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February 27, 2013
Rite Aid announces winners of Favorite Pharmacy Team Member contest

Rite Aid announced the two winners of the 2012 Favorite Pharmacy Team Member contest: a pharmacy technician from Ada, Ohio, and a long-time customer of the Birmingham, Mich., store.

February 20, 2013
Troy Healthcare inks Stopain sponsorship deal with AFL's Philadelphia Soul

Troy Healthcare signed a sponsorship agreement with the Arena Football League’s Philadelphia Soul for the 2013 season.

February 19, 2013
Pharmavite expands Voots into Walgreens

Pharmavite on Tuesday announced that its Voots Veggie-Fruit Tarts brand, a fruit- and vegetable-based supplement for kids ages 4 years and older, are now available for purchase at Walgreens locations nationwide.

February 14, 2013
Ulta Beauty CEO Chuck Rubin to step down

Ulta Beauty announced Chuck Rubin will step down as president, CEO and director, effective Feb. 21, to become CEO at Michaels Stores, a specialty retailer of arts and crafts.

January 22, 2013
Alterna Haircare announces actress Katie Holmes as global spokesperson, co-owner

Alterna Haircare announced its official partnership with actress and entrepreneur Katie Holmes as co-owner and first-ever celebrity spokesperson.

January 21, 2013
Walgreens' longtime EVP store operations Glenn Kraiss, 79, passes away

Glenn Kraiss, retired EVP store operations for Walgreens, died Jan. 18 at age 79. His career with Walgreens spanned 50 years to his retirement in 1999.

January 15, 2013
Meijer appoints J.K. Symancyk as president

Meijer has appointed J.K. Symancyk as president of the company, the mass merchandise retailer said Tuesday.

December 18, 2012
Dr. Fresh acquires Reach brand manual toothbrushes

Dr. Fresh, a designer and marketer of oral care products, has acquired the Reach brand of manual toothbrushes from the Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNeil-PPC.

December 12, 2012
Prime Therapeutics' mail-service business receives full URAC accreditation

The mail-order pharmacy business of pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics has received accreditation from the Washington-based healthcare accrediting organization URAC, Prime said Wednesday.

December 5, 2012
Misfit Wearables launches next-generation Shine activity tracker

Misfit Wearables is teeing up a revolutionary activity tracking device — the Misfit Shine — that's constructed from aircraft-grade aluminum, is waterproof and is able to wirelessly sync activity data to a smartphone without the need for a Bluetooth connection.

December 5, 2012
Nordic Naturals launches Vitamin D3 Vegan liquid supplement

Nordic Naturals on Tuesday added Vitamin D3 Vegan to its professional product line.

November 30, 2012
The next blockbuster? It's called just taking drugs as prescribed

A new report shows that drug makers lose nearly $200 billion per year from medication nonadherence, illustrating that it's not just the healthcare system overall that loses when people don't take their medications properly.

This just goes to show the important role that pharmacy retailers have in helping to promote medication adherence by having pharmacists play an active role in patients' health care through services like medication therapy management.

November 28, 2012
Revlon to celebrate 80 years with London exhibition

Revlon is inviting beauty enthusiasts and fashion fanatics to experience a one-of-a-kind exhibition that will guide them through iconic moments in Revlon's history that have contributed to shaping the brand as we see it today.

November 26, 2012
Former Eagle great Ron Jaworski signs on as Stopain spokesman

Troy Healthcare on Monday announced that Ron Jaworski, former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and current “ESPN Football” analyst, has signed on to become a national spokesman for its Stopain line of topical analgesics.

November 2, 2012
Giant Eagle introduces discount format Good Cents to Pittsburgh market

Multiformat food and fuel retailer Giant Eagle will be introducing its first discount format Good Cents Grocery + More to the Pittsburgh market Nov. 4.

October 23, 2012
Survey: Most e-commerce companies expect better holiday sales

A survey released by Chase Paymentech, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., found that online companies are expecting the 2012 holiday shopping season to be better than last year.

October 10, 2012
Shopko names interim CEO

Shopko announced Wednesday that Mike Bettiga has been named interim CEO to replace Paul Jones, who resigned to pursue another opportunity.

October 3, 2012
Jimmy Dean debuts new look for packaging

Jimmy Dean has introduced a new packaging look for its line of convenience breakfast products.

September 25, 2012
Cesar introduces Meaty Selects

Cesar has launched its Meaty Selects line.

August 10, 2012
Walgreens hosts Mobile Photo Hack Day

Walgreens on Saturday will be hosting its first Mobile Photo Hack Day — a contest among mobile photo application developers in creating a "groundbreaking" application using Walgreens' QuickPrints SDK.

August 7, 2012
Hy-Vee promotes healthy living at Iowa State Fair

State fair cuisine usually is one of those things people should avoid if they care about their cholesterol level and waistline. But one retail chain is offering an alternative at the Iowa State Fair's opening ceremonies.

August 7, 2012
Kinney Drugs appoints Jim Spencer as COO

Kinney Drugs announced on Tuesday that Jim Spencer, formerly VP retail operations, has been promoted to COO.

July 31, 2012
Designer Protein launches reformulated Designer Whey protein powders

Designer Protein on Tuesday announced the launch of a reformulated line of Designer Whey protein powders.

July 27, 2012
HBA executive Gary Burns passes away

Gary J. Burns, 74, of Lake Forest, Ill., and Naples, Fla., passed away July 24. He was born Feb. 7, 1938, in Saginaw, Mich. Burns served in the U.S. Army and then embarked upon a long and successful career in the health and beauty aids industry.

July 20, 2012
Estée Lauder Cos. names new EVP, CFO

The Estée Lauder Cos. — whose brand portfolio includes Bumble and Bumble, American Beauty, Aveda and La Mer — has appointed Tracey Travis as EVP and CFO.

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