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There aren’t many good-news stories when it comes to loss prevention.

Frustrated watching specialty stores, online merchants and department stores siphon off a market they once controlled more than 50% of, mass marketers are firing back.

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To regain their dominance of the $16 billion U.S. beauty market, chains such as Walgreens, Target, CVS and Walmart are burnishing their images. Among the moves they are taking are:

With the advent of complimentary health screenings available through a growing number of retail health fairs — such as CVS Health, Walmart and Sam’s Club and ShopRite, to name a few — more and more consumers are learning for the first time that they may be diabetic or prediabetic from their neighborhood pharmacist as opposed to their primary care doctors.

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from l. to r.: Anita Brikman, CHPA Educational Foundation; Annie Walker, Walmart Stores; and Christopher DeWolf, CHPA Educational Foundation

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Interactive multichannel retailer HSN has named Carmen Bauza as its EVP and chief merchandising officer effective Nov. 28. 

Bauza comes to HSN with more than 30 years' experience in retail and merchandising, having served in leadership positions at Walmart, L Brands (formerly Limited Brands, Inc.), Five Below, Inc. and the Walt Disney Company.  

NORWALK, Conn. — Both Walmart and Kroger were named to the top spot in Kantar Retail's 2016 annual U.S. PoweRanking survey, released Wednesday, which measures best-in-class retailers according to the supplier community.