October 10, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
emnos USA, Ron Orgiefsky, Walgreens
Leading Headlines, Retail News
CHICAGO — Walgreens has extended for another year its targeted marketing services collaboration with emnos USA Corp. Emnos said Tuesday that it has helped Walgreens boost customer engagement and long-term customer value via the delivery of relevant offers. The company’s services enable retailers to transform shopper data into tangible growth through its retail insights. “We
October 9, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
IBM, IBM Cloud, Walgreens
2017, Issue 10-09-2017, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — IBM has announced a new agreement with Walgreens to deploy IBM retail analytics at more than 8,100 locations nationwide to help improve the efficiency of field service support for these locations. With IBM’s support of IT systems at Walgreens stores, IBM’s unique capabilities to integrate hardware and software from different vendors under
October 6, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
2017 hurricane season, American Pharmacists Month, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens, Walgreens pharmacists
Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens is honoring its more than 27,000 pharmacists for their dedication to patients and the expanding role they’re playing in overall health care for October’s American Pharmacists Month. “Our pharmacists’ commitment to Walgreens patients is evident every day, and this year especially we’ve seen countless illustrations of our pharmacists going above and
October 4, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, AmerisourceBergen, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Bob Mauch, Freda Lewis-Hall, Jonathan Gavras, Kim Holland, opioid abuse, opioid epidemic, Pfizer, Prime Therapeutics, Walgreens, Walgreens medication disposal kiosks
Pharmacy, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — AmerisourceBergen, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Pfizer and Prime Therapeutics are helping Walgreens fight the national opioid epidemic by expanding the availability of safe medication disposal kiosks. The drug chain said Wednesday that the effort will bring the medication disposal units to an additional 900 Walgreens stores near military bases and
October 4, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Health Charitable Foundation, CVS Pharmacy, Discount Drug Mart, Eileen Howard Boone, Healthcare Ready, Helena Foulkes, Hurricane Maria, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Nivia Santiago, Rite Aid, Rite Aid Foundation, Rx Open, Tracy Henderson, Walgreens
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
NEW YORK — Chain drug retailers have stepped forward with donations and other aid for relief efforts on Puerto Rico, which is still reeling from the infrastructural damage wrought by Hurricane Maria. Walgreens, CVS Pharmacy, Rite Aid and Discount Drug Mart are among the chains contributing funds and other assistance to the U.S. territory, where
October 3, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, Joel Wright, Prime Therapeutics, specialty pharmacy, Walgreens
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
ORLANDO, Fla. — Walgreens and Prime Therapeutics LLC have inaugurated AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, the brand for the joint central specialty pharmacy and mail services company they formed earlier this year. The companies said the AllianceRx Walgreens Prime launch included the unveiling of new signage at its headquarters in Orlando, Fla., and at other company-owned facilities
October 2, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
John Standley Jeffrey Woldt, Ken Martindale, Kermit Crawford, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Issue 10-09-2017, Leading Headlines, Opinion
September was an eventful month for Rite Aid Corp. In the wake of belated action by the Federal Trade Commission, the company moved quickly to dispel doubts about its future direction and begin the challenging task of operating more profitably from a smaller store base. Rite Aid had been under a cloud of uncertainty for
September 28, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
John Standley, Kermit Crawford, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. reported declined sales and adjusted earnings per share in line with Wall Street’s forecast for its fiscal 2018 second quarter. Rite Aid said Thursday that for the second quarter ended Sept. 2, revenue totaled $7.68 billion, down 4.4% from $8.03 billion a year earlier. Sales in retail pharmacy
September 28, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
John Standley, Ken Martindale, Kermit Crawford, Rite Aid, Walgreens
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Former Walgreen Co. pharmacy chief Kermit Crawford is joining Rite Aid Corp. as president and chief operating officer. Rite Aid said Thursday that Crawford is slated to start in the post on Oct. 5 and report to chairman and chief executive officer John Standley. Most recently at Walgreens, Crawford was a
September 25, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Albertsons, chain drug retailers, CVS Health, Dollar General, Genoa, H-E-B, Hurricane Irma, mobile triage pharmacies, Publix, Target Corp., Walgreens, Walmart, Winn-Dixie
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
NEW YORK — Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States, sent retail spending in the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach area of Florida spiraling downward, with sales plunging more than 72% over a three-day period, according to payment technology company First Data Corp. The company, which
September 25, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
beauty care, beauty shopper, ColourPop, CVS Pharmacy, Deborah Weinswig, Fung Group, Impulse Beauty, MAC, NYX, Sephora, Target Corp., U.S. beauty retailing, Ulta Beauty, Walgreens, Walmart
2017, Business, Featured Articles, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Retail News
NEW YORK — The secret weapon in the battle for the $62 billion that U.S. customers spend on beauty care and cosmetics just might be something mass retailers had all along — steep values. While drug, discount and supermarket chains have burnished their image in beauty with illumination, upgraded products and elevated service, it turns
September 25, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Almay, Anastasia Soare, beauty industry, beauty influencers, beauty marketers, influencers, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, L’Oréal, Lauren Consiglio, micro influencers, NYX, OGX, Paris Presents, Real Techniques, Sarah El-Annan, Sleek Makeup, Walgreens
2017, Featured Articles, Issues, Leading Headlines, News, Supplier News
NEW YORK — Not that long ago, beauty marketers pumped mega-dollars into a beauty brand or hired a celebrity to hawk it. Big brands prospered, while niche lines often got lost in the shuffle. Today, one post by Kylie Jenner about a beauty item, especially her own, can break the internet with activity. Few people
September 25, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Get a Shot. Give a Shot, Kathy Calvin, Richard Ashworth, United Nations Foundation, Walgreens
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens and the United Nations Foundation have kicked off the fifth year of the Get a Shot. Give a Shot. campaign. To date, Get a Shot. Give a Shot. has provided 20 million polio and measles vaccines to people in developing countries, according to the retailer. For every vaccination administered through August 2018
September 25, 2017 by Brian Bossetta and Chain Drug Review
Albertsons, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, H-E-B, Hurricane Harvey, Hy-Vee, Kroger, Market Basket Pharmacies, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Publix, Target Corp., Walgreens, Walmart
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
ARLINGTON, Va. — Though Hurricane Harvey has dissipated, it has left many in the Greater Houston area as well as parts of southwestern Louisiana reeling in its aftermath. From initial estimates it appears Harvey’s economic impact will be every bit as staggering as its winds were. Financial analysis firm Moody’s Analytics tallies the costs of