Waukesha, Wisconsin – July 9, 2024 – Dave Wendland, vice president, strategic relations, and member of the HRG owner group, will be presenting a continuing education (CE) session, “The Often Untapped Gold Mine: Maximizing Front-End Sales,” for Cencora’s upcoming Good Neighbor Pharmacy (GNP) ThoughtSpot conference, July 24-27, in Orlando, FL. The CE session will be … Read more
Waukesha, Wisconsin – June 18, 2024 – Dave Wendland, vice president, strategic relations, and member of the HRG owner group, will be presenting a continuing education (CE) session, “Add Shelf-Life to Your Business: Recommended Practices for Pharmacy Inventory Management,” for the upcoming McKesson ideaShare conference, June 23-26, in New Orleans, LA. Due to the popularity … Read more
Waukesha, Wisconsin – June 4, 2024 – HRG’s director of marketing, Angela Nicloy presented, “Shelf Awareness,” at the Women’s Business Development Center’s (WBDC) Top Shelf Retail virtual event. The event is for diverse business owners, male and/or female who are preparing to pitch their consumer product to large retailers. The eight-week online learning sessions occur … 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 — January 31, 2024 — HRG has completed the development of IN.store™ Category Management Tools customer portals. The robust, customizable portals host all of the materials that are a part of the IN.store program, as well as tools to help speed and streamline in-store implementation, including: Category Strategy Category Rankings Last Chance Hot … Read more
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 items … 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
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 … Read more
Waukesha, Wisconsin — August 16, 2023 — HRG has updated and rebranded its merchandising and pricing program, from TEMPS™ Category Manager to IN.store™ Category Management Tools. After a thorough review that included gathering feedback from retailers, merchandisers, and wholesalers, HRG defined enhancements to improve usability and ultimately provide an exceptional shopping experience for consumers while maximizing … Read more
