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  1. Retailer Media
The CPGGUYS host Parbinder Dhariwal – VP of CVS Media Exchange and Andrew Lipsman from Media, Ads + Commerce for a LIVE fireside chat while at CES. This discussion is all about the latest retail media budget sentiment executed by Andrew and CPGGUYS surveying brands and retailers and where we stand in the industry. Find […]
  1. Retailer Media
At their very core, brick-and-mortar stores are meant to be the physical manifestation of a brand — a distillation of its promise and the experience it aims to create for shoppers and associates alike. Now, as new marketing and advertising formats venture further into the store, store teams must work more thoughtfully to ensure these […]
  1. Channel: Drug
CVS has launched a new app designed to serve as a one-stop shop for customers to do everything from managing their prescriptions and vaccinations to accessing coupons and opening locked display cases in stores. “As a company, we are super focused on improving the health care experience,” said Tilak Mandadi, EVP at CVS Health in […]
  1. Channel: Delivery
In a deal designed to make animals (and their humans) purr with satisfaction, Pet Supplies Plus and its emerging sister brand Wag N’ Wash have partnered with Grubhub for on-demand deliveries from the retailer’s nearly 700 stores across 44 states. Pet Supplies Plus offers more than 10,000 products from 400 brands. This isn’t Grubhub’s first […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
For 2025, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express Scripts (Cigna), and Optum Rx (United Health Group)—have again each excluded hundreds of drugs from their standard formularies. You can find our updated counting below. As you’ll see below, the combination of formulary exclusion and private labels is creating an increasingly confusing and […]
  1. Channel: Drug
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil suit against Walgreens alleging that the pharmacy retailer dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions for opioids despite “clear red flags that indicated the prescriptions were highly likely to be unlawful,” according to a statement by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice […]
  1. Retail Ecosystem
The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Emma Irwin from Flywheel digital to recap all things omnichannel & retail in 2024. Emma is also host of the podcast ‘Commerce collective’. Find Emma Irwin on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-irwin-b950a397/Find Flywheel on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flywheel-digital/posts/?feedView=allFind Flywheel online: https://www.flywheeldigital.com/Find the ‘Commerce collective’ podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-commerce-collective-podcast/id1633426767 Here’s what we discussed :  […]
  1. Media & Marketing
This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s Drug Channels Outlook 2025 live video webinar. During the webinar, I’ll provide an update the 340B program, which continues to defy gravity. Click here to see the original post. In my recent The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controversies, and Outlook video webinar, I […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for the workforce, especially those on the frontlines. With extended hours, increased customer demand and unpredictable schedules, focusing on their own wellbeing can be challenging for employees. The physical and mental toll of long shifts and high stress can affect health, making wellness […]
  1. Channel: Drug
This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s Drug Channels Outlook 2025 live video webinar. Click here to see the original post. During Friday’s webinar, I’ll share some updated thoughts on biosimilars and PBM’s private label products. The Humira biosimilar market just took another step forward—but remains far from its ideal state. […]
  1. Media & Marketing
As the holiday season approaches, retailers are under intense pressure to deliver results, with only 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Rising debt and higher cost of living are contributing to forecasted slower retail sales this year, making it more crucial than ever for brands to stand out. While events like Black Friday and Cyber […]
  1. Trends & External Forces
In Medicare Part D in 2025: Preferred Pharmacy Networks Fade in a Collapsing PDP Market, I documented the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) disruption to Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs). Today, we examine the seven largest retail chains’ participation in the 12 major 2025 Part D networks that the five largest plan sponsors will […]
  1. Shopper & Customer
In an era when online shopping is not just a convenience but a way of life, a new menace is plaguing consumers and retailers alike: porch piracy. Our recent research reveals that over a third of U.S. online shoppers have fallen victim to this form of theft within the past year. The situation is particularly […]
