U.S. retailing Archives - CDR – Chain Drug Review

Questions abound as NACDS Annual Meeting nears

April 4, 2016 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review CVS Health, David Pinto, mass retailing, NACDS Annual Meeting, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Rite Aid, Target, U.S. retailing, Walgreens, Walmart 2016, Issue 04-04-2016, Issues, Opinion

The Annual Meeting of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores is once again upon us, though the calendar year hasn’t yet budged beyond April. The significance of this annual meeting has nothing to do with the calendar, however. Rather, it comes along just as retailers and suppliers begin to get the tone of the

First-quarter results portend challenging year

June 1, 2015 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review Albertsons, Brian Cornell, CVS/pharmacy, David Pinto, Doug McMillon, fiscal first quarter of 2015, Greg Foran, Helena Foulkes, Safeway, Target, U.S. retailing, Walgreens, Walmart 2015, Issue 06-01-2015, Opinion

The fiscal first quarter of 2015 is in the books for many of the largest retailers, and the results tend to bear out the idea that the current year will be one of struggle and uncertainty despite signs that the economy is rebounding from the recession that plagued it so sorely in recent years. The