If you don't naturally correlate the terms "natural" or "organic" with health and beauty care products, you're not alone.The Food and Drug Administration has set no standards for what constitutes such products...
NORFOLK, Va. -- Farm Fresh here and Drug Emporium, Powell, Ohio, have reached an agreement under which two of Farm Fresh's Rack & Sack stores will have Drug Emporium discount drug operations replace existing...
Retailers are praising the fruity, sweet essences emanating from the shelves where they showcase value-priced shampoos.Major suppliers with low-price brands have added new lines featuring fruit flavors and botanicals...
NORTH TAZEWELL, Va. -- Acme Markets of Virginia completes the rollout this month of a greatly expanded nonfood private-label line.In August, 150 stockkeeping units under the Select Brands label was introduced to the...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here has created a new one-stop shopping image for its health and beauty care department in a test store, according to Pam Kohn, vice president of operations for the Central division of...
A shakeout is occurring in diet aids as supermarket retailers watch nutritional supplements fly off their shelves.Often recommended as high-protein energy boosters, the ready-to-drink nutritional supplements also are...
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - As part of its expansion into pharmacy, Shaw's Supermarkets here has opened its second pharmacy in its new prototype format in Manchester, Conn.The company plans to add six more pharmacies by...
When Aleve, the much-heralded nonprescription version of naproxen sodium, made the over-the-counter switch in June 1994, it was the biggest thing to hit the analgesics market since ibuprofen made the switch a decade...
More new analgesics products are on the horizon. However, retailers will wait and see if these introductions can stimulate category sales or prove to be a headache for retailers who must find room on their already...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here is doubling the footage of health and beauty care sections in most new stores, according to Harry Conway, director of HBC and general merchandise for the New York metropolitan area."The...