January 11, 2021 by David Pinto
Chain Drug Review, CVS Health, David Pinto, Larry Merlo, Lifetime Achievement Award, MMR
2021, Issue 01-11-2021, Issues
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — MMR’s sister publication Chain Drug Review has honored Larry Merlo, chief executive officer of CVS Health, with its Lifetime Achievement Award. It was not a difficult decision. In 10 years as CVS’ CEO, Merlo has remade the company, leading it into the next generation of health care while simonizing its appeal to
January 11, 2021 by David Pinto
daivid pinto, MMR, Retailer of the Year
2021, Issue 01-11-2021, Issues
Thirty-five years have passed since the initial issue of Mass Market Retailers rolled off the press. During that time, the editors of MMR have unfailingly named a Retailer of the Year each January. Our editors had much to choose from, for our definition of mass market retailers included grocery, chain drug and discount retailers. The
June 1, 2020 by Jeffrey Woldt
Chain Drug Review, MMR, Rite Aid
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News, Videos
Rite Aid’s ongoing turnaround efforts have been complicated by the arrival of COVID-19. In the second in a new series of video interviews by MMR’s sister publication Chain Drug Review, Rite Aid chief operating officer Jim Peters shares his insights about the company’s robust response to the pandemic and the core elements of the plan
January 13, 2020 by David Pinto
David Pinto, MMR, Retailers of the Year
2020, Issue 01-13-2020, Issues
It’s that time of year again, the time the editors of MMR select the outstanding retailers of the year. Sometimes we recognize an individual; at other times we choose a company. In either case, it is our annual attempt to isolate the best and the brightest, to designate those people and organizations that have distinguished
January 14, 2019 by MMR
Brian Cornell, MMR, Retailer of the Year, Target Corp.
2019, Featured Articles, Issue 01-14-2019, Issues, Leading Headlines, Retail News
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. is hitting the bullseye. Target headed into the 2018 holiday season bolstered by a strong third quarter performance that included a 5.1% increase in comparable sales, a 49% gain in digital channel sales and a 5.3% increase in customer traffic. Total revenue for the three months ended November 3 was $17.8
March 20, 2017 by Joseph Tarnowski
Baruvi Fresh LLC, ECRM, ECRM-MMR Buyer’s Choice Awards, Lesley Elizabeth, MMR, Spinach Seasoning
Leading Headlines, Supplier News
LAS VEGAS — Baruvi Fresh LLC’s Hummustir and Lesley Elizabeth’s Spinach Seasoning won the ECRM/MMR Buyers Choice Awards during ECRM’s Winter Snack & Dry Grocery EPPS held last month in Las Vegas. The two companies were selected from more than a dozen entries in the award program which were sampled by attendees during the New
January 10, 2017 by Scot Meyer
2016, Albertsons Cos., health and wellness, Health and Wellness Merchant of the Year, Mark Panzer, MMR, senior vice president of pharmacy
2017, Featured Articles, Issue 01-09-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, People
PHOENIX — Mark Panzer, senior vice president of pharmacy, health and wellness at Albertsons Cos., is leading his team and the industry in creating a singular destination for customers to take care of their health and wellness needs through their grocery and pharmacy stores. The goal is to raise the profile of the company’s health
January 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt
Ahold Delhaize, Belgium, Better Together, Delhaize Group, Dick Boer, Frans Muller, Holland, MMR, Retailers of the Year, Royal Ahold
2017, Featured Articles, Issue 01-09-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, People
ZAANDAM, Netherlands — The merger of Royal Ahold and the Delhaize Group always had a compelling logic behind it. The companies, with roots in the neighboring countries of Holland and Belgium, possessed complementary capabilities and geographic footprints, in both the European and American retail markets, as well as similar histories. Over the years, a variety
October 31, 2016 by MMR
2016, John Butcher Senior Vice President of Merchandising for Beauty and DermStore, MMR, Seven Executives Who Made a Difference, Target
2016, Issue 10-31-2016, Issues
MINNEAPOLIS — Style is one of Target Corp.’s signature categories, businesses the retailer has said it wants to be known for, and that offer some of the biggest opportunities for it to stand out and win with consumers. Beauty (along with apparel and home) plays an important role within style, notes John Butcher, senior vice
October 31, 2016 by MMR
2016, MMR, People Who Made a Difference, Rick Gates Vice President of Pharmacy Operations, Walgreens
2016, Issue 10-31-2016, Issues
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Rick Gates developed a passion for retail pharmacy early on, when he worked at an independent drug store in Des Moines while attending high school. Now, as vice president of pharmacy operations at Walgreen Co., Gates is making it possible for his fellow pharmacists to indulge the same passion by helping create
October 31, 2016 by MMR
2016, chief merchandising officer, Executive vice president, Hy-Vee, Jeremy Gosch, MMR, Seven Executives Who Made a Difference, Strategy
2016, Issue 10-31-2016, Issues
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Jeremy Gosch, executive vice president of strategy and chief merchandising officer at Hy-Vee, has been at the center of three major initiatives that the company has introduced over the past year to ensure that the retailer remains relevant in the lives of its customers. Hy-Vee’s rollout of an apparel line,
October 31, 2016 by MMR
2016, CVS Pharmacy, Mike McEnany, MMR, Seven Executives Who Made a Difference, Vice President of Consumables and General Merchandise
2016, Issue 10-31-2016, Issues
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — As vice president of consumables and general merchandise for CVS Pharmacy, Mike McEnany has helped oversee the chain’s expansion of healthier food and beverages. “Since CVS Pharmacy became the first and only national retail pharmacy chain to remove tobacco products from its shelves in 2014, the next natural step in this evolution