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Optimism, skepticism, confidence and concern were among the range of emotions shared by Walmart suppliers who participated in the second annual Walmart Supplier Survey conducted by Drug Store News' sister [...]

For Toys 'R' Us chairman and CEO David Brandon, it's all about having a successful holiday in 2015--a short-term goal that he believes will pave the way to leveraging long-term [...]

There's no disputing numbers when it comes to evaluating the performance of a category, and when it comes to herbals, the numbers are impressive. Not only did sales increase an [...]

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 [...]

Nutritional supplements are being sold everywhere these days. The category has moved well beyond the fad phase, and now, for many Americans, nutritional supplementation is an everyday part of life. [...]

Throughout most of its decades-long involvement in the pharmacy business, Wal-Mart was content with the solid growth that resulted from rapid store expansion and a hard-fought reputation for low prices. [...]

Wal-Mart's pursuit of growth in recent years has led the company to develop alternative store designs in some unconventional locations and generally be more accommodating to the design sensibilities of [...]

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Facing a tide of bad publicity and litigation, Wal-Mart indicated at its annual shareholders meeting earlier this month that it intends to burnish its image with policies [...]

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The process of integrating Eckerd's 1,724 stores and the approximately 1,100 stores operated by Penney's Thrift Drug subsidiary soon will begin, and expectations about the future of [...]

A better understanding of why the OTC department in retail pharmacies looks the way it does today can be gained by looking back to the early part of this decade. [...]

The OTC marketplace has never seen anything like it. During the past year, nine Rx-to-OTC switch products appeared on store shelves. Several created entirely new OTC categories, and others brought [...]

Last year, 300,000 incidents of drug abuse or death were recorded by the Drug Enforcement Administration's Drug Abuse Warning Network, a record-keeping system that tracks emergency rooms and coroners' offices [...]

Is everyday low price a threat or a boon to the chain drug industry? The answer depends on who you ask. Moves by Procter & Gamble and other suppliers to [...]

McALESTER, Okia. -- The popularity of drive-through pharmacies at chain drug stores has not been lost on discount store and super-center operators who increasingly are looking for ways to incorporate [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Three years after opening its first Neighborhood Market store, Wal-Mart still isn't ready to pull the trigger on the type of large-scale expansion that was anticipated before [...]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer is out to dispel the notion that supercenters are less convenient than chain drug stores, and two of its recently opened stores along the western [...]

Wal-Mart looks abroad to lend meaning to its moniker Wal-Mart International knows exactly what it wants to be when it grows up. It's getting there that's the challenge. 'We need [...]

Wal-Mart has reached another critical juncture in its history as it prepares to enter the realm of the world's largest company. The chain's sales for the current fiscal year are [...]

The article explores the 2022 class of 10 grocers featured as Progressive Grocer's Top Regionals is notable for a variety of unique reasons. For some, it's a business model that includes convenience stores, an extensive foodservice program or a focus on the nation's fastest-growing ethnic group. For others, the company's ownership structure makes them stand out, from family-owned to publicly held or backed by private equity.

The article focuses on expectations are rooted in fresh insights from exclusive research conducted this past July by Progressive Grocer as a follow-up to last year's report, "What's Next for the Way America Eats." Topics include the research included survey respondents with full or shared responsibility for meals and for shopping for their household, and the shoppers' behavior regarding the purchase, preparation and consumption of food changed at every turn during the past 18 months.

The article focuses on Dollar General doesn't describe itself as a grocer, but moves that the company has made in merchandising, operations and supply chain tell a different story. Topics include the operator of a growing base of 18,000 stores was named Progressive Grocer's Retailer of the Year, and the notion of Dollar General selling produce seemed a stretch, given the operational complexities of the category and Dollar General's lean operating model.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - When Wal-Mart opens the doors on its newest concept store later this year, customers will find a standard food and drug combination store compressed into 40,000 square [...]

Continued growth and increased competition from Amazon.com and the dollar stores. Improved in-stock levels offset by questionable in-store execution. Reduced buyer turnover and senior executives receptive to trading partner views. [...]

When planning commission officials in Northwest Arkansas gave Walmart the go ahead for a 40,000-sq.-ft. store in Bentonville, Ark., back in 1998, it was the retail industry's biggest story that [...]

At first blush, there appears to be nothing special about Dollar General's first Southern California store in the suburb of Montclair. It occupies about 7,500 sq. ft. of space in [...]

The article presents the results of a study of shopper behaviors that are affecting the U.S. grocery industry conducted by the periodical "Progressive Grocers" in 2021. It mentions the role of technology and changing demographics in the increasing shopper expectations. About 37% of Generation Z and Millennial shoppers prefer the physical store experience in shopping. It emphasizes the need for retailers to be aware of digital conversations about their companies.

The article announces the companies in the U.S. grocery industry which are winners of "Progressive Grocer's" inaugural Impact Awards, including the BriarPatch Food Co-op, Pompeian and Hormel Foods.

Senior Walmart executives regularly invoke the name of Sam Walton when it serves to reinforce a point regarding the company's business model or the cultural principles on which Walton is [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target is poised to become an even more significant player in the world of health, wellness and beauty in the coming years, assuming the company can execute a [...]

ROGERS, Ark. -- If the eyes are the window to the soul, then Walmart's suppliers are the window to its future, thanks to the truly unique relationship the retailer enjoys [...]

The pace of growth may have slowed last year at Publix, but recent actions on the part of the Southeast's leading supermarket operator indicate the company hasn't wavered in its [...]

The pace at which Walmart launched health-and-wellness initiatives slowed in 2009, and understandably so given challenging market conditions and the unsustainable level of activity undertaken by the company in prior [...]

Change has come fast and furious at Walmart over the past three years as the company sought to reinvent itself. New leadership and new strategies predictably took the company in [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target shoppers who weren't aware the retailer operated pharmacies will be hard-pressed to overlook that fact any longer now that an aggressive in-store communication effort has begun. The [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Talk about pressure. Pharmacy is playing an unfamiliar role in Target's holiday plans this year, as the retailer is soon expected to begin airing its first ever national [...]