Retail veteran Kathi Lentzsch to head Bartells
SEATTLE — Retail veteran Kathi Lentzsch has been named chief executive officer of Bartell Drugs. She succeeds Brian Unmacht, who resigned last spring. Unmacht was the first person outside of the...
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Patients want pharmacies to go ‘beyond the fill’
IRVINE, Calif. — Middle age and older Americans see their local pharmacy as a destination for preventive care and other health services, beyond filling prescriptions and managing medications,...
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LAKELAND and CLEARWATER, Fla. — Publix Super Markets Inc. and BayCare Health System have opened the first two of more than two dozen telehealth clinics at Publix pharmacies. Called Walk-In Care...
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CVS, ADA launch three-year oral health initiative
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy and the American Dental Association have announced a three-year initiative that gives the ADA a continuous in-store and digital presence to help put millions of dental...
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Walgreens promotes Rick Gates to SVP of pharmacy
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Rick Gates has been named senior vice president of pharmacy and health care for Walgreens. Gates most recently served as group vice president of pharmacy. With the promotion, he will...
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Rite Aid fine-tunes category management team
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. is making changes in its category management team as it proceeds with an asset sale in which more than 40% of its drug stores will be transferred to Walgreens Boots...
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Corporate giants team up on employee health care
NEW YORK — Three of the largest U.S. companies — Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon and JPMorgan Chase & Co. — have joined together to take employee health care into their own hands. Berkshire Hathaway,...
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Genoa rebrands, now called Genoa Healthcare
TUKWILA, Wash.– Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company, the nation’s leading behavioral health pharmacy and largest outpatient telepsychiatry company, today announced an organizational rebrand as well as a...
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Kroger to sell convenience stores for $2.15 billion
Kroger Co. convenience stores operate under the Turkey Hill, Loaf ‘N Jug, Kwik Shop, Tom Thumb and Quik Stop banners. CINCINNATI — Several months after putting its convenience store business on the...
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CVS’ Helena Foulkes named Hudson’s Bay CEO
TORONTO and NEW YORK — CVS Health executive Helena Foulkes is joining department store retailer Hudson’s Bay Co. (HBC), operator of Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue, as chief executive officer....
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Gourlay: ‘Pharmacy is beautifully positioned’
Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Alex Gourlay: “We start, as pharmacy, with a natural advantage, being really close to where people live.” FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Pharmacy retailers and suppliers have a...
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CVS Health sees solid finish to 2017 fiscal year
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Driven by growth in its pharmacy benefit management unit, and overcoming softness in its retail business, CVS Health posted increased sales and beat Wall Street’s earnings forecast...
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Kevin Hourican named interim head of CVS Pharmacy
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Kevin Hourican, executive vice president of retail pharmacy and supply chain at CVS Health, will run the company’s retail division on an interim basis following the departure of...
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Rite Aid stocks up to help battle the flu
CAMP HILL, Pa. — As flu cases mount in one of the most severe U.S. flu seasons in the past decade, Rite Aid Corp. is ensuring that its pharmacies are well-prepared. Rite Aid said Monday that its...
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Reports: WBA in talks to buy AmerisourceBergen
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is in negotiations to acquire drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp., according to published reports. Representatives of WBA executive vice chairman...
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Albertsons Cos., Rite Aid to merge
BOISE, Idaho, and CAMP HILL, Pa. — Albertsons Cos. plans to merge with Rite Aid Corp. in a deal that will take the supermarket retailer public. Albertsons Cos. and Rite Aid said Tuesday that the...
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Albertsons-Rite Aid to create wellness powerhouse
Rite Aid chairman and CEO John Standley (left) and president and COO Kermit Crawford CAMP HILL, Pa. — The Albertsons Cos. merger with Rite Aid Corp. will create a “truly differentiated” player in the...
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Shoppers Drug Mart has strong fiscal 2017 finish
BRAMPTON, Ontario — Shoppers Drug Mart outperformed overall retail sales growth for parent Loblaw Cos. in the 2017 fourth quarter and fiscal year. Loblaw said Thursday that for the fourth quarter...
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Pharmacy to make its mark at NACDS RxImpact Day
ARLINGTON, Va. — Next month, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores will set an all-time high for reach and participation when pharmacy advocates head to Washington, D.C., for the 2018 NACDS...
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Realignment in U.S. health care sector accelerates
NEW YORK — The U.S. health care industry has been in flux for a number of years, but the pace of transformation now appears to be accelerating rapidly. Several of the biggest players in the U.S....
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