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CVS to Expand Retail Footprint After Shrinking for 4 Years
Retail // March 30, 2026

CVS Health plans to expand its retail footprint this year after contracting it over the past four years, Bloomberg reported Monday (March 30). The retail pharmacy chain plans to open 60 stores this year, including 20 small pharmacy-only sites, while closing “a few dozen locations,” the...

CPG CEOs Say Consumers Keep Buying Despite Affordability Pressures
Consumer Insights // February 13, 2026

If one theme connected fourth-quarter earnings calls across consumer packaged goods companies and discretionary brands, such as toymakers, it was the emergence of a consumer economy defined by prioritization rather than a full-fledged pullback. Executives outlined purchasing behavior shaped by sharper value sensitivity, selective trade-offs...

The SKU Series Highlights How Retailers Use Data and AI to Drive Sales
Retail // November 28, 2025

Walk into a CVS pharmacy. Scroll a live auction on Whatnot. Book a salon visit through Ulta Beauty. Comparison shop a sectional on Furniture.com or step into Robert Talbott’s resurrected Madison Avenue flagship. In each case you’re seeing the same story play out in very...

CVS Turns First-Party Data Into Retail Media Power Play
Retail // November 21, 2025

Watch more: Retail Media as the New Growth Engine: How CVS Is Merging Data, Loyalty and the In-Store Experience When most people think of CVS, they think of prescriptions, cough drops, or perhaps those famously long receipts. But those receipts, and every other customer touchpoint...

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CPG CEOs Say Consumers Keep Buying Despite Affordability Pressures

February 13, 2026
If one theme connected fourth-quarter earnings calls across consumer packaged goods companies and discretionary brands, such as toymakers, it was the emergence of a consumer economy defined by prioritization rather than a full-fledged pullback. Executives outlined purchasing behavior shaped by sharper value sensitivity, selective trade-offs and measured decision-making. Households continue to engage across essential and […]

The SKU Series Highlights How Retailers Use Data and AI to Drive Sales

November 28, 2025
Walk into a CVS pharmacy. Scroll a live auction on Whatnot. Book a salon visit through Ulta Beauty. Comparison shop a sectional on Furniture.com or step into Robert Talbott’s resurrected...

CVS Turns First-Party Data Into Retail Media Power Play

November 21, 2025
Watch more: Retail Media as the New Growth Engine: How CVS Is Merging Data, Loyalty and the In-Store Experience When most people think of CVS, they think of prescriptions, cough...

Digital Upgrades Shake Up July Prescription App Rankings

August 04, 2025
With CVS reporting stronger earnings last week, in large part based on its deployment of digital solutions, we took a look at the App Provider rankings for prescription apps and...

Quick Reads
CVS Accelerates Rollout of New Pharmacy-Only Store Format

April 01, 2026
CVS Health plans to open about 20 smaller, pharmacy-only locations across the United States this year after opening its first one late last year. The company opened its first pharmacy-only CVS Pharmacy in Birmingham, Alabama, and opened its second in Chicago on Monday (March 30), it said in a Monday press release. These pharmacy-only locations […]

CVS to Expand Retail Footprint After Shrinking for 4 Years

March 30, 2026
CVS Health plans to expand its retail footprint this year after contracting it over the past four years, Bloomberg reported Monday (March 30). The retail pharmacy chain plans to open 60...

CVS Pharmacy Says It Gained 9 Million Former Rite Aid Customers

October 17, 2025
CVS Pharmacy said it is now serving more than 9 million former Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs patients after completing its acquisition of select assets of the now-closed Rite Aid....

CVS Targets Strong Weight-Loss Drug Use as Revenues Tick Up

July 31, 2025
CVS is focusing heavily on technology-led care after posting solid Q2 earnings. “We are building momentum as we navigate what continues to be a dynamic and evolving environment,” Chief Executive David Joyner told analysts...