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How to win back the convenience consumer

How to win back the convenience consumer

Drug stores have sustained a dip in trips in recent years, down nearly 15% from 2015 to 2017, according to IRI. This loss of trips is challenging for the drug class of trade, as stores lose the foot traffic they need to accelerate growth. Our data and analytics indicate that trips in drug are down

Personalized messages to shoppers cut through clutter

Personalized messages to shoppers cut through clutter

Rapid advancements in technology have changed how shoppers live their lives, and this certainly includes how they shop. People are always connected, always on and always seeking — and finding — information. Immediate access to information is an expectation, not an added benefit. This need for immediate access to information has changed the face of

Consumer health care: Barriers, contributors to growth

Consumer health care: Barriers, contributors to growth

It’s well-known that when it comes to grocery shopping, the consumer is in charge, armed with knowledge from manufacturer and retailer websites, online and offline advertising, and a tsunami of social media. The same is rapidly becoming true in day-to-day health care — i.e., self-care. Greater access to over-the-counter products and vitamins, minerals and supplements

Drug chains need to retool for e-commerce era

Drug chains need to retool for e-commerce era

Digital technologies are reshaping both consumer demand and competitive undercurrents in the U.S. consumer packaged goods marketplace. Digital innovations and the explosion of digital, mobile and social media are restructuring how consumers shop for and purchase CPG products. This framework has resulted in new shopping behaviors and purchase pathways, which are disrupting traditional business models

Drug stores fend off rivals in health, convenience

Drug stores fend off rivals in health, convenience

It is well known that the Internet and low-cost channels, such as club and dollar, have gained market penetration at the expense of other channels. The good news is that the traditional outlets still hold the highest penetration levels and drug is faring better against the upstart channels than are mass and supercenters. Drug, despite

With self-care trend, it’s time to rethink OTCs, vitamins

With self-care trend, it’s time to rethink OTCs, vitamins

It’s well known that when it comes to grocery shopping, the consumer is in charge, armed with the knowledge from manufacturer and retailer websites, online and offline advertising, and a tsunami of social media. The same is rapidly becoming true in day-to-day health care — i.e., self-care. Greater access to over-the-counter health products and vitamin,

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