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March 7, 2011

12th Annual DSN Industry Issues Summit - Part 1

In November 2010, The Drug Store News Group hosted in New York an exclusive round-table discussion among leading executives from a vast array of retailers and a handful of key vendors. Moderated by DSN publisher Wayne Bennett, the panel tackled a wide range of issues, from the role of private label to improving store execution, inventory optimization and more. In part one, featured here, the panel tackles health and wellness.

April 11, 2013

Healthcare industry could learn from supply-chain practices of retail industry, study finds

The healthcare industry's supply chain may have a few tips and tricks to pick up from the retail industry's supply chain, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Arkansas.

October 10, 2012

Survey: Ascertaining customer preference, and delivering on that preference, top concerns for retailers

While out-of-stock items and inventory performance remain top of mind, retailers' concerns about understanding customer preferences — along with their own ability to respond to those preferences with new ideas about pricing and promotions — have become top business challenges, according to a survey of 96 retailers published Wednesday by Retail Systems Research.

May 11, 2012

ProPhase plans intensive marketing campaign for next cough-cold season

The lackluster cough-cold season will necessitate a greater need for marketing and promotion next season, ProPhase Labs chairman and CEO Ted Karkus said on Thursday in announcing first-quarter results for the period ended March 31.

February 8, 2012

Kinney merchandising department gets makeover

Regional chain Kinney Drugs has promoted several executives in an effort to realign its merchandising department, the company said Wednesday.

January 24, 2012

Kinney hires new marketing director, inventory manager

Northern New York retail pharmacy chain Kinney Drugs has hired two new people to its management team, the company said Tuesday.

November 30, 2011

ValueCentric introduces market insight service powered by Walgreens data

ValueCentric on Wednesday announced it has reached an agreement with Walgreens that will allow ValueCentric to deliver channel- and store-level data services that provide pharmaceutical market insights based on retail data.

November 8, 2011

Murad taps former Guthy-Renker exec to serve as COO

Skin care company Murad, whose products are sold at several locations, including Sephora and Ulta, has named Beverly Parsons as COO.

August 25, 2011

Supplylogix, Kindler & Crimmins Associates to provide inventory management, reverse logistics services

Healthcare technology company Supplylogix and consulting firm Kindler & Crimmins Associates will collaborate to deliver inventory management and reverse logistics services to pharmacy chains around the country, the two companies said.

March 1, 2011

Topco to utilize Supplylogix's pharmacy inventory management, demand forecasting services

A member-owned cooperative has inked a deal with a technology company that develops and provides integrated data-driven solutions for healthcare inventory logistics.

February 1, 2011

Pugh’s customer-centric approach boosts Walgreens’ momentum

DEERFIELD, Ill. — A veteran of Walmart and Tesco, Walgreens VP merchandising Bryan Pugh brought a more analytical and customer-targeted approach to front-end merchandising. His oft-stated mission: to oversee, in coordination with the company’s Customer Centric Retailing initiative and other renewal efforts, a more cost-effective and more compelling merchandising strategy. 

January 21, 2011

Second half of cold season holds promise

Cough-cold supplier Matrixx on Thursday credited tough comparisons against the prior season’s high pre-season inventory purchases by retailers due to the publicity of the H1N1 flu outbreak for the lower level of sales for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010.

August 29, 2010

Regional pharmacy chain to utilize Activant Eagle software platform

Activant Solutions, a provider of retail and distribution business management solutions, announced on Monday that...

July 6, 2010

Report: Jewel-Osco SKU rationalization taken to new heights

Even as Walmart has been course-correcting its merchandising and marketing strategies with the de-emphasis of...