September 11, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
50 Most Powerful Women in Business, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Fortune magazine, Helena Foulkes
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News, Videos
NEW YORK — Helena Foulkes, executive vice president of CVS Health and president of CVS/pharmacy, has climbed higher on the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” by Time Inc.’s Fortune magazine. Foulkes came in at No. 14 on the annual list this year after finishing at No. 26 in 2014. “After CVS Health’s 2014 decision
September 3, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
cigarette purchases, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS Health Research Institute, CVS/pharmacy, Eileen Howard Boone, nicotine replacement therapy, smoking cessation, tobacco products, tobacco sales, Troy Brennan
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy’s removal of tobacco products from its stores is showing its impact a year later. A study by the CVS Health Research Institute revealed a reduction in cigarette purchases over the past year, CVS Health said Thursday. Evaluating cigarette pack purchases at drug, food, big-box, dollar, convenience and gas station retailers in the
August 27, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
clinical affiliations, CVS Health, CVS pharmacists, CVS/pharmacy, MinuteClinic, St. Luke's University Health Network, TriHealth, Troy Brennan
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has formed new clinical affiliations with St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa., and TriHealth in Cincinnati. CVS said Thursday that through these clinical collaborations, it will provide prescription and visit information to the health care organizations by enabling communication between their electronic health record (EHR) systems, enhancing patient
August 26, 2015 by Todd Maute and Chain Drug Review
beauty care, Boots No7, CBX, chain drug stores, CVS/pharmacy, national drug chains, Nuance Salma Hayek, Receutics, Rite Aid, Todd Maute, Walgreens
Leading Headlines, Opinion
National drug chains are working hard to drive more sales in the beauty care category. The merged Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., for starters, is revamping its stores with a swankier cosmetics offering centered on the Boots No7 skin care line, which already drives traffic across Europe. For its part, Rite Aid Corp. is rolling out
August 25, 2015 by Liz Crawford and Chain Drug Review
CVS-Target partnership, CVS/pharmacy, Liz Crawford, MATCH MG, specialist retailer, store-within-a-store, Target Stores, The Shopper Economy
Opinion
The CVS-Target partnership represents the next generation of retail, for both the industry and the shopper. Naturally, the agreement — under which CVS plans to buy Target’s pharmacies and clinics — is geared to accelerate business for both companies. CVS/pharmacy has been flat, or losing, on front-end sales. Conversely, Target Stores has been flat, or
August 24, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, flu shot, flu vaccination, flu vaccine, MinuteClinic, Nancy Gagliano, Tom Davis
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Almost two in five U.S. adults have missed a life event because of flu-like symptoms, according to a survey from CVS/pharmacy. CVS said Monday that the online survey of over 2,000 adults, conducted by Harris Poll, found that 37% of respondents missed out on a social or work occasion because they felt
August 22, 2015 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Brian Tilzer, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, maintenance prescriptions, medication adherence, ScriptSync, Troyen Brennan
2015, Issue 08-24-2015, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is launching a new pharmacy service, ScriptSync, enabling patients with multiple medications to pick up eligible maintenance prescriptions in a monthly visit to a CVS/pharmacy store. Patients or caregivers can manage ScriptSync prescriptions with what the company calls innovative online support tools. By aligning prescription fill schedules for customers, CVS
August 11, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
CVS/pharmacy, dermatological skin care, dermo-cosmetics, Francis Maheu, Functionalab Group, Jouviance
Supplier News
MONTREAL — Canadian brand Jouviance plans to enter the U.S. market with the launch of its dermatological skin care line exclusively at CVS/pharmacy stores. The company said Tuesday that it will begin rolling out a range of its products this month at nearly 2,000 CVS drug stores, with the line eventually slated to be available
July 31, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
clinical affiliations, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lehigh Valley Health Network, MinuteClinic, Troy Brennan
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has formed new clinical affiliations with Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Kansas and Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania. CVS said Thursday that through the clinical collaborations, it will provide prescription and visit information to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Lehigh Valley Health Network by enabling communication between their electronic health record
July 16, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Bruce Carlson, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Danielle Barrera, Healthcare Clinic, Kalorama Information, Kroger, MinuteClinic, RediClinic, retail clinic, retail health clinics, Rite Aid, The Little Clinic, Walgreens, walk-in medical clinic
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
NEW YORK — The retail health clinic market is seeing competition intensify as the leading players expand their reach with new locations. Market leader MinuteClinic, part of CVS Health, got a big boost last month with CVS’ $1.9 billion deal to buy the pharmacy and clinic business of Target Corp. With the move, the approximately
July 6, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Adam Fein, Brian Cornell, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Drug Channels Institute, Larry Merlo, MinuteClinic, Pembroke Consulting, Target Corp., TargetExpress
2015, Issue 07-06-2015, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Continuing its aggressive growth and diversification, CVS Health has purchased Target Corp.’s pharmacy and clinic businesses for some $1.9 billion. The acquisition propels CVS past Walgreens as the nation’s No. 1 pharmacy operator by market share and store count. CVS will have close to 9,500 prescription counters. Walgreens had 8,232 as of
July 6, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Alex Perez-Tenessa, Cia Tucci, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, CVS/pharmacy y más, ExtraCare, health and beauty, Helena Foulkes, Judy Sansone, new front end, new store designs
2015, Issue 07-06-2015, Issues, News
NEW YORK — CVS Health has unveiled an enhanced front end with a focus on health, beauty and consumables. The upgrade, being rolled out at selected stores starting with 150 high-volume urban outlets, is “the next step in the company’s evolution to better support customers’ health in its retail stores” following its cigarette ban, CVS
July 6, 2015 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
chief marketing officer, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, DigitasLBi, Helena Foulkes
2015, Issue 07-06-2015, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has hired Norman de Greve as its chief marketing officer, effective July 15. De Greve joins CVS from DigitasLBi, where for the past year he served as head of the company’s Boston-Detroit region. DigitasLBi bills itself as “a global marketing and technology agency that transforms businesses for the digital age.”
July 6, 2015 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, CVS/pharmacy y más, Jeffrey Woldt, Larry Merlo, Omnicare, Target Corp.
2015, Issue 07-06-2015, Issues, Opinion
It was a very productive spring for CVS Health. Already performing at a level that made it the envy of most other retailers and health care providers, the company took a series of steps in May and June that will increase its chances of success in several burgeoning sectors of the marketplace. The biggest news