News Collection

1. KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- John Zabriskie has been named chairman and chief executive offic...
2. NEW YORK--Despite some consumer complaints regarding ineffective drying power, clear...
3. With the start of the new year, it's time to look ahead to those questions the answe...
4. MIAMI -- Richard Kronrad, one of the most respected and best-liked supplier executiv...
5. Foot remedies 1993 volume: $196 million +3.2% vs. 1992 ...
6. The Towne-Oller retail tracking service recorded a 5.9% dollar increase for overall ...
7. DEMOTTE, Ind. -- Fagen Pharmacy is on the move. After opening eight stores in 1993, ...
8. NEW YORK -- Just as women are turning more to premium razors and blades, they're tra...
9. NEW YORK -- Progress has been made in developing drugs to treat central nervous syst...
10. RESTON, Va.--Devoting more attention to processing returned goods can improve compan...
11. NEW YORK--With estimates that 98% of women and a slightly lower number of men in thi...
12. CINCINNATI -- Aided by a tax credit, Hook-SupeRx Inc. (HSI) began fiscal 1994 by nar...
13. TROY, Mich. -- As part of a sweeping restructuring, Kmart Corp. has promoted Kevin B...
14. NEW YORK -- The diaper category has seemed of late to be in constant flux, with pric...
15. This is about Jim Koblensky, currently the vice president and general merchandise ma...
16. CINCINNATI--Eighteen months have passed since Bob Blanchard was put in charge ofProc...
17. POWELL, Ohio -- Drug Emporium has acquired the remaining 40% independent interest in...
18. WASHINGTON--Pharmaceutical firms have increased the number of medicines and vaccines...
19. WASHINGTON--The Food and Drug Administration has issued regulations that require lab...
20. NEW YORK -- Gift giving plays an important role in bath and body care, as the recent...
21. TWINSBURG, Ohio -- Revco D.S., benefitting from a lower cost structure and interest ...
22. NEW YORK--Private label manufacturers have gone from being knockoff artists to being...
23. NEW YORK -- Comfort, security and convenience are the undisputed forces driving the ...
24. LIVERPOOL, N.Y. -- Fay's Inc. registered a major jump in earnings from a depressed y...
25. NEW YORK--Woolworth Corp., which announced in October 1993 that it would shut about ...
26. TWINSBURG, Ohio--Revco D.S. has acquired an independent pharmacy in nearby Akron, Oh...
27. PHILADELPHIA--For its second consecutive year, SmithKline Beecham PLC has received a...
28. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- Martin Wygod has been named head of prescription operati...
29. NEW YORK -- If it's January there must be another major product breaking from Gillet...
30. NEW YORK -- Chain drug stocks were hit by profit-taking in 1993 as they failed to ke...
31. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- After starting fiscal 1994 with a double-digit earnings gain, Wal...
32. NEW YORK -- The aging of the population combined with the trend toward self-medicati...
33. BOISE, Idaho--Albertson's Inc., with improved operating results overcome by a substa...
34. NEW YORK -- Christmas 1993 chain drug sales proved no more and no less than werepred...
35. WASHINGTON -- Large retail pharmacy buying groups can equal or exceed the purchasing...
36. SAN FRANCISCO -- Genentech Inc. has won marketing approval from the Food and Drug Ad...
37. WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to na...
38. NEW YORK -- All the excitement in the razor category last year was on the women's si...
39. SHIREMANSTOWN, Pa.--With a number of factors hampering results in its primary retail...
40. CHICAGO -- Despite its status as the dominant player in the chain drug industry, Wal...
41. NEW YORK--Battery marketers, counting on sales growth as a result of the continued d...
42. NEW YORK--With the exception of a strong showing by a few new products, the eye care...
43. WARREN, Mich.--Declining sales and sharply higher interest expenses took a 39.9%bite...
44. ALEXANDRIA, Va.--The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is taking severalothe...
45. WASHINGTON -- The recently concluded talks that focused on world tariffs and trade a...
46. MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. -- Warner-Lambert Co. and Burroughs Wellcome Co. have signed agr...
47. Best-selling deodorants By brand Rank Brand Manufacturer ...
48. PHILADELPHIA -- SmithKline Beecham PLC has launched a rebate program aimed directly ...
49. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Ambassador Cards Inc. has developed technology that enables it t...
