HASTINGS, Mich. -- G&R Felpausch here will run experimental store tours designed to heighten the pharmacy department's profile and to position the retailer as a source of "whole health" solutions for shoppers.This...
BOULDER, Colo. -- Wild Oats Market here has made the leap from grocery retailer to health care provider.On July 13 the retailer opened to the public its first Wellness Center, adjacent to its store in the Base Mar...
The American landscape and the ethnic landscape are fast becoming one and the same.It's a trend long borne out by Census findings, and retailers, forever fine-tuning their product assortments to appeal to the broadest...
Despite increasing attention from the national press, an herbal extract touted as the next big thing in natural remedies has so far been slow to catch on in supermarkets.Proponents say kava root, ingested in capsule...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Following the lead of its corporate parent, Fred Meyer Inc., Smith's Food & Drug Centers here is poised to begin installing expanded nutrition departments at a number of its stores.Plans are not...
The recent spate of premium toothpaste introductions has health and beauty care managers smiling, as overall dollar sales in the category have gone from a 1% decline to a 6.5% increase in less than a year.Amid the...
Health and beauty care retailers have reason to celebrate as the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Marketplace Conference, a top showcase for new HBC products, gets under way in Philadelphia this week.In a...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- In a major category-management initiative now under way at all Fred Meyer and Albertson's stores here, the retailers are re-merchandising their vitamin sets to group products by the part or function...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Food Market here is nearing completion of the first wave of a planned expansion of its new line of private-label nutritional supplements.Forty-five new Whole Foods-brand supplements are due in...
WAYNE, N.J. -- As part of its upcoming slate of back-to-school promotions, Grand Union Co. here is introducing a new category to its nonfood mix -- makeup for children.Next month the chain will install a freestanding...
