Pharmacy

To Compete With eCommerce, Physical Stores Need to Act More Like Online Retailers
To Compete With eCommerce, Physical Stores Need to Act More Like Online Retailers
January 12, 2023  |  Retail

For retailers facing stiff competition from online foes, innovation has become mandatory. Fresher standards for online shopping that emphasize efficiency, convenience and payment choice have...

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Report: CVS Considering $10B Purchase of Oak Street Health
Report: CVS Considering $10B Purchase of Oak Street Health
January 10, 2023  |  Healthcare

CVS is reportedly looking to expand its healthcare offerings by purchasing Oak Street Health. The acquisition would value Oak Street at more than $10 billion,...

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Rite Aid CEO Departs and Ailing Drug Store Chain Names Interim Leader
Rite Aid CEO Departs and Ailing Drug Store Chain Names Interim Leader
January 09, 2023  |  Retail

Rite Aid has appointed an interim CEO as the company deals with a “dynamic environment.” Elizabeth “Busy” Burr, a member of the company’s board of directors,...

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Walgreens Launches 24/7 Same-Day Delivery Service
Walgreens Launches 24/7 Same-Day Delivery Service
December 01, 2022  |  Delivery

Walgreens says it will extend its same-day delivery service to fulfill orders around the clock. Beginning Thursday (Dec. 1), Walgreens will fulfill orders 24 hours...

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PillPack Founders to Exit Roles After Amazon Pharmacy Regroup
PillPack Founders to Exit Roles After Amazon Pharmacy Regroup
September 19, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon executives TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen, who were instrumental in pushing the eCommerce titan more into health care, are now leaving the company, CNBC...

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Healthcare Becomes Fertile Ground for Big Retail’s Payments Ambitions
Healthcare Becomes Fertile Ground for Big Retail’s Payments Ambitions
September 07, 2022  |  Retail

Health care is the space that couldn’t reinvent itself — becoming truly modern — until Big Retail came along to help usher the industry more...

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CVS Moves Closer to Offering Primary Healthcare
CVS Moves Closer to Offering Primary Healthcare
August 03, 2022  |  Healthcare

CVS said it would either purchase or take a stake in a primary-care company before the year is over, part of a wave of pharmacy...

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Amazon to Buy One Medical for $3.9B to Expand Healthcare Offerings
Amazon to Buy One Medical for $3.9B to Expand Healthcare Offerings
July 21, 2022  |  Amazon

Retail behemoth Amazon is expanding its healthcare offerings with the acquisition of tech-powered primary care provider One Medical, according to the company Thursday (July 21). Amazon...

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Report: Thirty-Five Percent of Consumers Will Switch Grocers, Pharmacies for Better Digital Features
Report: Thirty-Five Percent of Consumers Will Switch Grocers, Pharmacies for Better Digital Features
January 18, 2022  |  Merchant Innovation

Consumers’ preferences for how they shop have radically changed since the pandemic caused them to reevaluate how they interact with their favorite grocers and pharmacies....

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