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INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES

  • Counter Talk: Achieving triumph through cooperation

    NACDS Retail Advisory Board looks to lend strategy assist. Many associations — including NACDS — were created in part to foster an ecosystem, where businesses can maximize their performance through collaboration.

  • Supermarket Wellness Watch: Health-focused upstarts shake up food retail

    David Orgel examines trends identified in the recent Oliver Wyman Consumer Goods Innovators Index — and sizes up the threat that these startups present to traditional food retailers.

  • From this angle: What Toys 'R Us' recent closures signal

    The chain, now in bankruptcy protection, announced on Tuesday that it was shuttering about 180 stores across the country.

  • Editor‘s note: A brave new world

    This year could be the most important year for retail since, well, since all the way back in 2017.

    At the outset, it is certainly shaping up that way, especially with a host of major retailers looking to do all they can to compete with Amazon and its growing online presence, not to mention taking a few points away from each other.

  • Pet project: Owners will spend on food, products and services

    A recent article published in the Whole Dog Journal included a number of therapeutic ways people can address their pets’ arthritis pain relief needs, including a lengthy discussion on laser and red light therapies. A few years ago, a similar article would have likely focused on prescription-based solutions, but now the conversation often centers on alternative methods for caring for our pets.

  • Editor's note: Catching the consumers’ eye

    Retail is not dead; boring retail is dead.
     
    That is what industry guru, Mack Elevation Forum founder and DSN partner Dan Mack told a packed house at the 19th annual Drug Store News Industry Issues Summit at New York City’s Plaza Hotel in late November. Moderating a panel of executives from such top retailers as CVS Pharmacy, Target, Walmart, Walgreens and Sam’s Club, Mack challenged them to explain to the audience what they were doing to remain relevant. 

  • Dog chews promoting clean teeth are on the rise

    Multipet’s Canine Clean line of dog chews are designed to assist with teething, help remove tartar and massage gums. The toys are infused with a choice of peppermint or spearmint, which helps freshen breath. Canine Clean products from the Moonachie, N.J.-based company also support many drug stores’ direction of promoting health and healthy choices for their customers.   

  • Augmented reality gives the retail landscape a makeover

    Beauty apps could be the tool paving the way for drug and mass retailers to compete with high levels of service at prestige competitors. Apps from augmented reality technology providers give shoppers a digital makeup artist in the palm of their hands and reduce the need for in-store testers that often are not available in mass-market stores.

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