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GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Bridget-ann Hart will retire as president and chief executive officer of Kinney Drugs operator KPH Healthcare Services Inc. at the end of the year. She will continue to serve on the board of KPH, a national provider of health care services with more than 4,000 employees across four divisions. In addition to
NEW YORK — With mass shootings becoming an all too frequent occurrence in American life, the debate over gun control continues to be a hot-button topic for the nation. As many politicians, including presidential candidates, as well as a growing number of citizens, call for tighter gun control measures, many retailers are adhering to the
BOSTON — Leaders of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores thanked attendees at the organization’s Total Store Expo for their dedication around such issues as direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fee reform and opiate misuse. “We have big issues. We have big ideas. So thank you for your role in addressing and advancing them
When Sam Walton opened the first Walmart store in Rogers, Ark., in 1962, he set in motion an enterprise that fundamentally transformed the way Americans shop, giving them convenient access to high-quality consumer products at the lowest possible price. Now, 57 years later, the company has embarked on a pilot test to apply the principles
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Five years after it made the bold move to pull tobacco products from CVS Pharmacy locations, CVS Health said earlier this month it is expanding its focus on helping people quit smoking. Be The First, the five-year, $50 million dollar initiative by the company and the CVS Health Foundation to help create
NEWTON SQUARE, Pa. — Homeopathic medicine manufacturer Boiron Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters here at 4 Campus Boulevard Tuesday, September 17. The new building is adjacent to the company’s old headquarters, but at some 32,000 square feet, is double the size. Boiron, which has 3,700 employees and distribution in 59 countries,
PHILADELPHIA — With digital marketing and e-commerce creating a tsunami of change across the retail industry, accentuated by Amazon’s seemingly unstoppable growth and the emergence of Alibaba, China’s giant e-commerce company, it was fitting that “Adaptability” was the theme of Emerson Group’s annual Industry Day event, held here Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton. Or, as Ed
WASHINGTON – The Business Roundtable on Thursday tapped Walmart president and chief executive Doug McMillon to serve as its next chairman. He will serve a two-year term starting January 1. McMillon will succeed Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, as chairman of the association of corporate chief executive officers, which aims to promote
FLINT, Mich. — Diplomat Pharmacy is considering a sale or merger after seeing revenue declines in its PBM and specialty segments in the second quarter ended June 30. The company’s board ordered the exploration of “strategic alternatives” after Diplomat’s quarterly revenue dropped 9% from the year-ago period to $1.29 billion. Besides a sale or merger,
TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart is innovating across its business to protect the balanced sales equation that makes it the envy of its counterparts in the U.S. Like American drug chains, SDM is known for pharmacy and an expanding array of health care services, but it is also a leader in beauty in Canada and
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced it will be taking another step forward in its efforts to remove chemicals of concern to consumers by eliminating oxybenzone and octinoxate from nearly 60 CVS Health brand sunscreen products under SPF 50 by the end of 2020. This decision is the latest advancement of the company’s chemical management
ORLANDO, Fla. — AllianceRx Walgreens Prime has announced additional medicines available to patients with certain rare, chronic and complex conditions. Known as limited distribution drugs (LDDs), these specialty medicines treat certain types of multiple sclerosis (MS), Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and a form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), among other complex conditions. Since last spring, the
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy announced earlier this month that customers will be able to enroll in CarePass at participating CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide, or online at CVS.com/carepass. The first loyalty and membership program that offers free national pharmacy delivery on eligible prescriptions, CarePass gives its members a multitude of benefits when they join for
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — The Nicholas Hall Group of Companies, in association with Everything Health, held its North American Consumer Healthcare Conference here in June. With attendees from key consumer health care players and stakeholders, and speakers from companies including Bayer Corp., the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), Google Inc., GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Perrigo Co. and Johnson