  1. Department: HBC
​[[{“value”:” Dive Brief The deal marks the vaginal care brand’s first partnership with a beauty retailer and adds to its growing list of wholesale partners, including CVS and Target. Published Oct. 22, 2024 By Howard Ruben The brand will land in nearly 70 of Ulta Beauty’s stores as well as its website. Courtesy of The Honey […]
  1. Channel: Drug
CVS Health has named David Joyner as its new President and CEO, replacing the departing Karen Lynch, who stepped down in agreement with the company’s board of directors. Current chairman Roger Farah has been named Executive Chairman. Joyner was most recently EVP of CVS Health and President of CVS Caremark, the retailer’s pharmacy division. He […]
  1. Corporate Strategy
​[[{“value”:” Dive Brief The healthcare and pharmacy giant also pulled its earnings guidance, citing increased medical cost pressures in its Aetna health benefits unit. Published Oct. 18, 2024 The CVS logo is displayed at a CVS HealthHUB location on August 8, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. The company replaced CEO Karen Lynch on Friday. Mario […]
  1. Department: HBC
A new survey of plan sponsors sheds light on their satisfaction with transparency at large and small pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). As you will see, clients remain slightly more satisfied with the perceived transparency of smaller PBMs compared with the Big Three PBMs—CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Optum Rx. However, plan sponsors are dissatisfied with […]
  1. Department: HBC
This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while we put the finishing touches on DCI’s new 2024-25 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors. Click here to see the original post from June 2024. The 340B contract pharmacy market shows little sign of slowing down. Drug Channels Institute’s exclusive analysis of the 2024 market […]
  1. Media & Marketing
I am pleased to announce the full agenda for the inaugural Drug Channels Leadership Forum, which will be held from March 17 to 19, 2025, at the Turnberry Resort and Spa in Miami. Everyone here at Drug Channels Institute (DCI) is excited to bring this novel event to the drug channels community. I personally assembled […]
  1. Stores & Formats
  It’s clear that legacy grocery stores, once the dominant force in food retail, are now navigating a challenging landscape marked by significant market share capitulation according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. This shift has been driven by three prominent trends: the encroachment of dollar stores, drug stores, and […]
  1. Agencies & Vendors
Whether you are a startup brand looking to get your products into retail or foodservice for the first time, or a more established brand looking to expand your distribution, at some point, you will come across RangeMe and ask yourself, “Is a RangeMe subscription worth it?” The purpose of this post is to give you […]
  1. Channel: Drug
The Humira biosimilar market just took another step forward—but remains far from its ideal state. Last week, Cigna’s Express Scripts announced that it that will follow CVS Health’s CVS Caremark business and remove Humira from its largest commercial formulary in favor of multiple biosimilars. Below, we review the 18 products competing with Humira—including four private-label […]

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1-800-Flowers still leads in US, FTD is gaining share 1-800-Flowers is the largest flower service by sales headed into Valentine’s Day 2025, according to Earnest credit card data. However, the industry stalwart is likely to lose share this season if recent trends continue. Access chart in Dash. 1-800-Flowers commanded 37.0% of Valentine’s Day flower sales […]
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A good number of consumers, over 77%, believe there are better deals available after the holidays, and nearly 51% plan to take advantage by making a large purchase in late December and January. Those are top findings from a Holiday Green survey, from CouponCabin, regarding consumer habits in the post-holiday time frame. When it comes to post-holiday […]
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IAB’s 2025 Outlook: A Snapshot into Ad Spend, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth offering an early glimpse into ad spending trends for the coming year. The report is a must-read to gain and understanding of brand and agency buyers’ growth strategies and the challenges they foresee. The report covers: 2025 projections for the market overall […]
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  2. Technology & Innovation
There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI) and how these technologies are going to revolutionize retail. But the retail revolution can’t be accomplished with sweeping generalizations about putting more technology into stores. Successful retail outcomes are built using technology to solve specific challenges, expanding on wins and […]

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