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Blurring channels: Natural wellness and chain drug

August 23, 2021 by Ed Rowland Ed Rowland principal of Rowland Global LLC August 23, 2021, Opinion

Natural channel wellness and drug chain consumer health care have long been on a converging road. Dr. Seuss once famously said, “It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.” There are no better examples of the natural channel blur than wholesale giant UNFI’s stand-alone Consumer Healthcare division topping $1 billion in

Video Forum: The Drug Store Market in China

May 3, 2021 by Jeffrey Woldt Alice Wang, Ed Rowland principal of Rowland Global LLC, Jeffrey Woldt, Video Forum Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Videos

In the first of two episodes, Ed Rowland, principal of Rowland Global LLC, and Alice Wang, a Shanghai-based consultant and instructor at Alibaba’s Taobao University, share insights about the brick-and-mortar pharmacy business in China. Among the topics they discuss are the Chinese consumer’s expectations of a drug store, the role of the pharmacist, and the