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Kmart Expands List of 90-Day Generics 

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Kmart Pharmacy here is expanding its generic drug program. ...

Starmaker Products Find a Role at CVS/pharmacy 

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy stores will carry Starmaker Products, Malibu, Calif., the skin care line for the casts of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Desperate Housewives,” beginning in August...

Retail Pharmacy Opposes Medicaid Reimbursement Rule 

WASHINGTON — Retail associations spoke out this week in opposition to the July 6 release of the new Medicaid drug reimbursement formula....

Gay Newspaper Back in Nashville Kroger Stores 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, will again allow a regional gay and lesbian newspaper to be distributed inside some of its stores in the Nashville area, the Associated Press reported. ...

Giant Eagle to Close Video Rental Departments 

PITTSBURGH — Giant Eagle, a widely acknowledged leader in supermarket video, will close its rental departments, putting more of an emphasis on sell-through DVDs and automated rental kiosks, a company spokesman confirmed. ...

Blockbuster Names Former 7-Eleven Executive as Chairman, CEO 

DALLAS — Blockbuster here yesterday named James Keyes as the company's new chairman and chief executive officer, effective immediately....

GROWING PAINS 

The law of supply and demand is catching up with the emerging retail health clinic business. With high-profile chains like CVS, Walgreens and Wal-Mart...

East and West, Supermarkets Open Health Clinics 

SPOKANE, Wash. — Rosauers Supermarkets here and a Neptune, N.J., ShopRite store, which is part of the Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative based in Elizabeth, N.Y., have opened in-store convenient care clinics. ...

Personal Products Help Drive HBC Increases: Kline Study 

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — While the market for nonprescription drug sales grew at an overall rate of 2.6%, Rx-to-OTC switches like Plan B and Prilosec, new products in personal lubricants, and cold medications outperformed the market average by large margins, according to data in “Nonprescription Drugs USA 2006,” a new study by Kline & Co. here released last week. ...

Wal-Mart, Target Battle for HBC Sales: TNS Report 

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Wal-Mart Stores may dominate the U.S. health and beauty care market, but Target shoppers spend more on HBC products on a monthly basis compared with the average shopper, according to a study from TNS Retail Forward....

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