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Walmart names Latriece Watkins Chief Merchant
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart has named company veteran Latriece Watkins to the post of executive vice president and chief merchandising officer, effective immediately. She succeeds Charles Redfield,...
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In the conclusion of a two-part Video Forum interview, Justin Honaman, head of worldwide retail and consumer goods go-to-market at Amazon Web Services, talks about the AWS business model and shares...
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CVS to offer free, community-based mental health screenings
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced Wednesday it is enhancing Project Health, the company’s free, community-based health screening program by adding mental health screenings to its services and...
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NIQ launches ‘Connected Collaboration’ with Rite Aid
CHICAGO – Nielsen IQ (NIQ) announced Thurday the launch of its Connected Collaboration platform, powered by Rite Aid data assets and NIQ’s leading data science and software. This will empower...
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NRF reports retail sales rose in April
WASHINGTON – Retail sales bounced back in April, showing both month-over-month and year-over-year growth, the National Retail Federation said Tuesday. “Retail sales rebounded in April, reflecting...
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Walmart reports strong Q1 results
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart said Thursday that revenue increased 7.6% to $152.3 billion in its first quarter, topping Wall Street expectations. The company also raised its fiscal 2024 forecast;...
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CEO transition underway at Thrifty White
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Bob Narveson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Thrifty White Pharmacy since 1999, plans to relinquish the latter two roles at the beginning of next year, when he...
View ArticleVideo Forum: Chip Davis, Healthcare Distribution Alliance
Ahead of next month’s Healthcare Distribution Alliance Business and Leadership Conference, Chip Davis, president and chief executive officer of the association, tells this week’s Video Forum about the...
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DG promotes Steve Deckard to new role
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General Corp. has promoted company veteran Steve Deckard to the newly created role of executive vice president for growth and emerging markets, effective June 1....
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NACDS praises House Committee for unanimous passage of PATIENT Act
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is hailing the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce for their bipartisan commitment to crack down on...
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Walgreens to lay off 10% of corporate staff
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens announced this week that it will be cutting over 500 jobs with most of the cuts impacting employees at the company’s Deerfield headquarters and its Chicago office, said a...
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Fauci: COVID revealed Rx’s vital role in health care
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Anyone who has lingering doubts about the centrality of retail pharmacy’s contribution to ending the COVID pandemic should consider the view of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal...
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Walmart raising pay for pharmacists, opticians
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart today announced it is raising pay for approximately 3,700 pharmacists and 4,000 opticians while also rolling out a new pathway for opticians to grow their careers with...
View ArticleVideo Forum: George Rafferty and Claire Biermaas, AmerisourceBergen
This week’s Video Forum offers a look at the leadership transition now under way at AmerisourceBergen’s Corporate Partnerships Group. In the first of two installments, George Rafferty, who has headed...
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Rite Aid rolls out RYSHI beauty and personal care essentials
PHILADELPHIA — Rite Aid announced the launch of RYSHI – its exclusive collection of clean beauty and personal care essentials. Spanning across multiple categories, RYSHI products offer better-for-you...
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Cardinal Health hosting Investor Day
DUBLIN, Ohio — Cardinal Health is hosting an Investor Day today beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET, where among other updates, management will detail its growth strategies to maximize the company’s potential...
View ArticleVideo Forum: George Rafferty and Claire Biermaas, AmerisourceBergen
In the second installment of a two-part interview, George Rafferty, who has announced his retirement after heading AmerisourceBergen’s Corporate Partnerships Group for the past five years, and his...
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Walgreens partnering to provide free HIV testing
DEERFIELD, Ill. _ Walgreens is teaming up with Greater Than HIV, a public information initiative of KFF, along with health departments and community organizations, to provide free HIV testing and...
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Walgreens partners to increase diversity in cancer research
Ramita Tandon DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens and Freenome have established a multi-year relationship to advance clinical studies of the latter’s blood-based tests for the early detection of cancer....
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CVS Health hones drug store format
BOSTON — CVS Health is in the midst of reimagining its drug stores to reinforce their position as the front door of health care in America. At the company’s first annual Retail Supplier Summit...
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