RETAIL NEWS

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- The upcoming back-to-school season will be extremely dynamic, as shoppers increasingly shop for school supplies online and tax-free holidays and school start dates shift.

“To the average consumer, back-to-school shopping may seem like a fairly consistent and predictable routine, but for retailers and manufacturers it is an extremely dynamic environment,” said Leen Nsouli, director, office supplies industry analyst, The NPD Group.

The ethnic category is perhaps now undergoing the most seismic changes it has experienced in the past 20 years.

Jason Reiser, COO at Vitamin Shoppe

 
Some of life’s greatest lessons can come from the pages of a comic book. Take, for instance, Uncle Ben’s advice to his nephew Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man: “With great power comes great responsibility.”

Drug store retailers sense a shift in skin care. While for many years they enjoyed the glowing results of anti-aging, that segment has plateaued. Instead, they are looking to growth from cleansers and therapeutic offers.

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare follows many routes to attract its next generation of business leaders. As one of the largest over-the-counter healthcare companies in the world, with a global footprint in more than 90 countries, they have ample opportunities.

SEATTLE -- Although summer just started, Bartell Drugs is already thinking about flu season with a push for workplace flu clinic programs.

The retailer announced it is already accepting reservations for on-site flu clinics for workplaces. These clinics send qualified health care providers directly to a workplace to provide flu vaccinations for employee pools of 25 or more. The first clinic begins on Sept. 1.

Shopko’s pharmacy is introducing a new prescription synchronization program, AlignMyMeds, that allows prescriptions to be synchronized for automatic refills each month. (Waushara Argus) 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- H-E-B is teaming up with Shipt, an app-based grocery delivery service that serves 25 major metropolitan areas across the country, to bring grocery delivery to customers across the state of Texas.

The service launches June 29 in Houston. Shipt is already operating in San Antonio H-E-B stores.