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  • Walgreens brings safe medication disposal kiosk program to Oregon

    DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreens on Wednesday added its safe medication disposal kiosk program to its locations in Oregon with the installation of drug take-back kiosks at six Walgreens drug stores across the state. The launch is part of Walgreens effort, announced in February, to install safe medication disposal kiosks at more than 500 of its drugstores around the country.

  • CVS Pharmacy commits $100,000 to Baton Rouge relief efforts

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health and the CVS Health Foundation on Thursday announced a $100,000 donation in cash and in-kind support to organizations providing relief efforts to flood victims in central Louisiana, including the Salvation Army USA Southern Territory and the American Red Cross.

  • Why is Target spending $20 million on restrooms?

    Target Corp. is taking action to put an end to the controversy that erupted in the wake of its transgender bathroom decision.
      

  • CVS Pharmacy brews its own innovation in the cough/cold aisle

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. – CVS Pharmacy is brewing its own new product innovation with the recent introduction of a first-to-market product format - a cold remedy prepared using a single-cup brewing system such as Keurig.

    The CVS Health Cold & Flu Relief Single Serve Cups was created with customer needs in mind, as the innovation team within CVS Pharmacy Store Brands identified an opportunity to combine the convenience of a single-brew coffee maker with the benefits of a soothing warm beverage to ease cold and flu symptoms.

  • Walmart U.S. drives 3.1% gain in net Q2 sales

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart U.S. on Thursday posted a 3.1% lift in net sales for its second quarter ended July 29 to $76.2 billion and delivered positive comp sales for the eighth consecutive quarter, up 1.6%, along with the seventh consecutive quarter of positive traffic, which was up 1.2%.

    Net sales at Sam's Club for the period were down 1.3% to $14.5 billion with a slight 0.6% gain in comparable sales (excluding fuel) and a slight 0.4% decline in overall traffic. Net sales, without fuel, grew by 0.4%, Walmart reported.

  • Fred’s names new EVP, chief merchandising and marketing officer

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred’s on Tuesday announced its new EVP and chief merchandising and marketing officer, Mary Lou Gardner. Gardner will be replacing Bryan Pugh, who has resigned from the company, effective immediately.  
     

  • CVS Health extends naloxone non-prescription availability to Centennial State

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health announced Wednesday that the opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone is now available without a prescription at all CVS Pharmacy locations in Colorado.  

  • Report: Kroger pharmacists to provide non-prescription naloxone in Kentucky

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