January 24, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Global Market Development Center, GM Hierarchy, GMDC, Nielsen, Retail Insights LLC
Supplier News, Technology
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A resource tool originally designed to help Global Market Development Center (GMDC) members track and understand marketplace data has been upgraded to provide a more intuitive user experience and deeper levels of analytics. The updated GM Hierarchy was launched on Wednesday by GMDC in partnership with Nielsen and Retail Insights LLC.
August 21, 2017 by Courtney Jones and Chain Drug Review
Courtney Jones, drug store retailers, multicultural consumers, multicultural shoppers, Nielsen
Leading Headlines, Opinion
It’s no secret that the U.S. retail landscape is experiencing one of the greatest seismic shifts in decades. Each day brings new challenges to navigate, such as consolidation, price wars, channel fragmentation and major shifts in when, where and how consumers shop. Drug stores are not immune to these dynamics, and in many cases they
July 5, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Fred's, Fred's Pharmacy, Mary Lou Gardner, Nielsen, Rob Hill
Supplier News, Technology
NEW YORK — Nielsen has renewed its data insights and analytics services pact with Fred’s Inc., expanding the companies’ long-term relationship. Under the agreement, Nielsen will become the exclusive account-level data provider for Fred’s Pharmacy, covering metrics for all 601 Fred’s discount general merchandise stores in 15 states across the southeastern United States, as well
June 26, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Fred’s Inc., Nielsen
Retail News
NEW YORK — Fred’s Inc. and Nielsen recently announced an expansion of their long-term relationship with the renewal of data insights and analytics services. With this agreement, Nielsen will become the exclusive account-level data provider for Fred’s, covering metrics for all 601 Fred’s stores in 15 states across the southeastern U.S., as well as future
June 7, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
beauty care, Courtney Jones, K-beauty, Korean beauty care, multicultural consumers, multicultural shoppers, Nielsen
Supplier News
CHICAGO — While purchases by multicultural Americans over-index across beauty care categories, major brands are just now starting to look seriously at this growing consumer segment and put forth novel products to meet their needs. That is the assessment of Courtney Jones, vice president of multicultural growth and strategy at Nielsen. Higher-end and niche brands
April 25, 2017 by Laurie Rains and Chain Drug Review
drug store channel, drug store consumers, drug store retailers, drug stores, health and wellness, Laurie Rains, Nielsen, Nielsen Product Insider, Nielsen Wellness Track, Nielsen’s Global Health and Ingredient Sentiment Survey, Wellness Store
Opinion
Across the retail space, there’s certainly no shortage of channels to help shoppers meet their health and wellness needs. While Nielsen data shows that spend per trip by drug store consumers is up slightly, the number of trips is declining. As more retailers ramp up their health and wellness offerings, and the lines between the
March 24, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Perez-Tenessa, beauty care sales, CVS Pharmacy, Dawn Block, Deborah Weinswig, Fung Global Retail and Technology, Jane Henderson, Jordan Rost, mass market beauty care, Mintel, Nielsen, NPD Group, Target Corp.
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
NEW YORK — Efforts that mass market retailers started last year to brush up their beauty departments and court new shoppers are starting to register. Mass market beauty care sales rose only 2% in 2016, according to NPD Group Inc. (lower than prestige at 6%), but several categories recorded impressive results. Skin care, for example,
March 16, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Andrew Mandzy, CHPA, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Nielsen, OTC allergy medicines, Rx-to-OTC switches, Scott Melville
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Supplier News
WASHINGTON — More allergy sufferers are opting for over-the-counter medicines to alleviate their symptoms as more prescription products switch to OTC status, according to new research Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and Nielsen. CHPA said Thursday the study found that 60% adult allergy sufferers use only OTCs for treatment, up from just more than half
February 27, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
AmerisourceBergen, Andrew Mandzy, Bartell Drugs, Brian Owens, Doug Long, Jeffrey Woldt, Kantar Retail, Kristin Williams, Martin Otto, NACDS Regional Chain Conference, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Nielsen, Peyton Howell, QuintilesIMS, regional drug chains, Steve Anderson, Thrifty White Pharmacy
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, Opinion
Although sometimes overlooked amid the swirl of activity surrounding the largest players in retail pharmacy, regional drug chains remain an integral part of the industry. The assets and aspirations of those companies — defined as operating between four and 250 stores — along with the challenges they face, were on display at the National Association
February 13, 2017 by Andrew Mandzy and Chain Drug Review
Andrew Mandzy, health and wellness, in-store clinics, Nielsen, retail clinic consumer, retail clinics
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Retail competition continues to be fierce. According to Nielsen’s forecast, dollar sales are projected to grow only 0.9% in 2017, meaning that retailers will continue to fight each other over a pie that isn’t growing as much as they’d like. Therefore, they need to differentiate themselves from their competitors and gain more loyalty from their
February 6, 2017 by Brian Bossetta
Accenture, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Harris Poll, in-store clinics, Maureen Sullivan, Nielsen, retail clinic growth, retail health clinics
2017, Issue 02-06-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, News
NEW YORK — Findings from a pair of studies reveal positive trends for retail health clinics. A recent Harris Poll for Nielsen on patients visiting in-store clinics might hold vital information for retailers focusing on health and wellness, and a study conducted by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) found retail health clinic visits
December 14, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Andrew Mandzy, Bill Quinn, health and wellness, in-store clinic visitor, Nielsen, retail clinics, retail health care services
Videos
Retailers focusing on health and wellness might want to take a closer look at retail clinic patients, according to a recent retail health care services study by Nielsen. Of more than 2,200 U.S. adults surveyed by Harris Poll for Nielsen, almost 20% said they’ve visited a retail health clinic in the last 12 months. Yet
May 13, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
2016 NACDS Total Store Expo, Daymond John, Deborah Weinswig, Kantar Retail, Li & Fung Business Intelligence, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Nielsen, Nielsen Marketing Cloud, Shark Branding, Steve Anderson, Vision 2027
Leading Headlines, Retail News
ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has announced four companies that will participate in Vision 2027, its futuristic, interactive display at the 2016 NACDS Total Store Expo. NACDS said Friday that this year’s Vision participants include Li & Fung Business Intelligence, Kantar Retail, Nielsen and Shark Branding. The forward-looking Vision
May 6, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Dennis Moore, Market Track, Nielsen, Wayne Mincey
Supplier News
CHICAGO — Former Nielsen executive Dennis Moore has joined Market Track as its new president. Market Track said Thursday that it’s looking to an industry veteran like Moore to harness the company’s big data assets to shape how advertisers, marketers and brands use that information to boost the return on their marketing investments. Moore comes