Stories Collection

1. CLEARWATER, Fla.--Harry Lambert, president of Eckerd Drug for the past 10 years, ret...
2. WASHINGTON--A request by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PMA) that the...
3. Flood of new products should spur sales NEW YORK--Makers of mouthwashes and rinse...
4. NEW YORK--The economic clout of older Americans is starting to be appreciated, with ...
5. LOS ANGELES--In an effort to reduce costs while improving customer service, Thrifty ...
6. NEW YORK--While the key word driving the film category is still quality, the focus h...
7. COLUMBUS, Ohio--A number of improving trends in gross margins and expenses helped Dr...
8. DEERFIELD, Ill.--Walgreen Co., the nation's largest drug chain (with fiscal 1993 sal...
9. TRENTON, N.J.--If pharmaceutical manufacturers want to prosper in the face of Presid...
10. NEW YORK--Aided by new, easy-to-use packaging and a growth in the popularity of such...
11. NEW YORK--This year, for the first time, Chain Drug Review presents a list of the na...
12. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio--During the past 12 months Phar-Mor Inc. has transformed itself fro...
13. NEW YORK--The number of Hispanics in the United States is currently 24 million, and ...
14. 'The firm's strong sales performance, along with tighter cost controls, resulted in ...
15. WASHINGTON--The Community Retail Pharmacy Health Care Reform Coalition has pledged s...
16. PALO ALTO, Calif.--Syntex Laboratories Inc. has joined in the national rollout of Co...
17. WASHINGTON--Americans could save the health care system about $8.7 billion each year...
18. NEW YORK--The sunglass market is fast-paced and constantly changing. It's a category...
19. The nation's chain drug retailers have reacted with some chagrin and more than a lit...
20. TWINSBURG, Ohio--Revco D.S. executive vice president Carl Bellini has assumed the ad...
21. NEW YORK--While the ethnic population of the United States is growing at a rapid rat...
22. WOODBRIDGE, N.J.--Supermarkets General Holdings Corp. (SGHC), reeling from sales los...
23. MONTVALE, N.J.--When the American Pharmaceutical Association endorsed a plan to give...
24. THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--Gordon Binder, chairman of California-based Amgen Inc., warns...
25. WASHINGTON--President Clinton faces a daunting task in his efforts to reform the hea...
26. NEW YORK--The chain drug industry's approach to merchandising the sunglass category ...
27. ORANGE, Calif.--Stung by a restructuring-induced loss during its fourth quarter, Ber...
28. CONWAY, Ark.--A judge in Arkansas has ruled that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. illegally sold...
29. NEW YORK--African-American women are currently embracing a broad range of hairstyles...
30. CAMP HILL, Pa.--Rite Aid Corp., with its primary retail drug unit suffering from ane...
31. WASHINGTON--The retailing and pharmaceutical manufacturing communities have reacted ...
32. NEW YORK--Pharmaceutical companies are making progress in researching and developing...
33. PRINCETON, N.J.--As the picture of health care reform comes into focus a 1989 decisi...
34. NEW YORK--The sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays are divided into UVA, UVB and UVC waveleng...
35. NEW YORK--Chain drug stocks slipped again in September. Analysts still believe that ...
36. NEW YORK--Ten drug chains, including Rite Aid Corp., Revco D.S. and Thrifty Corp., a...
37. NEW YORK--Vitamin use among U.S. consumers is widespread and growing rapidly. Indust...
38. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio--As part of an aggressive marketing campaign to position Phar-Mor I...
39. WASHINGTON--Universal national health insurance, including an-entitlement to prescri...
40. NEW YORK--At a time when hospitalizations and deaths due to heart failure are rising...
41. WASHINGTON--President Clinton's plan (or some version of it) to reform the nation's ...
42. NEW YORK--Sales of sunscreens continue to eclipse those of suntan products, as consu...
43. OAKLAND, Calif.--Safeway Inc., keeping its cost structure down and receiving a boost...
44. ST. PAUL, Minn.--In a bid to improve its position in the blank tape category, 3M has...
45. Making transition to the mass market 'Marketing efforts are one of the keys to th...
46. ALEXANDRIA, Va.--A conference focusing on vital operational issues involving human r...
47. INDIANAPOLIS -- Gross margin slippage and a higher effective tax rate contributed to...
48. PITTSBURGH, Pa.--Thrift Drug president and chief executive officer Bob Hannan worked...
49. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- For someone who grew up not wanting to go into retailing, Harvey...
