Sports fans know that great athletes are distinguished by intangibles as much as their physical prowess. The phenomenon was neatly encapsulated by hockey star Wayne Gretzky when he said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” The ability to respond to a situation while it’s unfolding, accurately
Mark Baum, senior vice president of industry relations and chief collaboration officer at FMI – The Food Industry Association, tells this week’s Video Forum about the ongoing drive to elevate the presence of supermarket operators and their suppliers in the household products, general merchandise, and health and beauty aids categories. He provides an update on
At a time when other pressing problems — warfare in Europe and the Middle East, high food prices, and the promise and peril of generative AI among them — have diluted the sense of urgency to address climate change, it’s heartening to see a major private sector initiative, designed to reduce greenhouse gases, come to
In this week’s Video Forum, Brian Nightengale, the new president of health care solutions at Inmar Intelligence, discusses how data-driven tools and insights can make community pharmacy and other aspects of health care more productive operationally, while at the same time enhancing patient care. Nightengale also addresses implementation of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act
Mike Wysong, the chief executive officer of CARE Pharmacies, tells this week’s Video Forum what his one-year term as NACDS chairman has taught him — about both the association and the industry. Wysong shares his views about the current state of the retail pharmacy business, as well as such important issues as PBM reform, expanding
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — After more than a decade of leadership, Randy Edeker, executive chairman of Hy-Vee’s board of directors, believes that a chief executive officer should be a driver of change. Since taking the reins in 2012, Edeker has been the catalyst in equipping the supermarket chain to continuously adapt to a dynamic market.
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — During Leslie Sarasin’s tenure as president and chief executive officer of FMI – The Food Industry Association, the organization has consistently helped members bring into sharp focus the issues that matter most. FMI upheld that tradition at the recent Midwinter Executive Conference here by tackling the topic of artificial intelligence and
As noted elsewhere in this issue, artificial intelligence was front and center at last month’s FMI Midwinter Executive Conference. Anyone who only saw some of the keynote presentations at the event might have come to the conclusion that technology is crowding out other important priorities. Nothing could be further from the truth. In a conversation
In this week’s Video Forum, Crystal Lennartz, recently named president of Health Mart and Health Mart Atlas, talks about her priorities for the network of independent drug stores. Among the subjects she addresses are the resilience of independents, efforts to revamp pharmacy payment models, and the continuing appeal of drug store ownership.
This week’s Video Forum features Kroger chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen, MMR’s newly named Retailer of the Year. McMullen discusses some of the major initiatives that have helped make the company the nation’s premier operator of traditional supermarkets. In addition, he shares his thoughts about Kroger’s pending $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons Cos. (The article
CINCINNATI — The editors of Mass Market Retailers have named Rodney McMullen the publication’s Retailer of the Year. The recognition for Kroger’s chairman and chief executive officer will rightly be linked to the company’s pending $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons Cos., but the deal is only one aspect of the work that McMullen has done
Just two months after taking the reins, Tim Wentworth, Walgreens Boots Alliance’s new CEO, has hit the ground running, already making tough decisions that promise to put the underperforming health care and retail company back on track. Speaking to financial analysts at the beginning of the month, Wentworth noted that he has been given a