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Walgreens Boots Alliance teams with ad giant WPP
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Inc. has teamed up with global advertising and public relations giant WPP plc in a wide-ranging marketing and communications partnership for its...
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Fred’s finishes fiscal year with sales declines
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sales continued to slide at Fred’s Inc., as the discount and pharmacy retailer reported decreases for its fiscal 2016 fourth quarter and full year and January 2017. Fred’s said...
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Bartell Drugs ups the ante in fresh food
SEATTLE — Rising demand for healthier fare from today’s on-the-go consumers has led Bartell Drugs to expand its offering of fresh food and snacks. The Seattle-based drug chain said Thursday that it has...
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Bartell Drugs aims to ‘work faster, work better’
For Bartell Drugs and chief executive officer Brian Unmacht, 2017 is shaping up to be a watershed year. If all goes according to plan, the 127-year-old company, which for many consumers in the Puget...
View ArticlePharmacy prepares for new paths in health care
PALM BEACH, Fla. — As the nation reassesses its health care system under a new presidential administration, the integral role of pharmacy cannot be overlooked, National Association of Chain Drug Stores...
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Time to review front-end strategies?
The front end of your stores holds great potential, and you have strategies in place to optimize those sales. But the industry shifts and changes every year. So it might be time to review those...
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CVS Health closes fiscal year on high note
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health topped Wall Street’s earnings-per-share forecast and, driven largely by its PBM unit, saw double-digit sales gains for the 2016 fourth quarter and full year. CVS said...
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It’s a whole-store opportunity with retail clinics
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...
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New name for Generic Pharmaceutical Association
WASHINGTON — The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA), which represents manufacturers of generic drugs and biosimilars, has changed its name to the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM). The...
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Shakeup in the U.S. health insurance market
NEW YORK — More turbulence has hit the health insurance sector with the apparent breakup of the Anthem-Cigna merger and Humana Inc.’s plan to pull out of the exchange market. Anthem Inc. on Wednesday...
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Walgreens chief merchant Linda Filler to depart
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens chief merchant Linda Filler is leaving the drug chain effective April 1. A Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) spokesman on Wednesday confirmed the departure of Filler, who holds...
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Congress reintroduces DIR fee legislation
WASHINGTON — Reps. Morgan Griffith (R., Va.) and Peter Welch (D., Vt.) have reintroduced the Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act (H.R. 1038), which community pharmacies...
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Grim outlook for health insurance exchanges
WASHINGTON — Humana Inc.’s decision to pull out of the health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act threatens to cripple Obamacare before Republican lawmakers bent on its repeal can...
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CVS cuts trans fats from store-brand foods
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Artificial trans fats are now gone from a range of store-brand food products at CVS Pharmacy. CVS said Wednesday that it’s the first national retail drug chain to remove partially...
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Walgreens designates cancer care specialty pharmacies
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has designated more than 50 of its community specialty pharmacies as cancer-specialized locations. The drug chain said Wednesday that the Walgreens cancer-specialized...
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Shoppers Drug Mart closes year with sales gains
BRAMPTON, Ontario — Sales at Shoppers Drug Mart edged up for the fiscal 2016 fourth quarter and year, with front-end business hoisting comparable-store results. Parent Loblaw Companies Ltd., Canada’s...
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NCPA ups the ante in pharmacy advocacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association has made several staff appointments and enlisted a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm to augment its federal, state and media relations...
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WBA releases social responsibility report
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) today released its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report for fiscal 2016, highlighting the company’s ongoing support for people in...
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Rite Aid’s RediClinic opens new clinics in N.J.
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — RediClinic has opened six new retail health clinics inside Rite Aid drug stores in eastern New Jersey with partner Hackensack Meridian Health. The new RediClinics — in Toms River...
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Pharmacy retailers win Rx adherence challenge
MINNETONKA, Minn. — Publix Super Markets, Albertsons/Safeway, Meijer, Giant Eagle, Discount Drug Mart and Wegmans Food Market were named the winners of UnitedHealthcare’s 2016 Targeted Intervention...
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