50. AMARILLO, Texas--In 1978 the food/drug combination store concept was still young. Th...
51. SALT LAKE CITY--It was a sign of things to come. The first page of the premiere i...
52. CLEVELAND--The trial of former Phar-Mor Inc. president and chief operating officer M...
53. With skin care marketers trumpeting the scientific formulations of their products an...
54. NEW YORK -- Legislation to ban or restrict physician-owned pharmacies has gone into ...
55. The steady stream of successful products has caused the company to expand its facili...
56. WASHINGTON--New or expanded warning labels about possible adverse interactions with ...
57. NEW YORK--A transition in the artificial nail segment is in full swing, vendors and ...
58. DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia -- Of all the dimensions at Lawton's Inc., the most important...
59. Anyone following chain drug retailing in more than a cursory fashion has to be impre...
60. Obviously, national brands are going to exert considerable influence over the future...
61. TWINSBURG, Ohio--Last July, when D. Dwayne Hoven was named president and chief opera...
62. WILSONVILLE, Ore.--Tim McAlear's future may be uncertain, but his place in the histo...
63. NEW YORK -- The face of chain drug retailing changed dramatically in the 1980s, when...
64. DEERFIELD, Ill.--Two years before Chain Drug Review began publishing, Charles R. (Co...
65. LOS ANGELES -- Dick Eils, the retired president and chief executive officer of Thrif...
66. Once considered the poor stepsister of skin care, the bath and shower segment is eme...
67. WASHINGTON--The Food and Drug Administration has approved the licensing of interfero...
68. NORTHVALE, N.J. -- Although many companies have jumped on the cost-containment bandw...
69. WASHINGTON -- The development of new drugs by the U.S. pharmaceutical industry has i...
70. NEW YORK--Even though sales of artificial nails have soared over the past few years,...
71. MONTREAL -- Like most major retail chains, Cumberland Drugs does its share of print ...
72. NEW YORK -- Chain drug stocks rebounded in August as a clearer picture began to emer...
73. NEW YORK--Mail-order pharmacy has become one of the most heated issues in the chain ...
74. TULSA, Okla.--Jerry Heller continues to personify the importance and strength of the...
75. WILLOWDALE, Ontario--Under the leadership of chairman and chief executive officer Da...
76. FERNDALE, Mich.--When Phar-Mor Inc. was wracked by scandal last year and forced into...
77. CDR Special Report--"Oh What a Time It Was." The Weavers sang that song in...
78. The following article is excerpted from the speech by Ron Ziegler, president and chi...
79. The swing in consumer perception of skin care as an important part of good health ra...
80. WASHINGTON -- A New Jersey pharmaceutical firm has received approval from the Food a...
81. BROOMFIELD, Colo.--Geneva Pharmaceuticals Inc. follows a simple yet sincere philosop...
82. In beauty as in fashion, everything that goes around comes around. But the new look...
83. NEW YORK--Some of the $1.5 billion that women spend annually on nail care in salons ...
84. MONTREAL--Navigating his way through a busy downtown Cumberland Drugs outlet here, v...
85. CLEARWATER, Fla.--In its initial report following a return to the ranks of publicly ...
86. CINCINNATI--Procter & Gamble Co.'s decision to switch to an everyday low-price s...
87. WOODBRIDGE, N.J.--Jack Futterman may head one of the nation's top 10 supermarket cha...
88. SALT LAKE CITY--Retailing pioneer L.S. (Sam) Skaggs keeps a relatively low profile t...
89. WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Even in a business accustomed to a steady stream of mergers and ...
90. Governments as well as employers and average citizens, both in Canada and the United...
91. SAN DIEGO--Calling pharmacy "one of the most efficient providers in the entire ...
92. COPIAGUE, N.Y.--With a new name, new personnel, and clearance from the Food and Drug...
93. The general principle applicable in most jurisdictions is that pharmacists have the ...
94. MELVILLE, N.Y.--What began as a small drug store in the New York City borough of Bro...
95. NEW YORK--Clear products are continuing to catch on with consumers and marketers, ha...
96. The $800 million facial skin care category in mass market outlets will turn more com...
97. MISSISSAUGA, Ontario--Pharma Plus Drugmarts Ltd.'s static store count over the past ...
98. SALT LAKE CITY -- Facing a tough prior-year comparison and the effects of a major re...
99. NEW YORK -- There was a time when one could get a good sense of the state of this co...
100. TUSCALOOSA, Ala.--Jim Harrison Jr. believes in the human touch in retailing. In an a...
101. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- As Walgreen Co. continues its unprecedented expansion pace, presi...
102. BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- According to an article in the November 6, 1978 issue of Chain ...
103. In case you haven't noticed, there's lots going on, not much of it good. In the ...
104. TWINSBURG, Ohio--D. Dwayne Hoven, who has led Revco D.S. through dramatic renewal si...
105. FORT LAUDERDALE--Having experienced its own set of dramatic changes and rapid growth...
106. WASHINGTON -- Improving communication between pharmacists and patients will be the f...
107. POMONA, N.Y.--Two years ago it looked as if the Food and Drug Administration was abo...
108. NEW YORK--Procter & Gamble Co.'s Clarion brand is launching two additions to its...
109. NEW YORK--As the growth of the African-American community outpaces that of the U.S. ...
110. LANGLEY, British Columbia -- When Gordon Richman became the general manager of Pharm...
111. WOONSOCKET, R.I.--CVS has agreed to buy Standard Drug Stores, which has some 60 unit...
112. NEW YORK--The leading drug chains haven't followed a single formula to achieve succe...
113. MELVILLE, N.Y.--Leonard Genovese may be known for his humility, but he can be secure...
114. DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Outstanding drug chains all share one characteristic: among their...
115. LOS ANGELES--Though Thrifty Corp. is once again an independent entity, its recent hi...
116. WARREN, Mich. -- Lower sales and higher expenses combined to knock down F&M Dist...
117. The hand and body lotion segment, once an also-ran to facial preps in the skin care ...
118. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- PCS Health Systems Inc. will implement a specialized delivery s...
119. FAIR LAWN, N.J.--Biocraft Laboratories Inc., a manufacturer of generic drug products...
120. MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.--Timing is important in the generic drug industry, and perhaps n...
121. There is no doubt in the minds of chain drug store operators, other mass market reta...
122. NEW YORK--A battle is brewing between arch rival cosmetics manufacturers Maybelline ...
123. RICHMOND, British Columbia--With just 42 stores in this country's two westernmost pr...
124. LOS ANGELES--For Dan Seigel, it started with harrowing television images: stores set...
125. WASHINGTON--Retail pharmacies account for some 60% of the drug industry's revenues, ...
126. CLEARWATER, Fla. -- In Stew Turley's two decades at the helm of Jack Eckerd Corp., t...
127. NEW YORK--The top leadership structure at several pharmaceutical companies has under...
128. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- Merck & Co. will establish a pharmaceutical unit to ...
129. CINCINNATI--Rebounding from a depressed 1992 period, combination store and supermark...
130. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Pharmaceutical wholesalers report a sharp increase in overall sal...
