April 29, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Baltimore riots, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Rite Aid, Walgreens
Leading Headlines, Retail News
NEW YORK — CVS Health and Rite Aid Corp. have closed stores in Baltimore that were damaged in the city’s ongoing riots. A CVS spokeswoman said Wednesday that two CVS/pharmacy stores sustained heavy damage from the rioting and have been closed, and no employees or customers were harmed. Five CVS stores were affected by the protests, which began on Monday, and the company
April 22, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
Cia Tucci, CVS brand products, CVS/pharmacy, Fill Your Bag, store brands
Leading Headlines, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy is set to kick off “Fill Your Bag,” a chainwide promotion offering shoppers savings on CVS brand products, as well as select exclusive product lines. CVS said Wednesday that the promotion will run in-store and online from April 26 to May 23. To participate, members of the ExtraCare loyalty program scan
April 21, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
Coca-Cola, CVS/pharmacy, Fit Family Challenge
Supplier News
RALEIGH, N.C. — Coca-Cola and CVS/pharmacy are among the participants in the Fit Family Challenge, a healthy living initiative launched in North Carolina. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated said that North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory joined with Coca-Cola, CVS, Carolina, Piedmont and Charlotte Parent magazines on Tuesday to kick off the effort, a free program open
March 31, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, MinuteClinic, Rush University Medical Center, Troy Brennan, Tucson Medical Center, walk-in medical clinic
Leading Headlines, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has entered into clinical affiliations with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., and its Arizona Connected Care accountable care organization. CVS said Tuesday that through the clinical collaborations it will provide prescription and visit information to the health providers via the integration of
March 16, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
Comedy for a Cure, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Helena Foulkes, Kari Luther Rosbeck, TS Alliance, Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
Retail News
SILVER SPRING, Md. — CVS/pharmacy president Helena Foulkes will be honored next month by the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (TS Alliance) at the organization’s 14th Annual Comedy for a Cure. The TS Alliance said Friday that Comedy for a Cure will be held April 12 at the Globe Theater in Universal City, Calif. Foulkes also is
March 10, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
Anja Krammer, BioPharmX, CVS/pharmacy, fibrocystic breast condition, premenstrual breast discomfort, Violet iodine
Supplier News
MENLO PARK, Calif. — BioPharmX Corp. has landed retail distribution for Violet iodine, a pill for the relief of premenstrual breast discomfort, at CVS/pharmacy. BioPharmX said Tuesday that Violet iodine, which the company called a “first of its kind” product, is available now at select CVS stores and will be offered exclusively in the feminine
March 9, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
Air-Vita Allergy, CVS/pharmacy, Dr. Steve Schwartz, FluNada, STS Health
Supplier News
RESTON, Va. — STS Health’s Air-Vita Allergy homeopathic throat and nasal spray has been rolled out to more than 2,400 CVS/pharmacy stores nationwide. STS Health said Monday that Air-Vita Allergy relieves allergy symptoms by coating the throat and nasal pathways, where most allergens enter the body, and delivering soothing botanicals to both of those passages
February 16, 2015 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS/pharmacy, Helena Foulkes, MinuteClinic, nicotine replacement therapy, smoking cessation, Troyen Brennan
Issue 02-16-2015, News, Pharmacy
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health marked the one-year anniversary of its decision to stop selling tobacco products in its stores by releasing data about the impact of its efforts to help Americans stop smoking. The company says that its messages about the importance of quitting smoking are reaching millions of Americans. And for customers who take
February 16, 2015 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Ahold USA, Amy Hahn, CVS/pharmacy, Delhaize America, Food Lion, Food Marketing Institute, Helena Foulkes, Indra Nooyi, Irene Rosenfeld, Jeffrey Woldt, Joan Toth, Judy Sansone, Karen Fondu, Kathee Tesija, L’Oréal Paris, Meg Ham, Michelle Gloeckler, Mondelez International, Network of Executive Women, PepsiCo, retail industry, Target, Walmart
Issue 02-16-2015, Opinion
Many of the boldface names in the retail and consumer products sectors belong to women. Helena Foulkes is president of CVS/pharmacy, the drug chain where Judy Sansone is chief merchant. Kathee Tesija holds the latter position at Target, and Michelle Gloeckler runs Walmart’s consumables business and heads up the company’s U.S. Manufacturing initiative. Delhaize America
February 2, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
2014 Biennial Health Insurance Survey, Affordable Care Act, Commonwealth Fund, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Health and Human Services Secretary, health care, health insurance, HHS, Mary Langowski, Ohio, Rite Aid, Sara Collins, Sylvia Burwell, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2015, Issue 02-02-2015, News
LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Highlighting the Obama administration’s partnerships with drug chains to boost health plan enrollment, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell last month toured a CVS/pharmacy store here. Burwell’s visit also was intended to urge people to sign up for health insurance by the February 15 deadline in the current open enrollment period
January 5, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Betsy Ferguson, Brian Tilzer, Chain Drug Review, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Hanley Wheeler, Heidi Devlin, Helena Foulkes, Jeff Knudson, Josh Flum, Judy Sansone, Kathy Jo Payette, Kevin Hourican, Raymond Auger, Retailer of the Year, Scott Baker
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The editors of Chain Drug Review have named Helena Foulkes, president of CVS/pharmacy, and her colleagues on the company’s retail leadership team as the publication’s Chain Drug Retailers of the Year for 2014. Though Foulkes has been in this position for only 12 months, the group of veteran executives that she heads
January 5, 2015 by Mark Tosh and Chain Drug Review
chain drug stores, Christmas, Craig Johnson, CVS/pharmacy, drug chains, holiday retail sales, holiday shopping season, Jack Kleinhenz, Judy Sansone, MasterCard Advisors, Matthew Shay, National Retail Federation, Sarah Quinlan, SpendingPulse
2015, Business, Issue 01-05-2015, News
NEW YORK — A late shopping rush on the weekend before Christmas helped put some twinkle in holiday retail sales, but the final results for the season seemed to fall short of the optimistic projections retailers had set back in early November. Drug chains, however, may have fared slightly better during the holidays than the
January 5, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Analyst Day, CVS Health, CVS/caremark, CVS/minuteclinic, CVS/pharmacy, Dave Denton, Helena Foulkes, Jon Roberts, Larry Merlo, PBM, specialty pharmacy
2015, Business, Issue 01-05-2015, News
NEW YORK — CVS Health “has made the right moves,” and is “very excited about the enterprise that we have become,” president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo said at the company’s annual Analyst Day here. CVS is well positioned to meet the changing needs of consumers, payers and providers with its integrated retail pharmacy,
September 8, 2014 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Helena Foulkes, Navarro Discount Pharmacy
Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has wrapped up its acquisition of Hispanic-owned regional drug chain Navarro Discount Pharmacy. CVS reiterated on Monday that the chain’s 33 stores, located in the Miami area, will keep the Navarro banner. The acquisition, announced in mid-July, includes all of Navarro retail drug stores as well as Navarro Health Services,