HRG Announces New Beauty Growth Specialist
Waukesha, Wisconsin — March 4, 2026 – HRG is announcing Jax Pugh is their new beauty growth specialist, reporting to director of business development, Angela Pinkstaff. Pugh will be responsible for connecting with cosmetics brands as well as retailers, associations, and other industry partners in the beauty segment to provide solutions that streamline and simplify […]
HRG Makes Significant Updates to Industry-standard Fine Line Classification System
Waukesha, Wisconsin — March 2, 2026 — HRG has completed its semiannual update of its Fine Line Classification System for health, beauty, and wellness (HBW), home health care (HHC), and general merchandise (GM) products with notable adjustments to reflect industry changes. The March 2026 updates include changes to address items which may support GLP-1 side […]
HRG Marks Two Milestones with IN.depth Independent Pharmacy Publication
Waukesha, Wisconsin — February 24, 2026 — HRG’s premiere publication for independent retail pharmacies, IN.depth, has reached two milestones: its fifteenth year of circulation and it is now available in digital format. Developed to provide health, beauty, and wellness manufacturers an opportunity to share messaging directly to pharmacy staff, as well as be a vehicle […]
Maesa encourages a more inclusive, diverse beauty industry with its Magic Incubator
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as appeared in Inside Beauty for Drug Store News The Maesa Magic Incubator was created in 2023 by Maesa CEO, Piyush Jain to harness the company’s entrepreneurial spirit and support emerging founders, and it is now in its third cohort. “The incubator was created in direct response to the access gap that exists […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Hair Care
by Cat Renwick, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Time to refresh your hair care department and utilize these merchandising tips to drive traffic and sales. There were two items that made it into HRG’s Future 50 of 2024 new products. In fact, it was the first time a hair care item made […]
HRG Reviews 2,384 New Items in 2025
Waukesha, Wisconsin – February 11, 2026 – HRG’s new item review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, reviewed 2,384 new health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) items in 2025. This is an increase of 29.8% from the 1,837 products reviewed in 2024. This increase is noteworthy because 2025 is […]
HRG’s Future 50 of 2024: A look at the top 10 forecasted products and their categories
See the full Future 50 list here.
Pennies and Pricing: the penny is no longer being produced, now what?
By Sean Grudzinski, product research & analysis manager As I’m sure you’ve heard, the penny is no longer being produced. Unfortunately, production costs outweigh the coin’s value, and it has officially been decommissioned. However, according to the American Banking Association, there are an estimated 250 billion pennies in circulation. For the near future, pennies will […]
Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise: Digestive Health
Part of the Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise infographics series
Pacifica develops products to make you feel good inside and out
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as appeared in Inside Beauty for Drug Store News Pacifica has been creating products designed to be efficacious while protecting the planet from the beginning. Brook Harvey-Taylor, Pacifica founder with her husband Billy Taylor, says college is where her interest in plants, nature, and how scent can affect people started. “I was […]