RITE AID

CAMP HILL, Pa. — In a letter to associates earlier this week, Rite Aid chairman and CEO John Standley, along with Ken Martindale, CEO Rite Aid Stores and president Rite Aid, informed Rite Aid's rank and file that a decision regarding Walgreens Boots Alliance proposed acquisition of Rite Aid is expected soon.

BOSTON, Mass. —  Rite Aid's Health Dialog, a leading provider of population health management solutions, last week announced that Kern Health Systems is offering the Health Dialog Nurse Line to members.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Direct and indirect remuneration fees and delayed maximum allowable cost adjustment ranked highest on scales of both magnitude and immediacy for rural pharmacists, according to new research released by the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis.

Coming from a diverse neighborhood gave her ‘street smarts,’ but Rite Aid’s head of pharmacy tells Drug Store News her most important leadership lessons came from two pillars of the Philadelphia community — her mom and dad.

Artificial eyelashes are an important accessory for many celebrities. Among those accenting their eyes with a little help from lashes is Naomi Watts. According to her makeup artist Mary Wiles, Watts has worn Ardell Double Flare Lashes.

Celebrities aren’t alone when it comes to donning fakes. Sales of artificial eyelashes packaged with adhesives rose 31% to $157 million, according to IRI data for multi-outlet retailers for the 52-week period ended March 19. Eyelash adhesives kicked in another $30 million and showed growth of 24%.

WASHINGTON — According to reports, regulators are still seeking information on the proposed merger between Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid, and the subsequent divestiture of as many as 1,200 stores to Fred's.

Analysts are suggesting the implication does not bode well for the merger, as the continued Civil Information Demands from the Federal Trade Commission may be indicative that the agency is still not appeased over the merger's potential effect on the retail pharmacy market.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — The clock for the Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid merger was definitively set Monday evening as the two companies announced that they have certified substantial compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's Request for Additional Information.