ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A consulting firm for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores here soon will begin analyzing exit interviews for a research study on how pharmacies can increase front-end purchases.WSL...
A new product will bring growth to supermarket health and beauty care shelves -- hair growth, that is.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this month gave approval to Pharmacia & Upjohn, Kalamazoo, Mich., to market...
NEW YORK -- Supermarket general merchandise buyers are being offered an array of toys tied to movies like "Toy Story" and "Hunchback of Notre Dame" this year.Mr. Potato Head, Slinky and several other products...
Most of the top 10 leading health and beauty care categories at supermarkets weathered stiff competition from the mass merchandisers in 1995.In some categories, grocery chains maintained their share of the business...
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- Demand for a free pharmacy coupon calendar program at Waldbaum's here has been so great that supplies ran out at several units, according to the retailer's pharmacy director. Each of Waldbaum's...
QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. here will pay nearly $1 million to settle allegations that its pharmacies overcharged Medicaid programs in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.Under the agreement...
A new Blue Cross and Blue Shield prescription policy may cause supermarket pharmacies to lose customers who are federal retirees.As of Jan. 1, federal retirees enrolled in Blue Cross/Blue Shield's Service Benefit Plan...
The third -- and what some retailers say could be the biggest -- entry to the booming prescription to over-the-counter H2 antagonist segment is expected to hit supermarket shelves early this year.Zantac 75, from...
NEW YORK -- Maintaining managed care margins was one of the biggest challenges for chain drug stores in 1995, and it will continue to be an industry concern throughout the new year, according to David Maher, chairman...
BURBANK, Calif. -- Buena Vista Home Video's 1996 slate will be one of the strongest it's ever offered, according to Dennis Rice, senior vice president of marketing."It's one of the best product offerings that we've...