September 4, 2017 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review
chain drug retailing, CVS Pharmacy, David Pinto, regional drug chains, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2017, Issue 09-04-2017, Issues, Opinion
The current year is two-thirds finished, and the good news is most notable by its absence. Sales are soft, earnings elusive. Hot new items are few and far between. Growth is nowhere to be seen. Meaningful executive job shifts have been all but absent. Mergers and acquisitions have failed to materialize — and even those
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
October 24, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Bartell Drugs, chain drug industry, chain pharmacy industry, CVS Pharmacy, Giant Eagle, H-E-B, Hy-Vee, Kroger, Publix, regional drug chains, Rite Aid, U.S. prescription market, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walmart
2016, Business, Featured Articles, Issue 10-24-2016, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Retail News
NEW YORK — Competition remains fierce in the chain pharmacy industry, albeit with a decreasing number of players. If the pending acquisition of Rite Aid Corp. by Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. goes through, the field will diminish dramatically, especially in major metropolitan areas. Depending on the number of stores WBA divests to meet antitrust requirements,
February 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Eric Graf, NACDS Regional Chain Conference, regional drug chains, regional pharmacy chains, Ritzman Pharmacies, slideshow
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News, Slideshows
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Stakeholders in chain pharmacy understandably direct a lot of attention to the giants of the industry, such companies as CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance, McKesson and Kroger. Yet they shouldn’t lose sight of the regional players that, in the aggregate, still account for a substantial part of the business and remain
January 19, 2015 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review
2015 NACDS Regional Chain Conference, Annual Meeting, chain drug retailing, David Pinto, John Standley, NACDS, NACDS meetings, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, regional drug chains, Rite Aid, Total Store Expo
Issue 01-19-2015, Opinion
The cataclysmic changes within the chain drug retailing community, whatever their ultimate implications for America’s largest drug chains and for the industry in general, are putting the country’s regional drug chains more glaringly in the spotlight. Indeed, not only are America’s smaller drug chains more professionally managed and operated than they have yet been, they