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  • Kmart Pharmacy now offering low-price Medicare copays

    HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Just in time for open enrollment, many Medicare Part D members can now turn to Kmart Pharmacy for copays as low as $1.

    The retailer has become a preferred partner in many 2017 Medicare Part D plans. In addition to preferred pricing, members may receive the benefit of a team of expert pharmacists who provide personalized care and trusted advice for their healthcare needs. Kmart pharmacists offer care beyond the counter, including advice on everything from prescription coverage to over the counter medications.

  • Improving adherence: Q&A with Synergy Medical's Mark Rinker

    For almost 10 years, Synergy Medical has been providing proven and reliable technology for blister card automation, which now is used daily for 145,000 lives. Since the first installation in January 2008, there have been hundreds of SynMed installations in retail drug stores, long-term care institutions and in pharmacy chains that have centralized their blister card production service (central fill operations). SynMed clients are found throughout Canada, the United States and in Europe.

  • CBS News tackles the omnichannel retailer's dilemma

  • Rite Aid gears up for Black Friday

    CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid will offer its customers its best prices of the year during its Black Friday sales, which will begin as early as 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day in select stores.

    These deals, lasting through Nov. 26, will be offered on a wide array of products, including fragrance sets, snacks, pizza, ice cream, and a camera drone.

  • Q&A: Target Chief Merchandising Officer Mark Tritton

    Target's chief merchant says the retailer is hoping to have a bright holiday by emphasizing low prices as well as highlighting private-brand clothes and splurges for the season, according to a new interview with the Associated Press.

    Mark Tritton became chief merchandising officer at Target in June after joining the discount retailer from Nordstrom.

    Tritton, known for his success with Nordstrom's private labels, talked with the Associated Press about the holiday season.

  • Walmart mounts big offense for Cyber Monday

    Walmart has fired the first shot in the Cyber Monday wars.
     
    The discounter said it will launch its “Cyber Week” sales several days early this year, with the first round to be offered on Friday, Nov. 25, at 12:01 a.m. (EST).
     
    In announcing the deals, Walmart noted it has nearly tripled its online assortment to more than 23 million products from 8 million last year, with the growth partially driven by the increase in the chain’s third-party sellers.
        

  • Unilever/CVS Pharmacy campaign bridges beauty and health

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A partnership between CVS Pharmacy and Unilever is showcasing the ways in which beauty plays a key role in the health and wellness aisle.

    That connection between beauty and health/wellness has provided the groundwork for these companies to collaborate on an initiative that promoted three Unilever skin care lines that are primarily beauty brands but also have strong health and wellness claims.

  • Albertsons donates 5K flu vaccines to vets, homeless

    BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Co. recently announced its donation of 5,000 flu vaccines to 21 non-profits that serve veterans, low-income communities and people and families that are homeless. The donation saw Albertsons providing staff pharmacists to administer on-site vaccines through mobile vaccine clinics. 
     
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