Three Improv Games To Get Your Team Out Of Their Comfort Zone
By Dave Wendland, for Forbes Agency Council, as appeared on Forbes.com I believe that overcoming limitations is a noble cause. It promotes self-development and growth. Eleanor Roosevelt is credited with saying, “Do one thing every day that scares you.” Going beyond your limitations can sometimes be scary, but the good news is that no one has to […]
HRG’s Wendland to Moderate Nonfoods Panel at FMI’s Midwinter Conference
Waukesha, Wisconsin — January 17, 2024 — HRG’s Dave Wendland, vice president, strategic relations, will be moderating the education breakout session, “Bringing Nonfood Destinations to Life,” Saturday, January 20, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. ET at the Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) Midwinter Conference. The session will focus on how strategically positioning nonfood categories can add […]
Trusting the process
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as appeared in Inside Beauty for Drug Store News With a mantra of “whatever goes on your body should be good enough to go in it,” the beauty brand Camille Rose has grown from offering homemade eczema cream to a multi-line, multi-million-dollar company. Camille Rose is predominantly a textured hair care […]
Retail finds itself lost in space
by Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations, for Drug Store News Let me harken back for a moment to the 1960s television show, “Lost in Space,” and its infamous one-liner, “Danger, Will Robinson!” As brick-and-mortar retailers adjust their operations to meet the demands of today’s shopper, there is a risk of becoming lost, and a real […]
A tiny container making a large impact
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as appeared in Inside Beauty for Drug Store News To be able to tout that you have helped to avoid adding three tons of plastic to the ecosystem in a month is a noteworthy achievement. But Patrick Morrow, founder of Tini Naturals, has a goal to prevent no less than 100 […]
HRG Updates and Rebrands its Benchmark Performance Analysis Service
Waukesha, Wisconsin — December 21, 2023 — HRG has updated and rebranded its Benchmark™ Performance Analysis program for independent pharmacies. After a thorough review that included gathering feedback from retailers and wholesalers, HRG defined enhancements to improve usability. Benchmark provides a store-specific assessment of which categories are performing well or under-achieving compared to national averages […]
Community connections have led to long-term success for Palmer’s
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as appeared in Inside Beauty for Drug Store News If you’ve ever shopped the skin care aisles, you have seen one of the iconic skin care brands, Palmer’s, on the shelf. E.T. Browne Drug Company, the makers of Palmer’s, originated in 1840. Mr. Edward Thomas Browne partnered with Doctor Palmer […]
HRG is a 2023 certified Great Place to Work!
November 2, 2023 – HRG earned a 2023 Great Place to Work certification! Based on criteria that quantifies and benchmarks employee experience, certification evaluates workplace culture from the employees’ perspective to gather a picture of the internal health of an organization. Ninety-eight percent of employees at HRG say it is a great place to work […]
Beauty is in the brow
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as appeared in Inside Beauty for Drug Store News Twenty years ago, Billion Dollar Beauty founder Natalie Plain was working in Los Angeles as a television producer when an eyebrow shaping appointment resulted in newly defined brows that altered her appearance. Fascinated and excited by the transformation, she began producing […]
Retail transformation via breakthrough innovation
by Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations, for Chain Drug Review There is an age-old adage that suggests that “he who hesitates is lost.” For as long as I can remember, this simply did not seem applicable to the retail industry. Sure, there were always a few who stuck their necks out with visions of […]