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2014

Bold decision pays off for CVS

The decision, announced earlier this year, to stop selling tobacco products is even now reaping unimagined benefits for CVS Health, advantages that easily transcend the disappearance of some $2 billion in revenue and 10% of that amount in profits. The decision, announced earlier this year, to stop selling tobacco products is even now reaping unimagined

To succeed, chains need to stand for something

Brian Cornell, Target’s new chief executive officer, recently told the Wall Street Journal that the struggling discounter will alter its strategy, emphasizing a small group of merchandise categories in an effort to attract more customers, reverse alarming sales trends and bring excitement back to the stores. Brian Cornell, Target’s new chief executive officer, recently told

TSE already an industry fixture

The second Total Store Expo, the marketing and merchandising extravaganza and exhibit show sponsored by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, came and went in Boston as August wound down. The second Total Store Expo, the marketing and merchandising extravaganza and exhibit show sponsored by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, came and

Cooperation, even with competitors, can pay off

The Insight Session devoted to supply chain optimization at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ recent Total Store Expo in Boston epitomizes what the event is all about. The Insight Session devoted to supply chain optimization at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ recent Total Store Expo in Boston epitomizes what the event

New leaders take center stage

Rarely in mass retailing have so many senior management positions changed hands in so short a time. Since the turn of the year, no fewer than five new faces have ascended to the highest levels in mass retailing. Rarely in mass retailing have so many senior management positions changed hands in so short a time.

Kmart president to face formidable obstacles

Among the rash of high-level executive changes that have swept through the discount and drug store sectors in recent weeks, none is arguably more important for the future of the company that made it than Sears Holdings’ appointment of Tesco executive Alasdair James as Kmart president and chief member officer. Among the rash of high-level

Merchants need to get creative

Boiron, one of the world’s leading marketers of homeopathic medicines, invited several American retailer and supplier executives to Lyon, France, in mid-July to participate in a cram course on homeopathic products, their role in the treatment and prevention of everyday illnesses and, not incidentally, Boiron’s position as a major marketer of homeopathic medicines to countries

Navarro deal to help CVS beyond Florida

The implications of CVS Caremark’s acquisition of Navarro Discount Pharmacy are larger than indicated by the relatively small size of the deal.   The implications of CVS Caremark’s acquisition of Navarro Discount Pharmacy are larger than indicated by the relatively small size of the deal.   With more than 7,600 drug stores, CVS Caremark is