsible Nutrition, discusses the organization’s recently launched educational campaign to help retailers and consumers better understand the
October 4, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
COVID-19, CVS, Karen Lynch
October 4, 2021, Opinion
An article in a recent edition of The Wall Street Journal about challenges caused by a shortfall of workers at CVS Health missed the forest for the trees, focusing on problems at a few of its more than 10,000 drug stores, while giving short shrift to the extraordinary contributions that CVS — like other retail
September 27, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Video Forum Lauren Brindley Walgreens
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Lauren Brindley, group vice president of beauty and personal care at Walgreens, tells this week’s Video Forum about the ups and downs of retailing during the COVID pandemic; the growing importance of technology, social media and omnichannel options in the categories she oversees; and the importance of in-store beauty advisors to the Walgreens offer. She
September 20, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Video Forum: Wendy Liebmann, WSL Strategic Retail
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Wendy Liebmann has devoted her career to charting the changing wants and needs of consumers and analyzing what that evolution means for the retail and CPG sectors. In this week’s Video Forum, Liebmann, chief executive officer and chief shopper at WSL Strategic Retail, talks about mass market retailers’ performance during the COVID pandemic, ongoing industrywide
September 20, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
COVID-19, Delta variant
Opinion, September 20, 2021
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” So said British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in November 1942 after Allied forces defeated the Axis powers at El Alamein, dealing a decisive blow to their bid for control of North
September 13, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Video Forum Kate Daly Closed Loop Partners
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In this week’s Video Forum, Kate Daly, managing director of Closed Loop Partners, outlines the efforts of the New York City-based investment firm and innovation center to help develop a circular economy. The Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag and Every Bottle Back are two major initiatives that she addresses. In addition, Daly discusses other
August 30, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Sharon Sternheim, Video Forum: Sharon Sternheim, Zitomer
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New York City-based Zitomer offers a shopping experience unlike any other drug store in the U.S. In this week’s Video Forum, Sharon Sternheim, the company’s president, talks about some of the elements — among them, extensive assortments of high-end beauty and personal care products, toys and apparel, as well as consistently high levels of customer
August 23, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Jeffrey Woldt
August 23, 2021, Opinion
Even as the swift spread of the Delta variant in the U.S. and other countries around the world brings renewed urgency to the battle against COVID-19, another, arguably graver, crisis continues to unfold. Climate change and its ability to wreak havoc on the natural environment is rapidly intensifying, a development that promises a time of
August 19, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Ahold Delhaize, Franz Muller
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ZAANDAM, The Netherlands — Foresight and adaptability have been two distinguishing characteristics of Ahold Delhaize since its formation in 2016, and those qualities continued to serve the retailer well in the second quarter of fiscal 2021, as it negotiated COVID-induced market changes around the world. During the three months, net revenue reached €18.6 billion, up
August 16, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Chain Drug Review's Video Forum, Elliott Rodgers Ulta Beauty
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Elliott Rodgers, chief information officer at Ulta Beauty, tells this week’s Video Forum about the various ways the specialty retailer is bringing technology to bear to help realize its strategic objectives. Among the issues he addresses are the role of digital tools in business transformation, a collaborative approach to supply chain management, consumer-facing technology, and
August 9, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Chain Drug Review's Video Forum, Peggy Davies PLMA
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In this week’s Video Forum, Peggy Davies, who was recently confirmed as president of the Private Label Manufacturers Association after serving in the role on an interim basis since June 2020, discusses efforts to build on the legacy of her predecessor, Brian Sharoff. She also talks about COVID’s impact on the store brand business,
August 9, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Biden administration, Jeffrey Woldt editor-in-chief Chain Drug Review
August 9, 2021, Opinion
President Biden last month signed an executive order intended to limit the clout of big business and enhance competitive prospects for small and mid-sized companies. The sweeping document — which includes 72 specific elements, among them provisions instructing the Food and Drug Administration to clear the way for prescription drug imports from Canada (a very
August 2, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Leslie Sarasin FMI
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The nation’s grocers have had to adapt quickly to changing conditions over the past year and a half. In this week’s Video Forum, Leslie Sarasin, president and chief executive officer of FMI, talks about the resilience shown by the industry during the COVID pandemic. She also discusses changing shopping patterns, the ramifications of consumers’
July 26, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt
Chain Drug Review's Video Forum, John O’Brien National Pharmaceutical Council
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In this week’s Video Forum, John O’Brien, who became president and chief executive officer of the National Pharmaceutical Council in June, addresses the challenges faced by the nation’s health care system and the role that biopharmaceutical products can play in addressing them. He discusses the importance of NPC’s research in highlighting the value of prescription