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Academy Sports + Outdoors signs Walmart U.S. EVP as chief merchandising officer
KATY, Texas — Academy Sports + Outdoors, a premier sports, outdoor and lifestyle retailer, on Wednesday named Michelle Gloeckler EVP, chief merchandising officer and president of Academy International Limited, its global sourcing entity, effective Aug. 29, 2016.
Millennials redefine in-store experience
As millennials have cemented themselves as the largest generation by population at 75.4 million, outnumbering baby boomers for the first time, the retail industry has been inundated with insights about their shopping habits.

According to Kantar Retail’s Nicole Santosuosso, the uptick in information and insights about millennials has obfuscated the ways millennials are ushering in fundamental changes in how all consumers shop.

Mass market still most shopped channel

More vitamins, minerals and supplements were sold online so far in 2016 than have been sold through a Walmart store, TABS Analytics reported earlier this year. According to the TABS Analytics analysis, $2 billion in VMS products were sold online vs. $1.7 billion at Walmart, $1.3 billion at Costco and $1.2 billion at CVS Pharmacy.
CVS Health adjusted earnings for Q2 exceed analyst estimates

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health on Tuesday reported an increase of 17.6% in net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2016, to $43.7 billion. Revenues in the Pharmacy Services Segment increased 20.7% to $29.5 billion in the three months ended June 30, 2016, which CVS Health attributed to an increased pharmacy network claim volume and growth in specialty pharmacy.
Big OTC brands fuel sales growth

Sales of OTC medicines continue on a steady pace with dollar volumes up half a billion dollars over the first half of 2016, according to data culled from IRI. Drug Store News earlier this year reported $44 billion in OTC sales for calendar 2015, citing IRI figures.
Health and wellness retailing evolves

CVS Pharmacy
Lip, eye trends heat up beauty space

Retailers are asking for fewer — but bigger and bolder — new products and fewer flankers.

So what’s hot — and why?
CVS Health and Adapt Pharma announce joint Narcan discount program

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - CVS Health and Adapt Pharma on Friday announced a new partnership that will make the opioid overdose-reversing drug Narcan (Naloxone HCl) Nasal Spray more affordable for patients without insurance at CVS Pharmacy locations. Through this partnership, CVS Pharmacy patients purchasing Narcan Nasal Spray without insurance will receive a $35 discount coupon to purchase the medication, reducing the out-of-pocket cost by nearly 25%.
All Walgreens pharmacies and Healthcare Clinics now offering bacterial meningitis vaccine daily

DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreens is now offering vaccinations that provide protection against most strains of serogroup B meningococcal disease (bacterial meningitis) at all of its pharmacies, including Duane Reade pharmacies in New York and Healthcare Clinics nationwide.
Fitbit names former Walgreens Boots Alliance digital exec VP digital health

SAN FRANCISCO - Fitbit on Monday announced that Adam Pellegrini will join the company as VP digital health, beginning Sept. 6. Pellegrini will be responsible for leading Fitbit’s vision, strategies and programs to further drive the company’s integration into healthcare systems around the world.