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  • Natureplex’s Victor Santos emphasizes OTC value

    Natureplex products
     
    With offerings that include well-known brands, and formulas for private label and contract manufacturing service, Natureplex is aiming to deliver for consumers where it matters — quality, quantity and price. Drug Store News spoke to Victor Santos, president of the Olive Branch, Miss.-based company, about its American-made bona fides, how retailers can reach OTC shoppers and what the category’s future holds.  
     

  • MarketHub Retail Services’ Patterson talks hemp

    Hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD/hemp Extract. Just talking about these kinds of things sounds intimidating, illegal and not very consumer-friendly. Skeptical? Not a problem. 
     
    It’s likely most retailers have tremendous experience with health-and-wellness products. Retail markets, consumer products and shopper marketing programs are my sandbox. Therefore, merchants are familiar with adaptogens and their many positive effects on the human body. The CBD molecule is an adaptogen.
     

  • National digestive brands see mixed sales results

    The upper gastrointestinal proton pump inhibitors segment saw a 9% decrease — national brands only — in sales in multi-outlets for the latest 12 months compared with the previous year, with losses primarily driven down by large decreases at Procter & Gamble’s Prilosec OTC (-13%) and for GSK Consumer Heathcare’s Prevacid (-15%).

  • Editor’s note: A new journey

    Why here? And Why now?

    Two great questions as I begin my journey as the editor in chief of Drug Store News. Why here is an easy one. I am joining one of the premier retail business publications in the land, one that has a long and storied record of closely covering the rapidly changing and pretty complex chain pharmacy industry over the years. DSN has a well-deserved reputation for keeping retailers and suppliers in the know of what is going on now, as well as what may be happening down the line.

  • Q&A: Anda’s Chip Phillips talks company’s 25-year growth

    October marks Anda’s 25th anniversary of providing pharmaceutical distribution throughout the nation. Drug Store News spoke with Anda president Chip Phillips about how the company and industry has changed over a quarter of a century.

  • Consumers aiming to improve pet health

    Consumers are increasingly weighing the health consequences of all of their purchasing decisions, including products for their four-legged family members.

    From food and treats to toys and grooming products, shoppers are seeking items for their pets that offer the same healthy attributes as the products they buy for themselves.

  • Feeding frenzy: As Amazon and Walmart get hungrier, the industry wonders what’s next

    Can other retailers find a comfortable — and profitable — niche in the marketplace, while Amazon.com and Walmart go toe-to-toe in their seemingly endless battle for retail supremacy?

    The answer will not only define retail for the next generation or two, but also determine who will survive what many call the “new normal” in what is becoming a more complex and risky arena.

  • Q&A: ScriptPro’s Coughlin talks tech as vehicle for improved patient care

    Between ensuring their patients receive the proper medication, working to improve patient adherence to meet quality measures, offering enhanced clinical services and acting as an active member of their patients’ care team, pharmacists are spread thin. In order to spend more time providing quality interactions with patients, pharmacies are increasingly looking to technology as a way to ease their workload to provide better patient-facing care.
     
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