prescriptions

Uber, Nimble Expand Prescription Delivery To Atlanta, Chicago
Uber, Nimble Expand Prescription Delivery To Atlanta, Chicago
March 25, 2021  |  Delivery

Ride-hailing giant Uber and prescription delivery firm Nimble have expanded their partnership to launch on-demand delivery services in Chicago, IL, and Atlanta, GA, as announced...

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NowRX CEO: Why DTC Pharmacy Is An Easier Pill For Consumers To Swallow
NowRX CEO: Why DTC Pharmacy Is An Easier Pill For Consumers To Swallow
July 30, 2020  |  Healthcare

Large pharmacy chains selling mixed merchandise are a mainstay of life throughout the developed world. Familiar planograms with the pharmacy in back, pulling shoppers through...

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CVS Pharmacy Creates Spoken Rx To Read Prescription Labels
CVS Pharmacy Creates Spoken Rx To Read Prescription Labels
July 08, 2020  |  Retail

To provide its patients with “talking” prescription labels, CVS Pharmacy has created a new function of its app called Spoken Rx. The function can read...

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Walmart Ups Its Digital Health & Wellness Capabilities With $200M Purchase Of CareZone’s Technology
Walmart Ups Its Digital Health & Wellness Capabilities With $200M Purchase Of CareZone’s Technology
June 16, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart has reportedly paid some $200 million to buy key assets from CareZone, a Seattle-based health-technology start-up that promises to manage prescription drugs for each...

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Instacart Rolls Out RX Delivery Service With Costco
Instacart Rolls Out RX Delivery Service With Costco
April 16, 2020  |  Delivery

Due to increasing customer demand for household goods, grocery and personal healthcare delivery, Instacart said it has rolled out a new prescription delivery service with Costco. The...

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Hubble: Contact Lens Prescriptions Go Subscription
Hubble: Contact Lens Prescriptions Go Subscription
February 11, 2020  |  Subscriptions

One might assume they could easily guess the biggest competitor for a startup focused on selling contact lenses direct to consumer (DTC) via subscription. Maybe...

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Amazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck
Amazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck
December 31, 2019  |  Retail

A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been...

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Amazon Alexa Can Now Send Medication Reminders
Amazon Alexa Can Now Send Medication Reminders
November 26, 2019  |  Alexa

Amazon Alexa users can now receive medication reminders and make voice requests for prescription refills, Amazon announced on Tuesday (Nov. 26). Medication management features are...

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CVS Plans To Shutter 22 ‘Underperforming’ Stores
CVS Plans To Shutter 22 ‘Underperforming’ Stores
November 06, 2019  |  Retail

In a regulatory filing, CVS Health said it will shutter 22 “underperforming” drugstores early in 2020, beyond the 46 stores it shuttered earlier this year. More information...

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