Once again the switch of prescription medicines to over-the-counter status has sparked a legal battle among manufacturers, leaving supermarkets and their pharmacists caught in the middle and consumers asking questions...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Increasing participation in managed care plans and improving customer performance are among the key goals for Terry Cater, who recently joined McKesson Corp. here as vice president of managed care...
CINCINNATI -- Supermarket chains have taken swift action to remove from their shelves any counterfeit bottles of Procter & Gamble's top-selling dandruff shampoo, Head & Shoulders.The process of weeding out the...
The cough-and-cold category may have fallen ill this year due to a mild winter, but the debut of new over-the-counter children's products could help nurse it back to health.Children's Motrin, from McNeil Consumer...
MAULDIN, S.C. -- Bi-Lo here, spurred on by a gain in market share after remerchandising its shampoo section, will apply category analysis chainwide to other leading health and beauty care categories.The 260-store...
Children's remedies came out strong in an otherwise lackluster year for the cough-and-cold category in supermarket chains.In much of the country, the milder than average winter took a bite out of sales and a toll on...
CINCINNATI -- Procter & Gamble recently opened a health care research center here to develop over-the-counter and prescription drugs more quickly and at more competitive prices."Our new research center will ensure the...
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets here has been dramatically cutting its health and beauty care mix through efficient product assortment, according to several industry sources.The 430-store chain recently cut...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores here recently promoted 25 of its private-label vitamins with a buy-one-get-one-free offer in a Pathmark circular. Advertised savings ranged from $2.99 to $8.99.A half-page circular...
Health and beauty care is becoming a popular target in the expansion of supermarket private-label lines.The primary reasons for this heightened activity are the potential for increased gross profit, growing consumer...