50. DEERFIELD, Ill.--With the roll-out of its Strategic Inventory Management System (SIM...
51. The chain will meet its goal of 3,000 stores in the year 2000 as surely as it will p...
52. HONOLULU -- "We have a problem in the United States with our health care system...
53. NEW YORK -- William Haddad, chairman of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Associat...
54. ELKHART, Ind.--In a major restaging of its One-A-Day multivitamin line, Miles Inc. w...
55. DEERFIELD, Ill.--With sales and earnings records continuing to be set year after yea...
56. The future of PayLess Drug Stores has apparently been determined. It will be owned b...
57. SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Against a backdrop of heated competition among major drug chai...
58. PHOENIX--The increased part pharmacists are playing in the health care system makes ...
59. FAIRFIELD, N.J. -- Telebrands' key to success in the "as seen on TV" indus...
60. DEERFIELD Ill. -- Senior vice president of human resources John Rubino says that Wal...
61. NEW YORK--Chain drug stocks fell slightly in November. Yet, for the drug store indus...
62. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Harco Drug president and chief executive officer Jim Harrison Jr...
63. WASHINGTON -- Prescription drug policies contained in President Clinton's Health Sec...
64. The $3.5 billion shampoo and conditioner category is about to see competitive activi...
65. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- down the road from Walgreens headquarters here its wholly owned H...
66. NEW YORK--Helped by substantial bottom-line swings at two big companies, major manuf...
67. NEW YORK -- Have you heard the news? Most retailers are predicting a strong Christma...
68. WASHINGTON -- A federal program that requires generic drug manufacturers to pay reba...
69. NEW YORK--Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is turning up the heat with a stream of...
70. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- The philosophy governing Walgreens' burgeoning pharmacy business ...
71. WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--Longs Drug Stores, impacted by costs related to a recent acqui...
72. LOS ANGELES -- With the objective of "returning jobs and pride to the inner cit...
73. WASHINGTON -- Consumers view prescription drug benefits as one of the most important...
74. NEW YORK--Oral-B Laboratories is attempting to do in oral care what parent Gillette ...
75. DEERFIELD, III. -- With one of the industry's largest budgets, 100 people working in...
76. CINCINNATI--A fourth quarter restructuring charge, depressed operating results and t...
77. LOS ANGELES -- Despite his emergence as a major player in the chain drug industry, L...
78. NEW ORLEANS -- Pharmacists received a vote of confidence last month when Hillary Rod...
79. NEW YORK--The word on Wall Street for Walgreens in 1994 is once again "steady.&...
80. DEERFIELD, Ill.--Research conducted by Walgreens indicates that the typical shopper ...
81. CHICAGO -- The increased visibility of private label merchandise on store shelves an...
82. TROY, Mich. -- Three months after putting its PayLess Drug Stores subsidiary on the ...
83. NEW YORK -- Marion Merrell Dow Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will undergo top-le...
84. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- John Brown takes justifiable pride in the speedy, effective opera...
85. DEERFIELD, Ill.--"Every merchandise category in our stores is getting the space...
86. MANALAPAN, Fla.--A warning to retail pharmacy was issued here: keep pace with techno...
87. PHOENIX--The far-reaching implications of Merck & Co.'s purchase of Medco Contai...
88. DEERFIELD, Ill.--At Walgreens prototype is a relative term. The chain's model lay...
89. 'Our regional vice presidents could be chief executive officer at a lot of companies...
90. MANALAPAN, Fla. -- Market and government forces are bringing about a transformation ...
91. Get ready for a rush on rich, jewel-tone mascaras. The hottest new look for eyes tha...
92. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- As divisional vice president of information systems, Gary Pradare...
93. 'The current plan to open over 150 stores per year for the remainder of the decade s...
