August 5, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Health Dialog, Jeff Fields, RediClinic, Rite Aid, Web Golinkin
Business, Pharmacy, Retail News
BOSTON — Jeff Fields has joined Rite Aid Corp. subsidiaries Health Dialog and RediClinic as chief financial officer. The company said Fields oversee the fiscal management of RediClinic, a retail health clinic operator, and Health Dialog, a specialist in population health management, as they enhance their services and grow in the retail health care market.
August 3, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CarMax, John Standley, Rite Aid, Tom Folliard
Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News
RICHMOND, Va. — Rite Aid Corp. chairman and chief executive officer John Standley has been elected to the CarMax Inc. board of directors. The used car retail chain said late Tuesday that Standley will serve on the audit committee of the board, which now has 12 members. “We are excited to welcome John to the
July 28, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
GNC Holdings, Michael Archbold, Michael Hines, Rite Aid, Robert Moran
Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News
PITTSBURGH — Michael Archbold has stepped down as chief executive officer of GNC Holdings Inc. and resigned from the company’s board of directors. GNC said Thursday that it has appointed director Robert Moran as interim CEO. Moran served as chairman and CEO of PetSmart Inc. before joining the GNC board in July 2013. The vitamins
July 25, 2016 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
CVS Pharmacy, Fruth Pharmacy, Ken Martindale, Lynne Fruth, Rite Aid, West Virginia flood
2016, Issue 07-25-2016, Issues, News
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Lynne Fruth, president and chairman of Fruth Pharmacy, admits she and her business were among the fortunate ones emerging from the devastation wrought by massive flooding that struck nearby Elkview, W.Va., and several other towns in that state in late June. “There was disaster all around us, but our new store
July 18, 2016 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
American Pharmacists Association, Amgen, APhA, APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists, APhA-ASP, APhA-ASP Summer Leadership Institute, Cardinal Health, Rite Aid
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — Over the weekend, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) gave pharmacy students an opportunity for their voices to be heard on Capitol Hill. The APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), supported by Rite Aid, Cardinal Health and Amgen, hosted leadership and professional development programming in Washington, D.C., for 240 pharmacy students. Running Friday to
July 15, 2016 by CDR Blog
Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Rite Aid, Scott Mushkin, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Wolfe Research
CDR Blog, Leading Headlines
It looks like Walgreens Boots Alliance is getting down to brass tacks in its negotiations with the Federal Trade Commission to acquire Rite Aid. The New York Post reported late Thursday evening that WBA is discussing store divestitures with the FTC and trying to get a bead on the number of Walgreens and/or Rite Aid
July 13, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Carter Hunt, Rite Aid, Tony Sadler, Western Union
Retail News, Technology
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Rite Aid Corp. has renewed its payment and money services agreement with Western Union. The global payments services giant said consumers at Rite Aid’s more than 4,550 drug stores nationwide will continue to be able to send and receive Western Union Money Transfer transactions across the United States or to more than
July 6, 2016 by CDR Blog
Rite Aid, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
CDR Blog, Leading Headlines
Stefano Pessina said Walgreens Boots Alliance remains in the ballpark in terms of likely store divestitures that the Federal Trade Commission will require for WBA to finalize its deal to acquire Rite Aid Corp. “We still believe that our initial estimate is correct. We still believe that at the end we will stay in the
June 27, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Ken Martindale, Rite Aid, Rite Aid Foundation, West Virginia
Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — The Rite Aid Foundation has made a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross West Virginia Region to help families and communities impacted by the devastating flooding in parts of the state. Rite Aid operates 104 stores and one distribution center in West Virginia and employs about 1,900 associates across the
June 23, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Health Dialog, Interact, personal health portal, Rite Aid, Web Golinkin
Pharmacy, Retail News, Technology
BOSTON — Rite Aid Corp. plans to leverage a new personal health portal launched by Health Dialog, its population health management subsidiary. Called Interact, the portal delivers personalized health content and resources plus live coaching “to the right person at the right time,” said Health Dialog, which announced the solution on Wednesday. The portal will
June 20, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, Boots, Elizabeth Fagan, Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Ken Murphy, Ornella Barra, Richard Ashworth, Rite Aid, Simon Roberts, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
2016, Issue 06-20-2016, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Alex Gourlay and Ornella Barra have been named co-chief operating officers of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA). Gourlay had been president of Walgreens, and Barra president and chief executive of global wholesale and international retail. Both had also been executive vice presidents of WBA. In his new role, Gourlay will oversee Walgreens
June 20, 2016 by Brian Bossetta
Alan Wilson, Bobby Hitt, John Standley, Ken Martindale, Rite Aid, Spartanburg distribution center, Wilson Lester
2016, Issue 06-20-2016, Issues, News
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — June 1 marked the opening of Rite Aid Corp.’s first new distribution center in 16 years. The mammoth, state-of-the-art facility sits on 97 acres here, with an ideal location near Interstate 85 between Highways 9 and 221, providing the company easy access to these major transportation arteries and the more than 1,000
June 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, AmerisourceBergen, Boots, Jeffrey Woldt, Ornella Barra, Rite Aid, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
2016, Featured Articles, Issue 06-20-2016, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion
The appointment of Alex Gourlay and Ornella Barra as co-chief operating officers of Walgreens Boots Alliance signals the start of a new stage in the process of forging the two companies that came together to form WBA at the close of 2014 into a new corporate culture. The two executives, whose talent, experience and leadership
June 16, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
EnvisionRx, Jefferies, John Standley, Mark Wiltamuth, Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA-Rite Aid merger
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. cited pressure in pharmacy reimbursement as it reported a net loss and fell short of Wall Street’s earnings forecast for its fiscal 2017 first quarter. Meanwhile, overall retail sales and same-store sales edged up for the quarter, and the EnvisionRx pharmacy benefit management business, acquired about a year