pharmacies

Retail Pharmacies Rethink Product Lockdowns as Digital Solutions Aim to Fix Security
Retail Pharmacies Rethink Product Lockdowns as Digital Solutions Aim to Fix Security
January 24, 2025  |  Retail

As retail pharmacies like Walgreens move toward ending product lockdowns, the decision reflects a change in consumer behavior and a response to rising security concerns....

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How Important Are Pharmacists in Getting Consumers to Use Traditional Drugstores?
How Important Are Pharmacists in Getting Consumers to Use Traditional Drugstores?
January 07, 2025  |  Retail

In the past decade, the U.S. has seen a dramatic decline in the number of drugstores, with nearly 30% of them disappearing from the retail...

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GoodRx and CVS Sued for Suppressing Pharmacy Reimbursement
GoodRx and CVS Sued for Suppressing Pharmacy Reimbursement
November 05, 2024  |  Legal

Smaller pharmacies are accusing GoodRx and CVS of colluding to suppress generic prescription drug reimbursements. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Nov. 5), drug coupon aggregator GoodRx and a pair of pharmacy benefit...

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Can Retail Pharmacies Survive the Digital Transformation of Healthcare?
Can Retail Pharmacies Survive the Digital Transformation of Healthcare?
October 22, 2024  |  Retail

In the connected economy, retail pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid face challenges to their traditional business models. As consumer preferences move toward digital...

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GoodRx and Partner Pharmacies to Offer Affirm’s BNPL Option
GoodRx and Partner Pharmacies to Offer Affirm’s BNPL Option
October 20, 2024  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Prescription savings platform GoodRx and its partner retail pharmacies will begin offering Affirm’s pay-over-time option directly to consumers in the coming months. With this new...

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CVS Replaces CEO With Caremark President David Joyner
CVS Replaces CEO With Caremark President David Joyner
October 18, 2024  |  Personnel

CVS has replaced CEO Karen Lynch as it struggles to repair its healthcare business. David Joyner, president of the company’s pharmacy benefit management unit Caremark, has been appointed...

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Rite Aid Adds Klarna’s ‘Pay in 4’ Option to Its Stores
Rite Aid Adds Klarna’s ‘Pay in 4’ Option to Its Stores
October 16, 2024  |  BNPL

Rite Aid has teamed with Klarna to offer buy now, pay later options at its drugstores. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Oct. 16), lets Rite Aid customers use Klarna’s Pay in...

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Walgreens Rethinks Role of Pharmacy in Capturing Consumer Sales
Walgreens Rethinks Role of Pharmacy in Capturing Consumer Sales
October 15, 2024  |  Earnings

Walgreens Boots Alliance is undertaking a transformation focused on its retail pharmacy business in response to persistent challenges in the consumer market and pharmacy sector....

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GoodRX Subscription Revenue Down 8% but Active User Numbers Are Up
GoodRX Subscription Revenue Down 8% but Active User Numbers Are Up
August 08, 2024  |  Earnings

It was a mixed bag of growth and challenges for digital healthcare platform GoodRx during the second quarter. In reporting its second-quarter results Thursday (Aug....

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