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  • Apr. 2, 2012
    Article

    FTC Approves Express Scripts, Medco Merger 1

    WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission concluded its eight-month investigation into the proposed acquisition of Medco Health Solutions by Express Scripts, Inc. for $29 billion Monday, determining that the merger of two of the largest pharmacy benefit managers is “not likely to substantially lessen competition” in the space....More
  • Apr. 2, 2012
    Article

    Generic Pileup: New Releases, Medicaid Changes on Collision Course

    As a plethora of generic drugs is set to flood the market, offering health care saving to millions, proposed Medicaid changes to reimbursements could dampen retail pharmacy revenues....More
  • Mar. 26, 2012
    Article

    California Medicaid Cuts on Hold for Now

    SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week denied California’s Department of Health Care Services’ effort to suspend an earlier decision by a federal judge to block cuts in Medi-Cal, the state’s...More
  • Mar. 26, 2012
    Article

    United to Build ‘Next Generation’ Market Street

    LUBBOCK, Texas — United Supermarkets on Monday released details of what it calls its “next generation” Market Street store, now under construction here....More
  • Mar. 26, 2012
    Article

    Loblaw Buys Zellers’ Rx Files

    TORONTO — Loblaw Cos. here announced it is purchasing a majority of Zellers’— a mass merchandise chain of the Hudson’s Bay Co. — prescription files for about $35 million....More
  • Mar. 16, 2012
    Article

    Social Media Drives CVS Loyalty

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy runs the nation’s largest loyalty program, offering 69 million cardholders 2% back on select purchases, plus other discounts. Problem is, not everyone redeems their “ExtraBucks” rewards....More
  • Mar. 15, 2012
    blog

    Avoiding the Parent Trap

    What I find interesting is the various trend reports and news commentary that claims neither men nor women want to become “their parents.”...More
  • Mar. 12, 2012
    blog

    Pharmacist Controversy Holds Big Retail Lessons 1

    Many supermarket operators are big proponents of the role pharmacists play in stores. So it’s surprising that a contentious debate is now raging about how much value retail pharmacists bring....More
  • Mar. 9, 2012
    Article

    AFS Joins Topco Pharmacy Program

    SALT LAKE CITY — Associated Food Stores has joined Topco Associates and its 22-member pharmacy program to lower in-store pharmacy costs....More
  • Mar. 6, 2012
    Article

    Kroger Targets Truckers With Health Services

    CINCINNATI — Kroger pharmacies will provide wellness services to truckers and drivers who are covered by Las Vegas-based Rolling Strong, a health and wellness provider....More
  • Mar. 2, 2012
    blog

    United's Million-Dollar Wellness Plan

    They say you can’t put a price on your health, but investing in it is another matter. That’s the attitude adopted by United Supermarkets, which is putting more than $1 million into an updated and expanded wellness platform....More
  • Datasheet

    SN Whole Health's Number Crunch: Supplemental Sales

    More than half of all Americans take at least one dietary supplement every day, and it should be no surprise that vitamins and minerals are the most popular. Overall, supplement sales remain strong and favor supermarkets and drug stores, despite lingering concerns some consumers have over side effects and efficacy....More
  • Feb. 27, 2012
    Article

    In-Store Clinics Primed for New Growth: Report

    SHOREVIEW, Minn. — Convenience care retail health clinics, which debuted 12 years ago in Cub Foods stores, are poised for healthy 10% growth in the coming year, according to “The ConvUrgentCare Report on United States Walk-In Clinics,” released this month....More
  • Feb. 22, 2012
    Article

    Gorsky Succeeds Weldon as J&J CEO

    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday named Alex Gorsky, a long-time company executive, to become chief executive officer effective April 26, 2012, the date of the company’s annual meeting....More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
    Article

    A&P Offers Discount Flu Shots

    MONTVALE, N.J. — A&P has slashed the price of flu shots to $5, from $25....More
  • Feb. 6, 2012
    Article

    FMI Asks FTC to Block Big PBM Merger

    ARLINGTON, Va. — Food Marketing Institute, following its Feb. 2 letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, issued the following statement Monday on behalf of its regulatory counsel, Erik Lieberman, regarding the proposed acquisition of Medco Health Solutions (Medco) by Express Scripts, Inc....More
  • Feb. 6, 2012
    blog

    The Vitamin D Dilemma 2

    It seems as if we hear more and more these days about vitamin D deficiency in women in the U.S. Turns out, it’s a problem worldwide....More
  • Feb. 2, 2012
    Article

    NACDS Applauds Sen. Kohl’s Letter to FTC

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., drew praise from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores for raising concerns about the proposed Express Scripts and Medco merger in a letter to Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Walgreens Acquires Kmart Prescriptions

    DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens announced it will acquire the prescription files and inventory from 33 Kmart pharmacies in 16 states....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Safeway Woos Express Scripts Customers

    PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway is using a high-value coupon to entice former Walgreens Express Scripts customers to use Safeway pharmacies....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Lessons Learned in Social Media

    Retailers are testing social media in an effort to win public support, and sometimes to effect change, as a Walgreens-paid Twitter campaign — #ILoveWalgreens vs. Express Scripts — illustrated....More
  • Jan. 24, 2012
    blog

    Health Clubs Done the Sam’s Way

    Wal-Mart-owned Sam’s Club continues revamping and customizing its HBC sections, as well as growing an outreach program managed by Sam’s pharmacies....More
  • Jan. 16, 2012
    Article

    Retail Pharmacy Set to Buck Tough Election Year

    A conundrum of regulatory issues and decisions in coming months threaten to stifle community retail pharmacy’s goal of advancing patient access to health care services designed to lower overall costs....More
  • Jan. 13, 2012
    Article

    FTC Closes Investigation Into CVS Caremark Practices

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has closed a two-year investigation into pharmacy benefit management CVS Caremark's business practices, the drug store chain said on Friday....More
  • Jan. 13, 2012
    Article

    Senators Question CMS Draft on Medicaid Reimbursements 1

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A group of senators drew praise from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) this week for their efforts in questioning draft federal upper limit (FUL) lists for Medicaid generic drug reimbursement recently published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)....More
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