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4. Six thoughts about the GLP1 weight loss revolution

Author

Robins, Steven

Subjects
Weight loss, Business, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Retail industry
Abstract

Hard to believe that we are already one-third of the way through 2024. Time feels like it is accelerating--I think it's because our increasingly digital age shortens the maturity curve [...]

Published
2024

8. Nutritional supplements likely to receive greater scrutiny

Author

Robins, Steven

Subjects
Dietary supplements -- Health aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Retail industry
Abstract

Is a regulatory reckoning just around the corner for vitamins, minerals, herbals and supplements? The more my partners and I at the New England Consulting group look at some of [...]

Published
2023

9. Retail shrink: We've seen the enemy, and it's us

Author

Robins, Steven

Subjects
Walgreen Co., Retail industry, Theft, Employee crimes, Drugstores, Business, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Retail industry
Abstract

Retail shrinkage is a challenging topic for me to write about, not just because anytime I see or hear the word shrinkage, I can't help but think about the Seinfeld [...]

Published
2023

16. Working-Class High School Learners' Challenge to Change: Insights from the 'Equal Education' Movement in South Africa

Author

Robins, Steven Lance and Fleisch, Brahm

Abstract

Hargreaves (2002) suggested that vigorous social movements have the potential to improve the quality of (and increase the equity in) public education. This paper explores the role of Equal Education, an education social movement in South Africa led by university students and secondary school learners, in the process of educational change. Drawing on interviews with the organisation's founding members, organisers and secondary school learners, the paper examines how the organisation/social movement embodies what Oakes and Rogers (2007) describe as "learning power" and in the process contribute to improvement in public education.

Published
2016
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17. New revenue streams and alliances reinvent drug chains

Author

Robins, Steven

Subjects
Drugstores -- Planning -- Investments, Company business planning, Company investment, Business, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Retail industry
Abstract

If, like me, you think that the quote from Heraclitus, 'The only thing constant is change,' would be a gross understatement to describe the next few years for chain drug, [...]

Published
2022

36. Time is right to refresh customer retention strategy

Author

Robins, Steven

Subjects
Epidemics -- Social aspects -- United States, Drugstores -- Social aspects -- Marketing, Company marketing practices, Business, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Retail industry
Abstract

While we don't celebrate it, there is no question that the drug channel front of store has benefitted mightily from the pandemic. Increased traffic, new shoppers, pantry loading, digital downloads [...]

Published
2022

44. It's time to step up chain drug's skin care and beauty game

Author

Robins, Steven

Subjects
Drugstores -- Marketing, Hygiene products -- Marketing, Health and beauty aids -- Marketing, Company marketing practices, Business, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Retail industry
Abstract

I usually don't mince words, but it is getting more and more challenging to write these opinion pieces with confidence. The difficulty is the two-month lead time between when I [...]

Published
2020

45. Here's how to retain consumers gained during COVID

Author

Robins, Steven

Subjects
Epidemics -- Influence -- Economic aspects -- United States, Drugstores -- Customer relations, Company business management, Business, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Retail industry
Abstract

One of the most positive stories to come out of the pandemic is the pivotal role that retail pharmacies played in the vaccination effort and how it helped the country [...]

Published
2021

46. Grounding 'responsibilisation talk': masculinities, citizenship and HIV in Cape Town, South Africa

Author

Colvin, Christopher J., Robins, Steven, and Leavens, Joan

Subjects
Cape Town, South Africa -- Domestic policy, Cape Town, South Africa -- Demographic aspects, Citizenship -- Analysis, HIV patients -- Social aspects, HIV patients -- Demographic aspects, HIV patients -- Laws, regulations and rules, Masculinity -- Analysis, Government regulation, Economics, Political science, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

People living with AIDS are categorized by the South African government as 'deserving' and 'entrepreneurial' citizens, and then re-categorizes them through health and welfare interventions. How masculinity has influenced the ways members of Khululeka, a support group for HIV-positive men, have experienced and transformed these interventions is also explored.

Published
2010

47. 'Can't forget, can't remember': reflections on the cultural afterlife of the TRC (1)

Author

Robins, Steven

Subjects
South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Analysis, South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Social aspects, Arts -- Influence, Arts -- Political aspects, Artists -- Works, Artists -- Political aspects, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Mass communications, Social sciences
Abstract

Abstract This paper focuses on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission as an ongoing process of collective memory and public culture. Rather than concentrating on the actual TRC hearings [...]

Published
2007

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