WASHINGTON — The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has appointed Logan Tucker director of communications and media relations. She will serve as the primary contact for directing CHPA’s media strategies and tactics and coordinate with other communications department staff to manage news, events, and issues in the consumer healthcare industry. Tucker will report to Anita
SAN FRANCISCO – Uber and Albertsons Cos. have expanded their partnership to include more than 2,000 of the grocer’s banner stores nationwide, including Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Tom Thumb, Randalls and more through Uber Eats. This expansion brings nearly 800 new locations to Uber Eats including to consumers in Connecticut, Indiana, New Hampshire, Utah, Vermont,
PRINCETON, N.J. – Market Performance Group (MPG) is launching its first-ever Diverse Supplier Development Program, a newly created Accelerator program designed to provide pro-bono support for selected diverse suppliers and entrepreneurs as they prepare to engage and sell their products in digital and traditional retail channels. This event comes on the heels of a successful
ARLINGTON, Va. — NACDS on Monday expressed appreciation for a new federal rule that will help to reduce seniors’ out-of-pocket prescription drug costs by improving transparency of exorbitant direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees imposed by payers on pharmacies. NACDS insists that comprehensive DIR fee reform now depends on further legislative and regulatory action to
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — A recent CVS Health/ Morning Consult survey of Americans age 18 and over found that mental health concerns are continuing to rise among individuals of all backgrounds, especially Black, age 65 and over, young adult, and LGBTQIA+ respondents. The survey also found more Americans agree that the pandemic has made them more comfortable
NEW YORK — Maybelline New York has launched its latest innovation in lip color, the Super Stay Vinyl Ink Liquid Lipcolor. “The Maybelline Super Stay Vinyl Ink Liquid Lipcolor provides that instant shine to my day, ” says Olga Schakler, assistant vice president of U.S. marketing for Maybelline New York Lip & Nail. “With no-budge
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — The Dollar General Literacy Foundation on Monday made an approximately $9.2 million commitment to support literacy. The financial commitment includes nearly $8.2 million in spring grants to support family, adult and summer literacy program across the country. Grant recipients will be announced on May 12 and a list of organizations selected for
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix reported sales of $13.2 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2022, a 13.5% increase from $11.7 billion in 2021. Comparable store sales for the three months ended March 26 increased 11.7% over the prior-year period. Net earnings for the quarter were $618 million, a decline of 58.7% versus the prior
NEW YORK — According to a new CeraVe Baby survey conducted online by OnePoll among 2,000 U.S. parents of children ages 0-2, 1 in 3 parents say they fear doing something wrong and 3 in 4 admitted they search online for up to 9 different topics per day. As 67% of parents surveyed shared that they reached out
CINCINNATI — Kroger Health is urging Americans to remain diligent in seeking proper testing and care for COVID-19. In addition to administering 11 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to date, the company is supporting the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Test to Treat” initiative for patients exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 at its 225 The Little Clinic locations in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio,
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart Health’s MeMD subsidiary on Thursday launched the Walmart Virtual Care Diabetes Program for patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, with the aim of helping companies and institutions support their employees with the condition. Available as a standalone service or as part of a comprehensive medical and behavioral telehealth program,
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. recorded net sales of $116.4 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, an increase of 7% versus the prior-year period. But that gain is the company’s smallest in years and compares to a 44% increase in last year’s first quarter. The company also had a net loss of $3.8 billion in