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April 23, 2012
Inside Sam's Club: Aligning clinical offerings with wellness

In part 3, VP health and wellness operations and compliance Jim Langman and director of business development Angie Muldoon discuss how Sam's Club's clinical offerings — pharmacy, optical and hearing aid centers — and its health screenings and new magazine align with the retailer's wellness platform.

April 16, 2012
Inside Sam's Club: Creating a unique and relevant offering

In late January, DSN.TV traveled to Bentonville, Ark., for an exclusive look at what Sam's Club is doing to win in health and wellness. In part 2, VP health and family care Jason Reiser and VP consumables George Agnacian discuss two critical aspects of Sam's Club's health-and-wellness platform — prevention and solutions — and the important role suppliers play in creating a unique and relevant offering for its members.

April 6, 2012
Inside Sam's Club: Building on awareness, prevention and solutions

In late January, DSN.TV traveled to Bentonville, Ark., for an exclusive look at what Sam's Club is doing to win in health and wellness. In part 1, SVP health and wellness Jill Turner-Mitchael and VP health and family care Jason Reiser explain Sam's Club's three-tiered merchandising strategy built around awareness, prevention and solutions.

April 2, 2012
Inside Sam's Club

With 500+ pharmacies, hundreds of optical and hearing centers and a three-tiered strategy built on awareness, prevention and solutions, Sam's Club exercises its right to win in health and wellness.

February 28, 2012
Executive Viewpoint Series: Chuck Wilson on improving patient outcomes

As part of its Executive Retailer Viewpoint series, DSN sat down with Chuck Wilson, VP pharmacy operations at Health Mart, at DSN's Industry Issues Summit to discuss opportunities for community pharmacy to improve patient outcomes.

February 17, 2012
Executive Viewpoint Series: Mike Cantrell on technology and the pharmacy

As part of its Executive Retailer Viewpoint series, DSN sat down with Mike Cantrell, president at Good Neighbor Pharmacies, at DSN's Industry Issues Summit to discuss technology and the evolution of pharmacy care.

February 1, 2012
Executive Retailer Viewpoint: Jason Reiser on engaging customers

As part of DSN's Executive Retailer Viewpoint series, DSN sat down with Jason Reiser, VP health and wellness, ops/compliance at Sam's Club, at DSN's Industry Issues Summit to discuss how to better engage customers and the impact of the economy on business in 2012.

January 18, 2012
Executive Viewpoint Part 1: Engaging consumers on health and wellness

In an effort to tap into the minds of some of the industry's top executives, Drug Store News recently sat down and talked with some of these leaders in a multipart executive viewpoint video series.

May 16, 2013
Tardy tax refunds, cool weather impact Walmart’s Q1

Walmart Stores reported profit and sales lower than Wall Street expectations as the retail giant struggled against the payroll tax increase, delayed tax returns and an unseasonably cold spring impacting its U.S. sales.

May 6, 2013
Sam's Club offers skin, weight, stress screenings

Sam's Club is offering free skin and weight screenings during the weekend, the club retailer said Monday.

April 16, 2013
Sam's Club offers free oral health screenings

Sam's Club offered free oral care and health screening events at all 564 of its stores that have pharmacies, the club retailer said.

March 19, 2013
Sam's Club and Amazon rank top among customers in terms of experience

Based on a study of 10,000 U.S. consumers, Sam's Club and Amazon earned the top spots in the retail sector of the "2013 Temkin Experience Ratings," the Temkin Group announced Tuesday.

March 5, 2013
Sam's Club offers allergy screenings

Sam's Club will offer free allergy and health screenings at all of its stores that operate pharmacies, the club retailer said.

February 26, 2013
Rite Aid tops drug chains in customer satisfaction, as Publix, Target, Costco lead among supermarkets, mass, clubs

Several pharmacy retailers got top place in a recent consumer satisfaction survey.

February 20, 2013
GNC marks mass retail for nationwide distribution of its 'Marked' portfolio

GNC is ramping up its reach beyond its 6,100 retail outlets, Joe Fortunato, the company's chairman, president and CEO, told analysts last week.

February 7, 2013
Sam's Club offering heart health screenings

Sam's Club will offer free heart health screenings at 563 of its stores on Saturday, the club retailer said.

January 21, 2013
Sam's Club hires Katie Workman to promote healthy eating

Sam's Club has hired cookbook author Katie Workman to recommend simple and healthy foods to influence people to eat better, the club retailer said Monday.

January 10, 2013
Walmart, Sam's Club launch new contact lens program for 2013

Walmart and Sam's Club are introducing a new contact lens program for 2013, the retailers said Thursday.

January 4, 2013
Sam's Club offers free New Year's resolution health screenings

Sam's Club is offering free health screenings as part of a New Year's promotion, the club retailer said Friday.

January 4, 2013
Walgreens, Target, Sears, Supervalu, Costco get high marks for gay, lesbian employee policies

Several retailers got top scores from a gay-rights organization for their efforts to prevent discrimination against and include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

November 15, 2012
Digital opportunity looms larger

Increased attention was given to Walmart’s multichannel efforts in this year’s supplier survey — and for good reason. Amazon.com is now in a virtual dead heat with the dollar store channel in terms of the retailer/channel that suppliers view as the most significant competitive threat.


November 15, 2012
Neighborhood Market format revisited

When planning commission officials in Northwest Arkansas gave Walmart the go ahead for a 40,000-sq.-ft. store in Bentonville, Ark., back in 1998, it was the retail industry’s biggest story that year.


November 15, 2012
Sam’s Club steady in wake of exec changes

Change was in the air again this year at Sam’s Club as the warehouse club division welcomed yet another CEO and head merchant combination.

November 15, 2012
Supplier expectations offer insight at Walmart

Continued growth and increased competition from Amazon.com and the dollar stores. Improved in-stock levels offset by questionable in-store execution. Reduced buyer turnover and senior executives receptive to trading partner views.


November 14, 2012
NCR Corp., SoloHealth sign three-year health kiosk maintenance contract

NCR Corp. is partnering with health kiosk maker SoloHealth to service interactive consumer healthcare kiosks at retailers as SoloHealth rolls them out around the country, the two companies said Tuesday.

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