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  1. Channel: Drug

WIC Authorization at CVS Isn’t Adoption: Why CVS Health, Walgreens, and Drug Chains Still Face a Long Road to Relevance

  The headline sounds like progress—but let’s not confuse authorization with adoption. What CVS Health has accomplished in Rhode Island is operational alignment, not behavioral change. And in the WIC ecosystem, behavior—where and how benefits are actually redeemed—is everything. Meanwhile, competitors like Walgreens and other drug store operators face the same structural friction: WIC shoppers […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Target Adjusts Its Grocery Strategy

The Street reports that Target “plans to make a major shift in its grocery section” – it wants to be a specialty grocer. “Target’s Chief Merchandise Officer Cara Sylvester explained the chain’s grocery strategy during its fourth-quarter earnings call,” the story says. “‘We’re focused on what’s next, strengthening Target’s unique identity when it comes to […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Big Three PBMs’ 2026 Formulary Exclusions: MFP, Private Label Biosimilars, and Direct-to-Patient Threats for PBMs (rerun)

This week, we’re rerunning some popular posts while we prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: PBM Industry Update 2026: Trends, Challenges, and What’s Ahead. Click here to see the original post from January 2026. For 2026, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and Optum Rx (United Health Group)—have once […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

CVS Tests Small Store, Rx-Only Format.  A Harbinger Of The Future?

From Forbes: “CVS Health is pushing forward with plans to open nearly 20 smaller “pharmacy-only” stores by the end of this year. “The healthcare giant Monday opened the first such pharmacy-only store this year on Chicago’s West Side where access to healthcare and pharmacy services can be a challenge. Executives said the new pharmacy will […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers of 2025: Market Share and Key Industry Developments

Three is still the magic number for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). For 2025, 80% of all equivalent prescription claims were processed by three companies: the CVS Caremark business of CVS Health, the Express Scripts business of Cigna, and the Optum Rx business of UnitedHealth Group. Express Scripts continued to pull ahead of its peers, while […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Target to open 2,000th store

​[[{“value”:” This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Target will open its 2,000th store this year in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, as part of its broader brick-and-mortar expansion strategy, the retailer said in a Thursday press release.  Located near Raleigh, North Carolina, the 148,000-square-foot store “represents the future of Target’s […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Uber Eats Launches Beta Version of AI-Powered Shopping Helper at Albertsons, Kroger and CVS

Uber Eats has introduced Cart Assistant, an AI-powered feature designed to help consumers build grocery baskets in seconds using simple text or image prompts. At launch, an initial beta version of Cart Assistant is available at dozens of grocery retailers across the country, including Albertsons, Aldi, CVS, Kroger, Safeway, Sprouts, Walgreens and Wegmans, with more […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

The Big Three PBMs’ 2026 Formulary Exclusions: MFP, Private Label Biosimilars, and Direct-to-Patient Threats for PBMs

For 2026, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and Optum Rx (United Health Group)—have once again excluded hundreds of drugs from their standard formularies. Our updated counts appear below. The 2026 lists highlight how formulary preferences for Humira and Stelara are dominated by private-label biosimilars affiliated with the same […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

How to Get Your Product Placed in Walgreens or CVS: A Step-by-Step Guide for Consumer Brands

Winning shelf space at major drugstore retailers like Walgreens and CVS can transform your brand’s visibility, credibility, and revenue. These retail giants serve millions of consumers every week and offer unmatched exposure for beauty, wellness, personal care, OTC, and lifestyle products. But getting your product placed in Walgreens or CVS requires preparation, strategic positioning, and […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

Follow the 340B Dollar: Senator Cassidy Exposes How CVS Health and Walgreens Profit as 340B Contract Pharmacies (rerun)

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: Drug Channels Outlook 2026 . Today’s rerun provides background for the webinar, when I will discuss how the consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act for the 340B program and contract pharmacies. Click here to see the original post from May […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Tests 30-Minute Deliveries in Direct Challenge to DoorDash and its Ilk

Amazon is testing ultra-fast delivery in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia capable of bringing thousands of household essentials and groceries to customers’ doorsteps in 30 minutes or less. Called Amazon Now, the offering is a direct challenge to delivery apps like DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub, whose core proposition is local food and essentials delivered […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Eating for Health: A Historical Look at How America Shops, Eats, and Redefines Food Convenience

  For more than a century, “eating for health” has evolved from a luxury of the elite to a mainstream expectation shaped by consumer demand, technology, and retail innovation. From the first self-service supermarkets in the 1930s to today’s frictionless, omnichannel food ecosystem, one constant has persisted: shoppers want food that is better for them, […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Family Dollar, Old Navy Add DoorDash Delivery Option

Discount retailer Family Dollar will offer on-demand delivery from its approximately 7,000 stores nationwide via the DoorDash platform, and Old Navy has partnered with DoorDash for deliveries from its 1,000+ stores. “Partnering with DoorDash allows us to make shopping easier and more accessible for the millions of families who rely on us every day,” said […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

What DoorDash Plans to Deliver Next

This episode is brought to you by Commerce. DoorDash has come a long way from delivering takeout. Today, it’s a platform for everything local — powering delivery, fulfillment and retail innovation across dozens of categories. In this episode of Retail Remix, host Nicole Silberstein sits down with Fuad Hannon, DoorDash’s VP of New Verticals, to […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

