SIFE, a global nonprofit that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to improve the quality of life and standard of living of individuals and communities in need, hosted a reception on Monday — with co-hosts Mark Cosby, president of CVS/pharmacy, and Mark Wagner, president of operations and community management for Walgreens — for attendees of the 2012 NACDS Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

The Upsher-Smith Party and the Time Warner-Colgate Party were among the events Sunday night at the 2012 NACDS Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

The Drug Store News Group on Sunday co-hosted a breakfast with CVS Caremark to celebrate DSN’s March 12 “Category of One” issue. Larry Merlo, CVS Caremark president and CEO, shared with attendees CVS’ focus on leveraging personalization opportunities, through both marketing and assortment, to engender loyalty. Suppliers also were introduced to new CVS/pharmacy president Mark Cosby.

The Opening Celebration at the 2012 NACDS Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

The Revlon Party and the First Dance Party — sponsored by Energizer, Hallmark and Kellogg — were among the events Friday night at the 2012 NACDS Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.

CVS Caremark’s Judy Sansone and Ahold’s Joanne Leonardi headlined Friday morning’s Mack Elevation Forum at NACDS Annual in Palm Beach, Fla. Moderated by Elevation Forum creator Dan Mack and presented by The Swanson Group, the forum members discussed opportunities for value creation with major retailers, mining a brand’s hidden assets and what it is that makes some companies successful amid chaos and uncertainty.

Drug Store News and Sam's Club celebrated the release of the "Inside Sam's Club" issue of DSN, which details Sam's Club's increasingly important role in the health-and-wellness field, in a reception held with the retailer's executives and top trading partners.

In an effort to become the fastest-growing brand in the warehouse channel, Sam’s Club is positioning itself as a health-and-wellness destination through a robust portfolio of products and services — including 500-plus pharmacies, hundreds of optical and hearing centers and a three-tiered strategy built on awareness, prevention and solutions — all while giving members what they want.

For Part 1, click here.

In an effort to become the fastest-growing brand in the warehouse channel, Sam’s Club is positioning itself as a health-and-wellness destination through a robust portfolio of products and services — including 500-plus pharmacies, hundreds of optical and hearing centers and a three-tiered strategy built on awareness, prevention and solutions — all while giving members what they want.

For Part 1, click here.

Eighty-two-year-old independent Dougherty’s Pharmacy is operating a pharmacy inside the Forest Park Medical Center, which it opened in August. The pharmacy’s decor includes Italian tile wall treatments, a wavy wall behind the cash wrap and works by local Dallas artists.

DSN brings you a pre-show preview of some of the hottest products that will be at the ECRM Cough & Cold and Allergy EPPS from Feb. 26 to March 1 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Walgreens has brought the latest example of its flagship retail pharmacy to life in Chicago, tantalizing its hometown crowd with departments most shoppers wouldn't normally associate with a pharmacy — fully stocked sushi bar, quick-and-fresh deli offerings, a self-serve yogurt bar adjacent to a juice bar that along with the healthy-for-you selection of juices offers the "double-rich chocolate malted milk" that the retailer invented in 1922.