Consumer Affairs & Relations

Dollar Tree, Operation Homefront to collect school supplies for military children
From mid-July through August, supplies donated by customers at more than 7,800 participating Dollar Tree stores nationwide will be collected by Operation Homefront volunteers and distributed.
Criminal networks continue to threaten store teams and consumer safety. Here’s how Congress can help — now.
NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson is calling on Congress to prioritize consumer health and safety, and to help stamp out organized retail crime before year’s end.

Teva, Aurobindo reach settlement resolving Austedo patent dispute

Aurobindo will have a license to sell its generic product beginning April 2033, or earlier under certain circumstances.
Walgreens Boots Alliance to retain ownership of U.K.-based Boots business

Walgreens cited market instability severely impacting financing availability as a contributing factor in the decision to retain the U.K.-based Boots business.
Scotch Porter appoints president

Scotch Porter appointed Christian Chopra as its new president who will be responsible for the brand’s business operations and growth strategies.
NACDS’ Steve Anderson urges inclusion of Inform Consumers Act in legislative compromise

Anderson emphasized that it is critical to take action that would crack down on organized retail criminal, or ORC, networks and criminal enterprises threatening the well-being of the American consumer.
Kroger invests in aseptic state-of-the-art milk line in Ohio

The innovative production line at Tamarack Farms Dairy, which is Kroger’s first in the Midwest, will support over 150 jobs.
Midol’s The Real Reason campaign reinforces period positivity movement

The Real Reason: A Social Experiment campaign reinforces that period symptoms are not something to push through, the company said.
Kellogg to separate cereal, plant-based food businesses

The company’s North American cereal and plant-based food businesses will be spun off into two separate entities.
Giant brings back beehives to corporate headquarters

Giant announced that two new beehives, including 30,000 honeybees, now call the pollinator solar field at its corporate headquarters home.

Consumer Affairs & Relations

Dollar Tree, Operation Homefront to collect school supplies for military children

Criminal networks continue to threaten store teams and consumer safety. Here’s how Congress can help — now.

Teva, Aurobindo reach settlement resolving Austedo patent dispute

Walgreens Boots Alliance to retain ownership of U.K.-based Boots business

Scotch Porter appoints president

NACDS’ Steve Anderson urges inclusion of Inform Consumers Act in legislative compromise

Kroger invests in aseptic state-of-the-art milk line in Ohio

Midol’s The Real Reason campaign reinforces period positivity movement

Kellogg to separate cereal, plant-based food businesses

Giant brings back beehives to corporate headquarters