ChainDrugStore.net completes management buyout

ChainDrugStore.net, which links retailers with suppliers, completed a management buyout from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and plans to add services to more pharmacies, it said today.

Posted 08/17/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Independent retailers access web-based services for supplier communications

200-store Medicap Pharmacies Inc. and Furnitureland South subscribe to Internet-based services to benefit from improved trading partner communications that would be difficult and more costly to install on their own.

Posted 05/29/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

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CornerDrugstore.com extends services agreement with pharmacy network

Individualized web sites and other solutions are helping independent pharmacies to compete online.

Posted 08/15/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Walgreens.com offering auto-refills on prescriptions

Walgreens.com is offering auto-refills on prescriptions. Customers can pick them up at stores or have them delivered by the U.S Postal Service. Walgreens e-mails customers when the prescription is ready for pick up or has been shipped.

Posted 08/10/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Forrester Predicts Online Pharmacy Boom

Online pharmacy sites will use patient compliance programs to add $1.3 billion to their top lines by 2004, says a Forrester Research report. Although online demand for prescription drugs is growing, online pharmacy leaders are struggling with underdeveloped infrastructures. One reason is that many insurers limit patients to ordering drugs from a single mail-service provider to concentrate bulk-buying discounts, says Forrester. In addition,...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Drugstore cowboys ride onto the Internet

Industry analysts used to joke that someday people would buy even toothpaste online. Now, it's happening. Nearly half a dozen online drugstores have opened in recent months, and consumers are filling prescriptions, e-mailing virtual pharmacists, learning about vitamins, and even buying toothpaste without ever leaving their home. And on April 20 the most aggressive entrant of them all, drugstore.com, unveiled "the boutique," targeting brand-loyal...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

Seeking health information is big; buying products has only begun.

Posted 04/30/2007Internet RetailerPost a comment

Rx for E-drugstores

With plenty of upside for online pharmacies, 
strategy’s the key to carving out a share.

Posted 04/28/2006Internet RetailerPost a comment