94. HONOLULU -- The ongoing reform of the health care system in the United States will h...
95. DAYTON, Ohio--For buyers at a trade show there never seems to be enough time to visi...
96. WILLOWDALE, Ontario -- Although still challenged by a difficult national economy, Sh...
97. TABULAR DATA OMITTED RARITAN, N.J.--Women continue to rank the pill as their pref...
98. RESTON, Va. -- The National Wholesale Druggists' Association has debuted "Pharm...
99. INDIANAPOLIS--Three health care companies have joined forces with the American Diabe...
100. Line extension of cough, cold and allergy medications have increased business NE...
101. ALEXANDRIA, Va.--NARD has thrown its support behind the recent discriminatory pricin...
102. NEW YORK--Managing store brands as if they were national brands is the direction in ...
103. DALLAS--"Technology is changing the way that we do business," says FoxMeye...
104. MALVERN, Pa. -- Although the merger of Cardinal Distribution Inc. and Whitmire Distr...
105. INDIANAPOLIS--"The Impact of the Merck/Medco Merger on Retail Pharmacy," a...
106. NEW YORK--Once thought of as a business that peaked in August and September and was ...
107. WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Medicap Pharmacies Inc. reports that same-store sales at it...
108. WASHINGTON--Approximately 18,000 men over age 55 are participating in a seven-year s...
109. TWINSBURG, Ohio--The patient advisory leaflet program begun two years ago by Revco D...
110. NEW YORK--The syringe segment, which generates annual volume of $150 million to $175...
111. 'Introducing proprietary drugs is extremely difficult, and the failure rate is extra...
112. NEW YORK--Two top pharmaceutical trade groups are warning the industry that recently...
113. NEW YORK--According to the 1993 Private Label Industry Yearbook published by the Pri...
114. DALLAS--The strategic shifts at FoxMeyer over the past three years have brought with...
115. Health care services generate 97% of sales SAN FRANCISCO--The continued expansion...
116. SAN FRANCISCO -- McKesson Drug Co. president Thomas Simone will leave the nation's l...
117. NEW YORK -- S.C. Johnson & Son Inc.'s drive to maintain its leading position in ...
118. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Walgreen Co. plans to build a $60 million distribution center in ...
119. OMAHA--Smaller can sometimes be better. That's the thinking of Jim Donatelle, direct...
120. ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Technology that could revolutionize the drug discovery process has...
121. PRINCETON, N.J.--Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Inc. is running a consumer education p...
122. NEW YORK -- Pharmaceutical companies have made progress in their efforts to help vic...
123. NEW YORK--The decision by Hoechst Celanese Corp. to acquire 51% of Copley Pharmaceut...
124. NEW YORK--More and more drug chains are looking to private label programs as a way t...
125. DALLAS--Revamping the health care system will probably mean major adjustments in the...
126. RESTON, Va. -- Like all of the participants in the nation's $900 billion health care...
127. CINCINNATI--Michael Moore has stepped down as senior vice president and chief operat...
128. NEW YORK -- Many hair care products--particularly conditioners, gels and hair sprays...
129. INDIANAPOLIS -- "This is the year when the walls of monopoly in the drug indust...
130. NEW YORK--Thousands of job cuts are being carried out by pharmaceutical firms as the...
131. One of the most profound changes has been in the consumer advertising of products ...
132. NEW YORK -- Kmart Corp. and its PayLess Drug Stores subsidiary have incorporated blo...
133. SAN DIEGO--Quidel Corp. a leading developer and marketer of rapid diagnostic tests, ...
134. NEW YORK--As many as six publicly traded generics companies could become takeover ta...
135. NEW YORK--Though the private label business is enjoying unprecedented success, at le...
136. Records financial turnaround SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.--For OCP America 1993 has bee...
137. It's no secret that this publication admires the National Association of Chain Drug ...
138. NEW YORK -- Pharmaceutical manufacturers have staunchly defended their differential ...
139. NEW YORK--Even as improved shaving systems are introduced, disposable razors continu...
140. Plans to top 40-store mark by year's end PLAINVILLE, Conn.--This fall has been a ...
141. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--Patients with shingles who were treated with the exper...
142. ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Food and Drug Administration commissioner David Kessler warns that...
143. NEW YORK--If blood sugar test kits are to be sold, they must first be grasped. That'...
144. PITTSBURGH--Miles Inc. is forming a biological products business unit to strengthen ...
145. NEW YORK--The vast potential of the home health care category is not lost on a growi...
146. The wholesaler is pursuing niche businesses DALLAS--FoxMeyer's future depends in ...
147. ELMSFORD, N.Y.--After having carved out a strong niche in the New York City area as ...
148. Net earnings reach $30 million in quarter SAN FRANCISCO--With strong operating ga...
149. WASHINGTON -- The 1,342-page Health Security Act submitted to Congress by President ...
150. Aim to boost sales in competitive market NEW YORK--The battle for shelf space in ...
151. NEW YORK -- Genovese Drug Stores has brought a slice of suburban-style chain drug re...
152. PHILADELPHIA -- SmithKline Beecham is offering continuing education programs accredi...
153. 'There is no justification for hospitals competing with commercial pharmacies' T...
