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New film technology, user-friendly packaging and on-site digital imaging systems are just some of the ways photo category vendors are helping drug chains grow the photo category and build front-end [...]

Huge consolidated drug chains must leverage their size, technology and buying clout, but at what cost to their suppliers? As they sit across the table from one another, each side [...]

Category management is a much-talked-about concept in the chain drug industry, but how far have chains come in putting it into practice? At different paces and according to different models, [...]

Like mariners looking for a safe port in stormy seas, chain drug merchants are scouring the globe for new sales opportunities that will keep them afloat as they grapple with [...]

Acquisitions fueled by the drive for more retail doors... The race to develop sophisticated systems that can manage all aspects of pharmaceutical care, as well as ensure reimbursement... The birth [...]

Six months after the billion-dollar merger combining over 1,000 Thrifty and PayLess stores, change is in the air at headquarters in Oregon. The plan is to shed Thrifty's problems, play [...]

Video displays in drug chains are becoming as common as convenience and snack foods. Both are being offered to meet consumer expectations and bolster front-end business with the upbeat promise [...]

Below are highlights of forthcoming titles that may be of special interest to drug chains and may be ordered by retailers from mid-July through the end of 1997: A&E HOME [...]

The Advanced Photo System (APS) seemed wound up for a strong April launch, but according to Drug Store News' field survey, most chain drug retailers received only partial shipments, causing [...]

Home video is growing at a vigorous 14 percent annually, industry insiders agree. Expansion is driven by more than big hits. New sources of content and high-visibility marketing strategies are [...]

The single-use or disposable camera is hot. [CHART OMITTED] 'This is the fastest growing category in the photo business for us,' said K&B buyer Chris Michel. That's a typical response [...]

Greeting cards are a growing core category for drug chains. They fit the drug chain atmosphere -- less hectic than mass merchants and discounters, a setting for thoughtful browsing and [...]

The deodorant/anti-perspirant category heats with the introduction of clothes-friendly clear forms, new men's products, technology and scent innovations and more choices for consumers with sensitive skin. Deodorants and anti-perspirants are [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Fear of rolling power blackouts as summer heats up is sparking plenty of concern along the West Coast. Meanwhile, drug chains are reporting that consumers are snapping [...]

Despite 2000's slow-motion finale, the home video category showed little sign of lost luster, thanks to a new format and the resilience of the entertainment industry. Old and new formats--VHS [...]

The photo category provided a trio of winners for drug chains in 2000: photo processing, single-use cameras and digital services. Although by year's end photo began to feel the cinch [...]

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. -- As the above photos illustrate, this Dominick's food-drug combo here has set the stage for the digital photo future. With its fast-processing services, merchandising of high-speed films [...]

Taking a snapshot of digital camera sales, industry analysts such as IDC, InfoTrends Research Group and NPD Intelect have each predicted tremendous growth for the digital camera category and digital [...]

Are we digital yet? Bit by bit, drug chains and their customers veer toward digital imaging. Although this will not replace traditional photography any time soon, new digital options--many of [...]

Pre-recorded video is expected to deliver a good performance in the fourth quarter as several recently announced video titles such as Disney's 'Fantasia 2000,' and Warner's 'Pokemon: The Movie 2000,' [...]

A retail adage is, 'sell more of what sells,' but a variant of that is 'do more of what you do well.' Walgreens' new Southern California district manager, Tri Leu, [...]

It's unusual for a new district manager to trail blaze a market, but Joseph Douglas, 34, is prepared for the task. So far he's opened stores in two new markets, [...]

Brenda Mendoza brings multiple strengths to her recent appointment as a Nashville, Tenn.-based district manager. Two of those strengths are not likely to be shared by many Waigreens district managers. [...]

Instant passport photos. Shredders for a home office. Clever and trendy items like a singing Billy Bass or a good deal on classic blue denim work shirts--these are just a [...]

Sequels and prequels will drive entertainment sales in chain drug this fall, as major studios focus on brand names between back-to-school and the winter holidays. This trend was evident at [...]

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Despite solid sales and rising pharmacy market share in California, Longs Drug Stores president and chief executive Steve Roath acknowledged that second quarter earnings fell short [...]

BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's is testing a new 26,000-square-foot Sav-on drug store, which is 10,000 square feet larger than the average freestanding Sav-on. The new format, unveiled here June 16, [...]

We couldn't wait for our first kelp experience as the 65-foot boat pulled into Catalina Island's Italian Gardens dive site. I couldn't wait to photograph the waving kelp fronds and […]

Like Tarzan executing a nimble leap, it appears that prerecorded video and the new DVD format will both make a more lively showing in drug chains this year than in [...]

The activity of taking and sharing photos is on the rise across all demographic groups--and most of these consumers don't care whether a photo product or service is traditional silver [...]

Digital services are starting to blend into the typical photo consumer's habits, now that more families are discovering user-friendly options, such as copy-enlargement kiosks for sharing and enhancing photos. Once [...]

Consumers are taking more pictures then ever before--and drug chains pulled in more processing business than ever in 1999. The drug channel enjoyed a bullish 21 percent rise in photoprocessing [...]

The performance of prerecorded video depends on how hot (or not) the new releases are during any one year -- and last year, releases were tepid. 'Due to an unexpected [...]

SEATTLE -- The 46-store Bartell Drug Co., the oldest independent drug store chain in the nation, balances the future and the past like no other drug store chain in the [...]

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Hi-School Pharmacy's president and owner, Steve Oliva, believes that if you're not expanding, then you're contracting. The chain added a net of only one location in 1999, [...]

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Longs Drug Stores achieved record sales and store count in 1999, with 50 new and acquired stores. And it was a landmark year in which chairman [...]

For some retailers the value of the message is greater than the price on the back of the greeting card. That is often the case in merchandising ethnic greeting cards, [...]

Spring 2000 is showing lots of promise with soon-to-be-released video titles and the fast-spreading adoption of DVD technology--the kind of two-branched vigor likely to spur category growth. First, because video [...]

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Longs Drug Stores will launch a beta test of its Internet e-retailing site in three months and will roll out the program in about six months, [...]

The photo category is expanding in many directions at once, as con- sumers discover new and exciting ways to take photographs, improve the results and utilize pictures after they've been [...]

Consumers have brought their rolls of film to drug stores for processing since hack in the days when many pharmacies still had soda fountains. But in the last couple of [...]

Pre-recorded video is stalking into the new century like a lion--even if it might exit the decade more like a lamb, one chased away by electronic delivery via cable or [...]

In this new year of a new century, drug chains have cause to celebrate the vitality of one of their core businesses. The photo-category pie is bigger than ever, even [...]

In the new millennium, packaged home entertainment will face a mighty challenge from electronic delivery technology. The defending formats, VHS and DVD, both look fit for the upcoming 100-meter dash, [...]

Special effects, new designs and ink technologies kept writing instruments gliding along for BTS 1999. Eckerd and Kerr both reported good business with gel pens, while Kerr cited an increase [...]

The back-to-school season slouched into drug chains late again this year, making the last-minute trend look like the rule instead of the exception. Eckerd's category buyer attributed this chain's late [...]

This holiday season, home video titles such as 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' and 'Inspector Gadget' are vying for display space on drug store shelves--but this time around, [...]