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  • Fostering connections

    NACDS RxIMPACT Day on Capitol Hill — held March 8 to 9 in Washington, D.C. — relates directly to many of the topics that will be addressed at the 2018 NACDS Annual Meeting, perhaps in some surprising ways, according to NACDS' Steve Anderson

  • Walking the right path

    The treads may be wearing thin in the foot care category, where overall sales across U.S. multi-outlets are down by 10% or more, though there may yet be opportunity with those silver foxes making their daily mall walks. Insoles and shoe inserts have long had household penetration in the high teens among the coveted baby boomers demographic.

  • Fueling consumers’ gains

    The sports nutrition segment represents a significant opportunity for retailers, with SPINS reporting that protein supplements alone accounted for almost $4 billion in mass retail and specialty outlet sales last year — but is it worth the potential headache?

  • Editor's note: The only constant

    At the start of what is arguably the mass retail industry’s most important event, in Palm Beach, Fla., it also may be a great time to take a step back and see how retail is performing these days, said Seth Mendelson in his latest column.

  • Brush with success

    Drug Store News caught up with Bob Wiltz, chief customer officer at the Gunree, Ill.-based company, to talk about where the company has been and where it’s headed.

  • Betting on beauty

    The hottest beauty trends may be natural products, personalized marketing, brands with consumer-aligned values and new technological tools, according to Mintel’s Global Trends report for 2018.

  • More medicine, more problems

    Perennial readers of the healthcare industry’s tea leaves, IQVIA — née QuintilesIMS — is once again looking into what the future holds for the healthcare market. The IQVIA Institute for Human Data and Science recently released its report on where the global health market is headed in the next five years.

  • Hallmark brings greeting cards to virtual baskets

    According to Hallmark, those who shop for groceries online also are more likely to purchase cards, which has prompted the company to create an e-commerce team focused on expanding the greeting card aisles in the digital space.
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