154. ALEXANDRIA, Va.--The Community Retail Pharmacy Health Care Reform Coalition and the ...
155. NEW YORK--CVS, a division of Melville Corp., recently expanded its "Samaritan&q...
156. NEW YORK--As the problem of incontinence loses its stigma, manufacturers of personal...
157. DALLAS -- With the health care system headed for sweeping reform, FoxMeyer Corp. has...
158. DUBLIN, Ohio--Cardinal Distribution Inc. is poised to become one of the top three pl...
159. RYE, N.Y.--Falling prey to declining sales and significant gross margin erosion, Mel...
160. LOS ANGELES--Leonard Green & Partners, the investment firm that controls Thrifty...
161. NEW YORK -- Changing social attitudes, an aging population and invigorated marketing...
162. WASHINGTON--Contrary to assertions by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, ...
163. SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Approximately 55% of all participants passed the pharmacy certif...
164. NEW YORK -- Manufacturers of prescription products who are considering switching the...
165. PRINCETON, N.J.--Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Axion Pharmaceuticals Inc. have launch...
166. NEW YORK--Patent protection of dose forms, packaging and aesthetics are among the me...
167. NEW YORK--As the primary consumers of health care products, senior citizens are also...
168. DALLAS -- Health Care Pharmacy Providers Inc. (HCPP), the prescription benefits mana...
169. CHICAGO--Like many wholesale distributors of pharmaceutical products today, Humiston...
170. DUBLIN, Ohio--Cardinal Distribution, riding the combination of strong sales and lowe...
171. DAYTON, Ohio -- Licensing--whether it encompasses cartoon characters, sports team lo...
172. Though it will likely be little noted nor long remembered except by a relatively few...
173. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--On a day that will be recounted and remembered by Longs Drug ...
174. Pharmacists must serve as intermediaries for consumers in over-the-counter drug sele...
175. The digest notes that HMOs often contract with drug chains as their pharmacy provide...
176. FARMINGDALE, N.Y.--Del Laboratories Inc. is used to being a leader. It has pioneered...
177. CLEVELAND--The competition among drug chains in this already hotly contested market ...
178. DEERFIELD, Ill.--Shrugging off the effects of some extraordinary charges and higher ...
179. 'The courts have decided that the responsibility for losses should not fall on the i...
180. 'We're focused on our ready-to-drink items, and we're working on additional flavors ...
181. PITTSBURGH--Judith Granato, a 15-year veteran of the advertising industry, has been ...
182. PONTIAC, Mich.--Perry Drug Stores has recently expanded its Photo Express service by...
183. WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--Even as it is rediscovering its roots, Longs Drug Store is loo...
184. CLEVELAND--This city has gone from "mistake" to mecca as far as retailers ...
185. BOSTON--A wide-ranging, day-long forum on cosmetics aimed at improving the category'...
186. 'Expenditures need to be rationalized.' JACKSON, Mich.--Two studies recently comp...
187. 'The high level of interest in antioxidants is an invitation for drug chains to step...
188. TWINSBURG, Ohio--Revco D.S. and Family Circle magazine are undertaking an ambitious ...
189. NEW YORK--As they continue to blur the line between the cosmetics and oral care cate...
190. NEW YORK--The retailer that shows up most as a leader on Chain Drug Review's expande...
191. NEW YORK--Woolworth Corp. will shut 970 of its stores in the United States and Canad...
192. 'When the cameras are returned to have their film processed, drug stores do the most...
193. NEW YORK--Vitamins and nutritional supplements are hot products in chain drug stores...
194. DETROIT--Judging by the number of new body spritzes, shower gels and scrubs unveiled...
195. WASHINGTON--The National Wholesale Druggists' Association (NWDA) has expressed reser...
196. NEW YORK--The introduction of innovative products and growing concern on the part of...
197. NEW YORK--With the number of black, Hispanic and Asian consumers constantly increasi...
198. Further consolidates wholesaling business DUBLIN, Ohio--In a further consolidatio...
199. NEW YORK--Always popular items in chain drug photography departments, picture frames...