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In this Issue

  • Masculinity returns to beauty aisles

    Maybe men have been the secret all along to pumping up front-end sales.

    (To view the full Category Review, click here.)

  • ‘Natural’ and ‘alternative’ key words when it comes to homeopathy

    Consumers buying homeopathic remedies base those decisions on two factors: products that are safe and efficacious. The products have to work, or they wouldn’t earn the repeat purchases that are helping to drive sales.

    (To view the full Category Review, click here.)

  • Bad ties, thin hair and strong perspective

    Twenty years ago this month, I put on what was then my “lucky” tie, this horrible, neon yellow number from Banana Republic — it wore more like a bad Hawaiian shirt than a tie — and I started a new job as senior editor for OTCs and natural health at Drug Store News.

    Sure, I have a lot less hair today than I did then, but I also have much better taste in ties.

  • THE TAKEAWAY: Philadelphia Soul — Scott Melville, president and CEO, Consumer Health Products Association

    The road to a career at the intersection of business and politics may have started with a “mean impersonation” of our 37th president, the CHPA chief tells DSN.

  • Drug stores to play bigger diabetes role

    CVS Health senior educator Kristene Diggins and others involved in the fight against diabetes said they expect drug stores and retail clinics to play a bigger role in coming years.

    (To view the full Category Review, click here.)

  • Touting the benefits of generics: Q&A with GPhA’s Chip Davis

    Generics continue to grow as a proportion of the total prescriptions dispensed every year, and as that number has grown, so have the savings that generics bring to the healthcare system. The Generic Pharmaceutical Association has been front and center, touting the benefits that generics bring for lawmakers, payers and, most importantly, patients. Drug Store News spoke with GPhA president and CEO Chip Davis about the organization’s efforts in 2016 and plans for the remainder of 2017.

  • The ‘humanization’ of pets

    Americans can’t do enough for their furry friends. To that end, growth continues to be the watchword in the pet care category.

    Research released by the American Pet Products Association, or the APPA, indicated that American consumers would spend a total of $62.75 billion on pet supplies and care in 2016, up from $60.28 in 2015 and $58.04 in 2014.

  • Exclusive DSN-Brandperx survey measures pediatric cough-cold recommendations

    In the United States, colds account for more visits to the doctor than any other condition, according to the American Lung Association. The common culprit behind spreading rhinovirus, the virus behind as many as 40% of all colds, is children — pediatric patients on average suffer from the symptoms of a cold between six and eight times each year. And given how highly contagious many colds are, that may explain why many adults get sick, too.

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