Walmart

10/12/2012 - 12:22pm
Walmart expands employee healthcare to cover spine, transplant surgery

Walmart has launched a first-of-its-kind Centers of Excellence program that will offer its associates quality health care with no out-of-pocket cost for heart, spine and transplant surgeries at six of the leading hospital and health systems in the United States.

10/11/2012 - 10:56am
Walmart spends less to grow more

The pace at which Walmart adds new selling space globally will remain unchanged next year, but improved productivity, more U.S. stores and expanding multichannel capabilities are expected to produce sales and profit growth.

10/10/2012 - 12:58pm
Supercenters rule, but small formats to accelerate for Walmart

Walmart plans a modest acceleration of its small-format stores in the coming years as investors were assured Wednesday that financial returns are now comparable with the company’s large supercenters.

10/10/2012 - 11:38am
Walmart testing same-day delivery for holidays

Walmart said Tuesday it is testing same-day delivery service in four markets over the holiday shopping season.

10/10/2012 - 9:11am
Walmart makes big push in Canada

Walmart Canada is stepping up its presence in the country this month with the opening of the most stores in the company's history.

10/09/2012 - 12:13pm
Immunization offerings expand past flu, shingles

While much of the focus on pharmacist-administered vaccinations has been on influenza and shingles, there also have been efforts to significantly expand the number of diseases against which customers at the local pharmacy can get protection.


10/09/2012 - 12:12pm
Clinics boom as care moves closer to home

As the healthcare landscape continues to undergo significant changes, a new report by Marketdata Enterprises puts a number against a highly valuable and fast-growing segment of health care that will continue to grow regardless of who is elected president and what happens to healthcare reform: retail-based health clinics.


10/04/2012 - 11:38am
Sam's Club offers free women's health screenings

Membership-based retailer Sam's Club is offering free health screenings for women, the company said.

10/04/2012 - 6:40am
Walmart introduces new drug packaging

The Keystone Folding Box Co. has launched a pharmaceutical compliance packaging system that it said was environmentally sustainable, easy to use for elderly people and resistant to tampering by children.

09/27/2012 - 1:59pm
Survey: More and more pharmacy patients can't get satisfaction through mail order

Satisfaction among customers using mail-order pharmacies to fill their prescriptions continued to decline, falling significantly below customer satisfaction with brick-and-mortar pharmacies, according to the J.D. Power and Associates "2012 U.S. Pharmacy Study" released Thursday.

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