Insights from HRG to help brands, distributors, retailers, and retail industry affiliates streamline data management and uncover business intelligence through analysis.
by Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations, as seen in America’s Pharmacist Dispensing medications is no longer enough to sustain a profitable independent pharmacy. As prescription and dispensing costs have increased and reimbursement rates have declined, introducing expanded patient care services is necessary for retail pharmacies to not only fill a market void, but also improve … Read more
This blog series about a single source of truth for product content is based on the webinar, Let’s Get Digital, presented for the CHPA Academy in March 2024. by Lisa Lopez, HRG data assets manager Data is captured many different ways and artificial intelligence (AI) is getting a lot of buzz. AI is an amazingly impressive … Read more
by Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations, for Chain Drug Review Consumer behavior in the foreseeable future will likely continue to be shaped by economic uncertainty and access to new technological advances. Meanwhile, retailers will be met with a variety of competitive forces, ever-changing shopper preferences, retail media network evolvement, omnichannel demands, and the risks and … Read more
This blog series about a single source of truth for product content is based on the webinar, Let’s Get Digital, presented for the CHPA Academy in March 2024. by Lisa Lopez, HRG data assets manager How data is formatted, consumed, stored, and dispersed both internally and externally matters! Having a single source of truth includes the … Read more
This blog series about a single source of truth for product content is based on the webinar, Let’s Get Digital, presented for the CHPA Academy in March 2024. by Lisa Lopez, HRG data assets manager A single source of truth for product content is the optimal state — the most accurate, up-to-date, and approved descriptions … Read more
by Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as appeared in Inside Beauty for Drug Store News Every year, HRG conducts a review of the new health, beauty, and wellness products released to identify trends and shifts in the market. There were 632 beauty and 302 wellness items that were launched in 2023 and the first three months of … Read more
Waukesha, Wisconsin – February 27, 2024– HRG’s new item review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, examined 1,634 new health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) items in 2023. This is a decrease of 12.8% from the 1,875 products reviewed in 2022. Of the newly introduced items in 2023, 18, … Read more
Waukesha, Wisconsin — February 7, 2024 — HRG’s digital assets manager, Lisa Lopez, and vice president of strategic relations, Dave Wendland, will be presenting a webinar, Let’s Get Digital, for the CHPA Academy on March 6th at 2pm EST. Webinar attendees will learn the importance of managing their data assets and the large influence it … Read more
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 … Read more
by Lisa Lopez, digital assets manager, for Chain Drug Review While businesses don’t often use the term “big data” anymore, the concept has not disappeared. The analysis of large amounts of data to mine a variety of insights and actions still provides the strongest guideposts when building a strategic direction. Many companies still struggle with … Read more
