Exclusive News Alert

06/10/2013 - 5:01pm
Top minds in retail to headline exclusive DSN-Mack Elevation event

The Mack Elevation Forum and the Drug Store News Group will co-host an exclusive, one-day summit event on Aug. 9, at the Westin Hotel, in Las Vegas, as a special kickoff for Total Store Expo. Assembling some of the top minds in retail, "The Elevation Forum: The Seven Ideas to Create the Future," will give attendees a grasp of emerging industry best practices in strategic sales, marketing, merchandising and retail consumer packaged goods strategy.

06/05/2013 - 12:34pm
Update: USA Drug icon Stephen LaFrance passes away

Stephen LaFrance, 71, former owner of USA Drug, passed away Wednesday morning, DSN has learned.

06/03/2013 - 3:04pm
GMDC presentation 'LINCs' retail pharmacy to patient loyalists

Retail pharmacists will be missing out on as much as a $20 billion opportunity if they don't identify how to consistently and efficiently engage their patients, suggested Jeff Rehling, principal at Edgewood Consulting Group, during a business session Sunday at the recent 2013 GMDC Health & Wellness @ Retail Conference.

05/16/2013 - 11:28am
Demand for cold and allergy remedies slackening

The booming 2012-2013 cough-cold season may not have come with a fresh set of challenges for the 2013-2014 season.

05/15/2013 - 9:03am
Double-digit profit gains for Alliance Boots

Alliance Boots on Wednesday reported a double-digit profit gain for its year ended March 31.

05/13/2013 - 9:01am
Celebrity Apprentice finale comes down to who better promos two DeLish ice cream brands

Duane Reade scored marketing gold as Manhattan fans of Celebrity Apprentice fanned out to vote for one of the two finalists Sunday — Las Vegas headliner Penn Jillette and country star Trace Adkins — by purchasing one of two exclusive flavors of Walgreens' DeLish ice cream.

05/08/2013 - 11:24am
Perrigo: $10 billion in Rx sales may switch OTC through 2018

There is as much as $10 billion in branded pharmaceutical sales that could make the switch from prescription-only to over-the counter in the next five years, suggested Joseph Papa, Perrigo chairman, CEO and president, to analysts on Tuesday.

05/07/2013 - 12:58pm
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.

05/02/2013 - 10:52am
Nutrisystem adjusts retail offering with weight-loss kit exclusive at Walmart

Nutrisystem executives told analysts they were bullish around expanding their weight-loss meal delivery service into mass retail through its partnership with Walmart.

04/29/2013 - 12:03pm
J&J chairman pledges to restore U.S. OTC business, outlines growth opportunities overseas

Johnson & Johnson chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky last week told shareholders that its consumer healthcare business would reclaim its prominence in the U.S. marketplace at the company's annual shareholder meeting. But OTC growth will be greatest outside of the United States.

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