{"id":3290,"date":"2013-10-18T09:11:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T09:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=3290"},"modified":"2013-10-18T09:11:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T09:11:10","slug":"industry-updates-drug-stores-and-hbc-chains-october-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2013\/10\/industry-updates-drug-stores-and-hbc-chains-october-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Updates: Drug Stores and HBC Chains &#8211; October 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Personnel Updates<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>McKesson<\/strong> announced that pharmacy veteran Chris Dimos has joined as Senior VP Corporate Strategy and Business Development, reporting to Brian Tyler, McKesson Exec VP Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Also joining McKesson is Melanie Nallicheri as Senior VP McKesson Distribution Solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rexall Pharma Plus<\/strong> named Mary Kelly Exec VP and Chief Merchandising Officer. Ms. Kelly joins the company after four years as Executive VP at Shoppers Drug Mart. Before then, she held leadership positions at Target, Revco Drug Stores and Eli Lilly.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Financial Focus<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Walgreens<\/strong> reported fiscal 2013 sales of $72.2 billion<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Industry Insight<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new drug store location in Seattle\u2019s Greenwood neighborhood will mark <strong>Bartell Drugs\u2019<\/strong> 80<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of operation there.\u00a0 The store, housed in a former Blockbuster location, will be one of the largest in the chain at 16,085 square feet and feature Bartell\u2019s \u2018Next Generation\u2019 format. The concept was developed in 2011 and has continued with new store openings through this year. The format includes its \u2018Urban Market,\u2019 \u2018Sweets and Snacks,\u2019 and \u2018Fresh Beauty\u2019 sections as well as an enlarged full-service pharmacy and a \u2018Greenwood Growler Station\u2019 offering six regionally produced beers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WellStar Health System<\/strong> and <strong>Walgreens<\/strong> announced a clinical collaboration agreement that will provide coordinated and expanded health care services, while improving access to high-quality, convenient and affordable care for patients in the northwest Atlanta market.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Real Estate<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first <strong>MinuteClinic<\/strong> walk-in medical clinics in\u00a0Northern California\u00a0and the Bay Area have opened inside select <strong>CVS\/pharmacy<\/strong> stores in\u00a0Santa Clara\u00a0and\u00a0San Mateo\u00a0counties.\u00a0 MinuteClinic is a division of CVS Caremark Corporation and the largest provider of retail medical clinics in the United States.\u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Technology News<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Walgreens<\/strong> today announced the latest updates to its iPhone mobile app that allows users to create photo cards with special themes such as thank you, holidays, announcements and invitations. Unique collages also can be created directly from an iPhone. Walgreens is the first retailer to provide the ability to create collage prints using a mobile device and pick them up in about an hour. Photos for these creations easily can be uploaded from the user\u2019s phone, Facebook or Instagram albums.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personnel Updates: McKesson announced that pharmacy veteran Chris Dimos has joined as Senior VP Corporate Strategy and Business Development, reporting to Brian Tyler, McKesson Exec VP Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Also joining McKesson is Melanie Nallicheri as Senior VP McKesson Distribution Solutions. Rexall Pharma Plus named Mary Kelly Exec VP and Chief Merchandising Officer.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2013\/10\/industry-updates-drug-stores-and-hbc-chains-october-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Industry Updates: Drug Stores and HBC Chains &#8211; October 2013<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-3290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-hbc","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}