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In addition to an own brand heritage, the new senior vice president of advertising and marketing for Albertsons has experiencing promoting brands across the portfolios of Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson.

Kroger's convenience store business operated in 18 states under the following banner names: Turkey Hill, Loaf 'N Jug, Kwik Shop, Tom Thumb and Quik Stop.

The four drugs now available for AllianceRx Walgreens Prime and Walgreens patients include Austedo (deutetrabenazine), Fasenra (benralizumab), Hemlibra (emicizumab-kxwh) and Symdeko (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that during the 2016-2017 flu season, the flu shot prevented more than 5 million illnesses, 2 million medical visits and 84,700 hospitalizations.

The Dallas-Fort Worth market is projected to continue to have a robust economy in 2018, with broad-based job creation driven in part by the state’s oil wealth.

Phoenix is currently ranked the fifth-most-populous city in the United States behind New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston.

In order to help retailers gain a better understanding of the largest metropolitan areas in the country, DSN is offering a capsule summary of the top 20 regions and what is driving each economy there. Plus, a look at the major retailers operating within each of those markets.

The Washington, D.C., metro market is one the largest for CVS Pharmacy, which captures more than half the drug store market share, according to a 2015 research report from Barclays Capital.