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  • NY Post: WBA discussing divestiture requirement with FTC in Rite Aid deal

  • Supervalu’s Van Buskirk to depart

    EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — A Supervalu executive will be departing the company, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The company’s EVP merchandising, marketing, retail and pharmacy Mark Van Buskirk’s employment will end effective July 16, the filing says. 
     
    In the interim, the company is evaluating a succession plan and Van Buskirk’s functional areas will report to Supervalu EVP, COO and CFO Bruce Besanko. 
     

  • Target names new chief legal officer and general counsel

    MINNEAPOLIS -- Target has selected a Xerox veteran to serve as the retailer's next executive vice president, chief legal officer and general counsel.

    Don Liu will oversee all legal, corporate governance and government affairs matters for the company, efefctive Aug. 22. He will report to chairman and chief executive officer Brian Cornell and serve as a member of Target’s leadership team.

  • Possible Rite Aid divestiture leads to buyer speculation

    If Rite Aid needs to shed some stores for antitrust reasons in the wake of a merger with Walgreens-Boots Alliance, many experts expect one well-known drug store to step forward. 

  • Walgreens teams up with Colgate on free dental screenings for kids

    NEW YORK -- Walgreens is teaming up with the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Program to offer free children’s dental screenings and a $1 donation for every qualifying purchase made at Walgreens stores. 

  • Weis Markets expands mid-Atlantic presence through acquisition

    SUNBURY, Pa. - Weis Markets on Thursday announced it has reached a definitive agreement with Food Lion to purchase the assets of 38 Food Lion supermarket locations operating in the states of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. The company plans to complete the purchase of these locations pending regulatory approval.

  • Sneak peek at Barnes & Noble's new beauty venture

    Barnes & Noble's new beauty venture, a store-within-a-store called The Glossary, has expanded across the country, with a mix of upscale and drug store beauty products.

    The Glossary is a store-within-a-store concept that Barnes & Noble College describes as a “dynamic shopping environment that offers students the opportunity to explore, sample and purchase a wide variety of mass and prestige beauty products.”

  • NCPA posts dates for revenue-boosting, front-end seminar, including at ABC's ThoughtSpot 2016

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The National Community Pharmacists Association on Tuesday announced its 2016 lineup of one-day seminars to help community pharmacy owners and front-end staff hone their merchandising and marketing skills, as well as a new sponsorship by Good Neighbor Pharmacy and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation to continue the Front-End Profit Building Seminars program.

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