September 4, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Cardinal Health, John Fiacco, Medicine Shoppe International, Todd Treon
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
DUBLIN, Ohio — Todd Treon has been named vice president of Medicine Shoppe International (MSI), a Cardinal Health Inc. company. He succeeds John Fiacco, who will assume the position of vice president of pharmacy transition services at Cardinal Health. Treon has been Cardinal Health’s vice president of products and solutions marketing. In that role he
September 4, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Federal Trade Commission, Fred's, Hart-Scott-Rodino, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
NEW YORK — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) and Rite Aid Corp. are rescheduling the waiting period for a downsized store sale agreement reached upon the termination of their planned merger. According to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, WBA and Rite Aid agreed to withdraw their initial Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act
September 4, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, H-E-B, Hurricane Harvey, mobile pharmacies, Walgreens, Walmart
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
HOUSTON — The number of pharmacies that Hurricane Harvey forced to close — at least temporarily — ran into the hundreds late last month as the mammoth storm pounded southeast Texas. Drug chains, mass merchandisers and supermarketers shuttered stores with prescription counters throughout the region as Harvey battered the area with high winds and rain
September 4, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Everett Moore, Fagen Pharmacy, Gerald Fagen
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
DEMOTTE, Ind. — CVS Health has agreed to purchase 20-store Fagen Pharmacy. Terms were not disclosed. Plans call for eight of the stores to be converted and rebannered to CVS Pharmacy by late September. The other 12 are slated to be closed, with their prescription files transferring to nearby CVS pharmacies. The outlets to be
September 4, 2017 by Brian Bossetta and Chain Drug Review
Bill Bergin, RangeMe, Rite Aid
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
SAN FRANCISCO — RangeMe, an online platform that streamlines new item discovery between consumer products suppliers and retailers, is teaming up with Rite Aid Corp. in a major initiative to scale product innovation efforts. Rite Aid’s category buying teams will now have the access to efficiently source trending consumer-ready products faster than ever before, “in
September 4, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Jim Whitman, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, RxImpact Day, Steve Anderson, Total Store Expo
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
SAN DIEGO — At the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo, association president and chief executive Steve Anderson took a few moments in the Business Program to single out the achievements of Jim Whitman, senior vice president of member programs and services, for more than 40 years of service to the association.
September 4, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 NACDS Total Store Expo, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Total Store Expo Product Showcase
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, News
SAN DIEGO — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores announced the winners of its Product Showcase at the 2017 NACDS Total Store Expo here. Products on display ranged from baby care to home health care. Based on evaluations by the retail attendees, the winners of this year’s Total Store Expo Product Showcase were the
September 4, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
2017 NACDS Total Store Expo, Alex Gourlay, Amazon, Google, Google Express, Jeffrey Woldt, Kantar Retail, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Steve Anderson, Vision 2028, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walmart, Whole Foods Market, XRC Labs
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, Opinion
The dynamism of the retail industry’s most active, innovative and forward-thinking members is raising the stakes for everyone in the field. Major developments with potentially far-reaching implications for the way consumers shop are occurring at an unprecedented rate. In just the past few weeks, Walmart and Amazon.com Inc. have ratcheted up the pressure on their
September 4, 2017 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review
chain drug retailing, CVS Pharmacy, David Pinto, regional drug chains, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, Opinion
The current year is two-thirds finished, and the good news is most notable by its absence. Sales are soft, earnings elusive. Hot new items are few and far between. Growth is nowhere to be seen. Meaningful executive job shifts have been all but absent. Mergers and acquisitions have failed to materialize — and even those
August 19, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
John Standley, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Wellness Stores
2017, Issue 08-21-2017, Issues, News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. envisions a smaller but better-performing store base following the expected closing of its deal to sell nearly half its stores to Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA). In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Rite Aid provided a more detailed picture of its store base after
August 19, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Department of Health and Human Services, HealthCare.gov, Julie Mix McPeak, Lamar Alexander, Michael Consedine, Mitch McConnell, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Obamacare, President Donald Trump, skinny repeal
2017, Issue 08-21-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — The failed effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act has hardly erased doubts about the law’s short- and long-term viability. Already, the Trump administration has suspended contracts with two companies that have helped thousands of people in nearly a score of cities get health insurance under the statute. In ending the $22 million
August 19, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Beth Newlands Campbell, Domenic Pilla, McKesson Canada, Rexall
2017, Issue 08-21-2017, Issues, News
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — McKesson Canada chief executive officer Domenic Pilla recently announced that Beth Newlands Campbell has been appointed president of the Rexall drug chain. Her vast retail experience includes 27 years with Delhaize America and more recent work with Canadian food retailer Sobeys Inc. “The retail pharmacy industry faces many challenges. Competitive dynamics, regulatory
August 19, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, Jon Roberts, Larry Merlo, medication adherence, Transform Diabetes Care
2017, Issue 08-21-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health plans to extend its Transform Diabetes Care initiative to four more disease states over the next two years. The program is expected to also cover asthma, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and depression by midsummer 2019. Launched late last year, Transform Diabetes Care is designed to lower pharmacy costs through aggressive trend management
August 19, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
Bob Gibbs, Discount Drug Mart, H.R. 592, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, PAPCC, Patient Access to Pharmacists’ Care Coalition, Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, Ritzman Pharmacies, S. 109, Steve Ferris
2017, Issue 08-21-2017, Issues, News
ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is running newspaper advertisements in selected congressional districts this month. The ads thanks members of Congress for sponsoring a bill that would let pharmacists provide basic health care services to Medicare patients in underserved areas, and urging passage and enactment of the legislation. The Pharmacy