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May 2, 2013

DSN tours Walgreen’s new Boston flagship store with Bryan Pugh

Walgreens VP merchandising, store design and well experience Bryan Pugh walked DSN through the company’s newest flagship store, here, in downtown Boston, Tuesday, a day before the official ribbon cutting of the store.

February 7, 2013

RadioShack taps Magnacca as CEO, ‘catalyst for change’

Everybody loves a turnaround story. RadioShack is betting that the now-former president of daily living products and solutions for Walgreens, Joe Magnacca, will help author a turnaround story of its own for the small-box consumer electronics retailer.

September 25, 2012

Changing the game of drug store merchandising

"You’ve got to skate to where the puck is going, not to where it’s been.”  That’s how Bryan Pugh, who is Walgreens’ VP and chief merchandising officer, described how the merchandising department functions at Walgreens.

October 21, 2011

Walgreens reveals merchandising changes, identifies new team

Walgreens announced a series of changes in its merchandising division following a realignment of the group, aimed at “better integrat[ing] with and accelerat[ing] our strategy to become America’s first choice for health and daily living,” Walgreens president of daily living products and solutions Joe Magnacca said late Friday in a statement to Drug Store News.

March 24, 2011

NewsBytes on WAG's community Rx conference, ABC CEO's retirement, CHPA's new chair and more

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens in March expanded Joseph Magnacca’s role. As president of daily living products and solutions, Magnacca — the former Shoppers Drug Mart vet who as chief merchant of Duane Reade proved instrumental in the reinvention of the New York drug store chain — will oversee Walgreens’ marketing and merchandising operations, led by chief marketing officer Kim Feil and chief merchandising officer Bryan Pugh, but will report directly to president and CEO Greg Wasson.

March 11, 2011

Magnacca's role at WAG expands

Walgreens has expanded Joseph Magnacca's role at the drug store chain by appointing him president of daily living products and solutions.

February 18, 2011

THE MESSAGE: A ‘laser-like focus’ on consumers

Walgreens is ready for its closeup. 

After a two-year, top-to-bottom makeover — and a relentless focus on its core customers and its broad mission as a health, wellness and convenient shopping destination — the company that wants to “own well” has honed its message to consumers: Walgreens is ready to be the nation’s top wellness destination.

February 1, 2011

Pugh’s customer-centric approach boosts Walgreens’ momentum

DEERFIELD, Ill. — A veteran of Walmart and Tesco, Walgreens VP merchandising Bryan Pugh brought a more analytical and customer-targeted approach to front-end merchandising. His oft-stated mission: to oversee, in coordination with the company’s Customer Centric Retailing initiative and other renewal efforts, a more cost-effective and more compelling merchandising strategy. 

November 4, 2010

Walgreens is well-equipped for the future

It would be no small thing to define the retail market for wellness, much less...

October 10, 2010

Walgreens’ 2010 results affirm strategy change

The Walgreens hedgehog is officially retired. Its fate was sealed by a successful fourth quarter...

October 29, 2009

Walgreens confirms departure of Van Howe

If any retail observer still doubted the determination of Walgreens’ top managers to shake the...