PetMed’s fiscal year web sales rise 22% to $57.5 million

Internet sales at PetMed Express, an online and telephone retailer of pet supplies, rose 22% to $57.5 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, as web sales rose to 53% of total sales from 50%, the company said.

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AMA calls on physicians to meet new guidelines for online prescriptions

The American Medical Association wants physicians who conduct business over the Internet to keep closer ties with patients, such as performing a physical exam before prescribing medications online.

Posted 06/23/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Half of web-based pharmacies lack licensed pharmacist, says new study

Only 50% of web-based pharmacy sites dispense prescriptions through a licensed pharmacist, reports PharmacyChecker.com.

Posted 04/08/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

Albertson`s Sav-On Drugs completes integration of web site with drug chain

Customers at savon.com can order prescriptions to be picked up at a store or delivered to their home. Pharmacists at local stores access the orders through web browers.

Posted 05/01/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Shot In The Arm For Online Health & Beauty

The U.S. online market for pharmaceutical, health and beauty products will "explode" from less than $250 million in 1999 to more than $18 billion in 2004, reports online research firm IDC, Framingham, Mass. The online market for prescription drugs will account for more than 80% of these revenues, or $14.8 billion, it adds. "Consumers are increasingly accepting the Internet as a way to access health-related information and content," says Jim...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

DestinationRX launches a pharmacy shopping-comparison site

DestinationRx, an online shopping site for health, beauty and pharmaceutical products, is launching a comparison shopping web site. DestinationRx offers comprehensive and up-to-date product information and price comparisons on more than 20,000 items, across dozens of online drug stores. At the core of DestinationRx' is a proprietary crawler search engine called SARAH-- Search All Related Affiliate Healthsites. SARAH acquires and aggregates...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

PlanetRx Prescribes ePhysician Deal

PlanetRx.com Inc., a major Internet healthcare destination for commerce, content and community, has formed an alliance with ePhysician for PlanetRx.com to be an online prescription fulfillment option for patients and ePhysician users. Mountain View, Calif.-based ePhysician claims to be the first and only provider of Palm-based, wireless, secure handheld medical devices for healthcare professionals. Physicians will be able to "instantly" transmit...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

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Leading eCommerce Retailer EyeBuyDirect Sees Substantial Website Conversion Rate Rise with buySAFE Bonding

Arlington, VA and Ontario, CA (February 23, 2010) – buySAFE Bonding increased web site conversion by nearly 10% for EyeBuyDirect.com, a 2010 Internet Retailer “Hot 100” Merchant and leading provider of prescription and non-prescription frames, lens and other eyewear, during a recent A/B website conversion test. EyeBuyDirect recently conducted an A/B website conversion impact test to measure the conversion and financial impact of using the buySAFE...

Posted 02/23/2010