Why Retailer Market Fit Is Critical for Product Startups

Many innovative product startups dream of seeing their products on the shelves of retail giants like Walmart, Best Buy, or Costco. While that dream is exciting, few founders stop to ask an important question — is that actually the right move right now? Getting your product into thousands of stores can be a major milestone, […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

DoorDash Launches Driverless Delivery with Waymo in Phoenix Metro Area

DoorDash will bring autonomous delivery to the Phoenix metro area via an expansion of its partnership with Waymo and will promote the new service with a limited-time $10 Waymo promotion for DashPass members in Phoenix as well as Los Angeles and San Francisco, where Waymo already is a delivery option. Testing of the driverless deliveries […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

CVS to Open Nearly 100 Community-Focused Stores this Year, Including in Former Rite Aid Locations

A recent CVS Health survey of 2,200 consumers and more than 1,060 pharmacists and pharmacy techs reveals how highly customers value in-person pharmacy care: 80% of patients prefer it, and 48% would switch pharmacies if they were limited to digital-only options. To meet this need for face-to-face care, CVS Health plans to open nearly 100 […]
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  1. Channel: Drug

Omnichannel Merchandising in the Digital Age with CVS Health’s Zach Dennett

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Zach Dennett, VP Merchandising for Consumer Health and Wellness, and Supplemental Benefits at CVS Pharmacy, the Front-Of-Store Retail Business Unit of CVS Health.  Follow Zach on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharydennett/  Follow CVS Health online at: http://cvshealth.com Follow CVS Health on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cvshealth/ Zach answers these questions: […]
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  1. Department: HBC

The 340B Contract Pharmacy Market in 2025: Big Chains and PBMs Tighten Their Grip (rerun)

This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I put the finishing touches on DCI’s 2025-26 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors. Click here to see the original post from June 2025. The 340B Drug Pricing Program has emerged as a growing source of profits for pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Drug […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

DoorDash Launches Fulfillment Services; Party City, CVS Among First to Trial

Following in the footsteps of Amazon, Walmart and Shopify, DoorDash has launched its own fulfillment service. The fittingly named DashMart Fulfillment Services will rely on DoorDash’s growing network of DashMart first-party warehouses and fulfillment centers. The company debuted the DashMart concept in 2020 and now boasts a network of more than 100 locations that hold […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Mix & Match Meal Components: What’s Really for Dinner?

  The way Americans plan and consume dinner has undergone a seismic shift. Meal planning no longer begins in the kitchen, but often in the aisle of a grocery store, the drive-thru lane, or on a smartphone app. According to Foodservice Solutions® Grocerant ScoreCards, 83.2% of U.S. consumers do not know what they’ll have for […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Pinterest’s New ‘Where-to-Buy’ Links Give CPG Advertisers Valuable Purchase Intent Data

Pinterest is rolling out native “where-to-buy” links for its standard image ads, allowing advertisers to show multiple in-stock retailer options for a single product. The shoppable links allow brands to route shoppers to preferred retailers, while the brands receive purchase intent signals designed to quantify sales intent and media efficiency. “With where-to-buy links, we can […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Your Views:  Target

On Monday I did a FaceTime video at a brand new, days-old Target store in Norwalk, Connecticut, that I described as a dismal and depressing shopping experience – low energy, riddled with out of stocks, and reflective of “retail yesterday,” not “retail tomorrow.” Got lots of email in response. MNB reader Bob Miller wrote: Retired […]
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  1. Data & Insights

How AI and Image Recognition are Transforming the Retail and CPG landscape

The retail and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industries are undergoing a profound change, driven by the wins and failures of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and image recognition (IR) into their processes, experiences, you name it. While these technologies are enabling brands and retailers to gain precise, real-time insights into store operations like never imagined, providing […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Why DoorDash Is Fast Becoming the Dinner Solution

  In today’s always-on world, convenience isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity. As consumers juggle work, family, and personal time, the need for fast, flexible, and reliable dinner options is growing. Enter DoorDash, the on-demand platform that’s transforming how we think about meals. From weeknight dinners to office catering and even late-night cravings, DoorDash is fast […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Mass Makeup’s Channel Shakeup: Retail and Shopper Realignment

Download our latest report to explore how the makeup category is shifting—and how shopper behavior is reshaping the mass beauty landscape This report leverages transaction data from 2024 through mid-2025 to analyze where, how, and why shoppers are spending in the mass makeup category. From Amazon 3P’s growing influence to shifts in product preference and […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

The Shift to Amazon: Unpacking Skincare Spend, Subcategories, and SKU Dynamics

Download our latest report to explore how the skincare category is shifting—and how shopper behavior is reshaping the mass beauty landscape This report uses transaction data from 2024 through mid-2025 to analyze where and how mass beauty shoppers are spending, with a focus on the growing role of Amazon 3P. It highlights changes in retailer […]
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Walmart to Expand Digital Shelf Labels Chainwide

Walmart will deploy digital shelf labels (DSLs) chainwide this year, doubling the approximately 2,300 U.S. locations currently using the technology (Walmart U.S. operates more than 4,600 stores). With more than 120,000 items in a typical Walmart store, managing price changes manually requires significant associate hours. Additionally, these DSLs are equipped with LED lights that make […]
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