131. NEW YORK--As baby boomers rapidly approach middle age, it's almost inevitable that t...
132. TROY, Mich. -- The bold layout of the drug store section in Kmart's Auburn Hills, Mi...
133. DALLAS--FoxMeyer Corp., still awaiting returns on investments in programs to bolster...
134. NEW YORK -- Warner-Lambert Co. has entered separate alliances with British pharmaceu...
135. CLEARWATER, Fla.--Jack Eckerd Corp. has signed a 10-year contract with Integrated Sy...
136. PHOENIX -- Managed care, expected to be a major component of the health care plan to...
137. DETROIT--Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, the fledgling generic pharmaceutical ho...
138. RYE, N.Y.--Despite a positive contribution from CVS, Melville Corp. sustained a decr...
139. With the recent rash of claims of hypodermic needles being found in Pepsi-Cola cans ...
140. ALEXANDRIA, Va.--Concerned about the possibility that some drug chains might be cut ...
141. NEW YORK--For manufacturers and retailers of antacids, bad times can mean good profi...
142. TROY, Mich. -- When Kmart's drug store merchandise division made the decision to dri...
143. SALT LAKE CITY--Smith's Food & Drug Centers, feeling the pinch of increased inte...
144. LIVERPOOL, N.Y.--Getting correct answers in the Fay's Drug Quiz Show not only builds...
145. NEW YORK -- In a move that could have a major impact on the chain drug industry, Mer...
146. NEW YORK--Sterling Winthrop Inc. and Elf Sanofi, which forged the Sanofi Winthrop al...
147. WASHINGTON--Drug manufacturers are intensifying their research projects in heart dis...
148. PLAINVILLE, Conn. -- Arrow Corp., franchisor of Arrow Prescription Centers, has acqu...
149. CINCINNATI--Challenged by increased competition from low-price name brands and priva...
150. NEW YORK -- In what's currently being billed as the first technological breakthrough...
151. TROY, Mich.--As part of a concerted effort to emphasize its role as a provider of he...
152. NEW YORK--Chain drug stocks were hit by further profit-taking in July. The overridin...
153. ST. LOUIS -- Though most were not directly affected by the great flood of 1993, drug...
154. WASHINGTON -- The nation's policymakers must recognize the dramatically altered cond...
155. NEW YORK -- More people are living with cardiovascular diseases than ever before, a ...
156. WILSONVILLE, Ore.--The decision by PayLess Drug Stores to emphasize core categories ...
157. NEW YORK--Gillette Co. will begin shipping a new razor in the United States in early...
158. NEW YORK--A possible upheaval in the analgesics market was avoided, at least tempora...
159. TROY, Mich.--Kmart says that the shifting landscape of health care in the United Sta...
160. OAKLAND, Calif.--With a lower effective tax rate negating the effects of anemic sale...
161. HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Rite Aid Corp.'s headquarters and all of its 2,616 drug stores wi...
162. It is so easy to tell professional colleagues that they must communicate with patien...
163. TWINSBURG, Ohio--According to health care experts, half of the 1.8 billion prescript...
164. WATERTOWN, N.Y.--Fay's Inc. has opened a Ben Franklin crafts store within a Fay's dr...
165. FARMINGDALE, N.Y.--Del Laboratories Inc. has used product introductions and aggressi...
166. NEW YORK--Whether it is the result of stepped up marketing efforts or just a greater...
167. TROY, Mich.--As one of the nation's top providers of pharmaceutical care, Kmart is a...
168. MONTVALE, N.J. -- Lower sales and higher expenses combined to cut A&P's profits ...
169. WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- PayLess Drug Stores has expanded its high-level management by n...
170. WASHINGTON--At least a dozen states have enacted legislation that bans health mainte...
171. NEW YORK -- Pharmacy Fund Inc. (PFI) has aligned itself with National Data Corp. (ND...
172. LOS ANGELES--With the recent sale of its in-house photoprocessing operations, Thrift...
173. DURHAM, N.C. -- Qualex Inc., the nation's largest wholesale photofinisher, is commit...
174. TROY, Mich. -- Adjacent to the pharmacy counter in many Kmart stores is a consultati...
175. TROY, Mich.--Reflecting on a nationwide network of close to 1,600 pharmacy departmen...
176. SAN FRANCISCO -- McKesson Corp. opened the books on fiscal 1994 with a 12% improveme...
177. CHICAGO--In a display of what's possible when a community bands together for the com...
178. ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Warner-Lambert Co. has entered into a consent decree with the Food...
179. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Dramatic and lasting change is coming to retail pharmacy, and the...
180. INDIANAPOLIS--Why did Reliable Drug Stores, a drug chain that boasted 270 units in t...
181. The supersexy shag cut is so hot it's sending scissors into major overdrive on the c...
182. TROY, Mich.--From his office in Kmart headquarters here, health and beauty aids buye...
183. TROY, Mich.--If New York is the city that never sleeps, Kevin Browett is the executi...
184. WILLOWDALE, Ontario -- Still feeling the pinch of Canada's economic woes and declini...
185. NEW YORK -- Chain drug stores posted a 9.2% increase in sales to $5.37 billion last ...
186. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has gained a powerf...
187. Today's consumers are a far cry from those of just 10 years ago, who were attracted ...
188. SAN FRANCISCO--Discriminatory pricing in the pharmaceutical industry is coming under...
189. This is the first in a series of articles. Call it private label or store brand, ...
190. TROY, Mich. -- In Kmart's drug store division, categories are not seen as static per...
191. TROY, Mich. -- The groundwork has been laid. The organization has been redrawn, the ...
192. ST. LOUIS--Medicine Shoppe International rang up double-digit top- and bottom-line g...
193. TROY, Mich. -- PayLess Drug Stores has been put on the auction block by its corporat...
194. LANSING, Mich.--High-cost and high-technology drugs will have a major impact on the ...
195. PayLess Drug Stores is in play, put there by its parent, Kmart Corp. Should someone ...
196. CLEARWATER, Fla.--Less than a week after putting 4.5 million shares of its common st...
197. NEW YORK -- Feeding infants has come a long way from the days of simply warming up b...
198. TROY, Mich.--Changing lifestyles and a good measure of high-profile publicity have h...
199. Prescription drugs account for only about $54 billion of the total $880 billion spen...