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May 9, 2013
Active promotions drive sales

Actively promoting an over-the-counter medicine outside of the retail box not only drives foot traffic, but it helps increase sales across households with a higher income and also more heavily indexed OTC product consumers, TABS Group CEO Kurt Jetta told attendees of a webcast covering a recent TABS Group Consumer Value Study.

May 9, 2013
BeautyBoutique gets makeover

Shoppers Drug Mart opened in late 2012 its revamped BeautyBoutique in the Bayview Village store in Toronto.

May 9, 2013
Cider follows craft beer trend

Cider may be the most exciting new segment in the beer category. A recent report from Mintel indicated that in the United Kingdom, the market penetration of cider is now equal to lager.

May 9, 2013
Costco comps increase 4% in April

Costco sales grew 7% in April over April 2012, the club retailer said.

May 9, 2013
Costco offers travel packages to members

Costco Wholesale is touting its latest offering to members: its own travel agency.

May 9, 2013
CVS launches nationwide new Total Home line of household essentials

CVS/pharmacy announced the official launch of Total Home, a new home care product line built on performance, reliability and premium quality that is now available exclusively at CVS/pharmacy stores nationwide.

May 9, 2013
Former Eli Lilly executive appointed to top technology post at Sears Holdings

Sears Holdings has appointed Jeff Balagna as EVP and chief information officer, the Kmart parent company said Thursday.

May 9, 2013
Merlo to shareholders: CVS Caremark 'uniquely' positioned to drive results

The damp weather in Woonsocket, R.I., failed to dampen spirits during CVS Caremark’s annual shareholder meeting as the pharmacy retailer recently wrapped up an “outstanding” 2012 and looks to the future with continued optimism.

May 9, 2013
NCPA favors Medicare Prescription Drug Program Integrity and Transparency Act

Bipartisan legislation that would let pharmacists devote more time to Medicare beneficiaries and less to adjudicating claims with pharmacy benefit management firms was introduced in the U.S. Senate and won the backing of the National Community Pharmacists Association earlier this week.

May 9, 2013
New Michigan store marks major milestone for Meijer

Meijer will open its 200th store next week, the mass merchandise retailer said.

May 9, 2013
Omnichannel is everywhere

As the editor of DSN, I decide what stays in print and what gets cut. Spatial limitations dictated that this snippet from our Amazon story had to go. But in the age of the omnichannel shopper, where every retailer competes against everyone else for a bigger share of the customer's wallet, how can you do an in-depth profile on the world's largest online retailer and not talk about omnichannel?

May 9, 2013
Senators propose legislation to carve out 'compounding manufacturers' subject to FDA regulation

One of the difficulties that federal regulators ran into during the nationwide scandal surrounding the New England Compounding Center — the Massachusetts-based pharmacy blamed for a nationwide fungal meningitis epidemic that has sickened hundreds and killed dozens — was the issue of when such pharmacies cross the line from compounding to manufacturing.

May 9, 2013
U.S. beauty device market gears up

Beauty mavens are loving their beauty devices. As untapped potential exists in Asian and European beauty devices markets, the United States has retained its global market share lead with strong double-digit growth in 2012, according to recent research.

Consulting and research firm Kline Group stated earlier this year that the U.S. beauty device market grew nearly 20% in 2012, driven by both new product launches from existing marketers and new players.

May 8, 2013
Delhaize Group CEO Pierre-Olivier Beckers to retire by year-end

Belgian international food retailer Delhaize Group, whose U.S. banners include Hannaford, Sweetbay and Food Lion, has announced that president and CEO Pierre-Olivier Beckers intends to retire from his executive role by the end of this year.

May 8, 2013
Esri mapping platform to aid Hy-Vee's location decisions

Midwestern supermarket chain Hy-Vee is expanding its use of a mapping platform made by geographic information systems firm Esri to aid its real estate decision-making, Esri said Wednesday.

May 8, 2013
Fred's posts solid April results but flat for Q1

Fred's Super Dollar posted a slight 0.2% sales gain for its first quarter ended May 4, to $501.4 million.

May 8, 2013
Independent pharmacists conduct more than 500 meetings with legislators on the Hill

More than 300 independent community pharmacists from across the country met in Washington, D.C., at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill Wednesday for the 2013 National Community Pharmacists Association Conference on Legislation and Government Affairs.

May 8, 2013
Majority of Buffalo, N.Y., Rite Aid stores converted to Wellness format

New York state's second-largest city has become the first market in which a majority of Rite Aid's stores have been converted to the Wellness format, the retail pharmacy chain said Wednesday.

May 8, 2013
Meijer double-matches donations to food bank fundraising campaign

A campaign run by Midwestern mass-merchandise chain Meijer to raise money for food banks has netted more than half a million dollars, the company said.

May 8, 2013
New York pharmacist gives away free kids' vitamins

A pharmacist in Queens has received accolades for giving out vitamins to children whose families can't afford them.

May 8, 2013
Walgreens debuts flagship concept in San Francisco

Walgreens celebrated the official opening of its latest flagship store, located at Powell and O’Farrell streets in the heart of San Francisco’s Union Square neighborhood.

May 7, 2013
Amber Pharmacy to stage grand opening of expanded headquarters in June

Amid rapid growth over the last few years, Amber Pharmacy is more than doubling the size of its headquarters.

May 7, 2013
Bi-Lo raises more than $550,000 for local charities across Bi-Lo, Winn-Dixie footprints

Bi-Lo raised more than $550,000 to benefit nonprofit organizations within the grocer’s operating area across both its Bi-Lo and Winn-Dixie banners.

May 7, 2013
NCPA gearing up for busy two days on Capitol Hill tackling issues critical to community pharmacy

The National Community Pharmacists Association is expecting its highest turnout in two years for the association's 2013 Legislative and Government Affairs conference being held Tuesday and Wednesday.

May 7, 2013
NCPA highlights Taxpayers Protection Alliance report criticizing mail-order pharmacy

Federal prescription drug programs are more susceptible to waste, fraud and abuse because of the lack of transparency and oversight of mail-order pharmacy, proclaimed the Taxpayers Protection Alliance on Tuesday in a report called “The Expensive Truth Behind Taxpayer-Funded Mail Order Pharmaceuticals.”

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