Supermarkets dominate the health and beauty care landscape in this scenic Southwestern market.Particularly in new stores with pharmacies, the four major chains here devote substantial real estate to the various HBC...
Security issues, high prices and inconsistent merchandising are preventing some supermarkets from fully realizing sales of recent over-the-counter switches designed to help people stop smoking.At the moment...
Pharmacists at supermarkets can play a key role when it comes to advising customers about using and complying with anti-smoking products."With a new category there's a certain amount of consumer education that is...
SALT LAKE CITY -- American Stores Co. here has signed a 10-year agreement with Rochester, N.Y.-based Eastman Kodak Co. that allows Kodak, through its Qualex subsidiary, to be the exclusive supplier of photo-finishing...
SAN ANTONIO -- H.E. Butt Grocery here has purchased Atlanta-based National Data Corp. Relief Telefill pharmacy systems for its in-store pharmacies.Relief TeleFill is an automated telephone access system for customers...
A newly introduced prescription to the over-the-counter category appears to be a mixed blessing for supermarkets.Several months after the release of smoking-cessation products -- Nicorette, Nicoderm CQ and Nicotrol -...
SAN DIEGO -- Pharmacies that are innovative and invest in technology will survive and prosper, said Gerald Heller, chairman of the Alexandria, Va.-based National Association of Chain Drug Stores. He was speaking at...
With more eye care products now on the market, supermarkets are facing a merchandising challenge.Allocating space for a growing category of eye care products is difficult in grocery retailing, said nonfood executives...
SAN DIEGO -- With dazzling new technology on display at trade show booths, "Today's Future" was an apt slogan for the 39th annual Pharmacy Conference of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, held here Aug. 25...
SAN DIEGO -- Managed care organizations must provide adequate reimbursement to pharmacies, said Ronald L. Ziegler, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores at the group's...