By Julie Bonnell, vice president operations, for the Resolutions blog series What problem does your product solve? Ok, you know the answer to that question, you are passionate about your product, and you spend every day thinking about it. And guess what? That may be limiting your ability to gain a foothold in a new … Read More
As seen in “RX/News” in Chain Drug Review, January 21, 2019 WAUKESHA, Wis. – With retail pharmacies facing a federal mandate to process, track and store drug pedigree data, Hamacher Resource Group, Inc. (HRG) is rolling out a unique system help them meet their compliance requirements. The offering, licensed from Advasur and tentatively called the … Read More
By Steve Choate, business development manager I am very excited to attend the upcoming Natural Products Expo West Show in Anaheim! This will be my first time at this particular show. However, I am by no means a novice to trade shows, attending dozens throughout my career including NACDS Annual, NACDS TSE, GMDC HBW & … Read More
Waukesha, Wisconsin — February 19, 2019 — Hamacher Resource Group, Inc.’s (HRG’s) New Item Review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, evaluated 2,587 new health, beauty, and wellness items in 2018. This number is an increase of roughly 4.1% from the 2,485 new items reviewed in 2017. The … Read More
by Jen Johnston, CHHC, senior marketing services account manager A friend of mine recently took to social media to describe an experience she had with a major mass retailer in the form of a “break-up letter.” She had a laundry list of complaints, and among the biggest was that this store is out of warm … Read More
Waukesha, Wisconsin – January 31, 2019 – Hamacher Resource Group’s (HRG) vice president of strategic relations, Dave Wendland, has been asked to join Global Market Development Center’s (GMDC) Education Leadership Council (ELC). The ELC provides strategic direction for retail insights and next practices and is made up of wholesaler, distributor, retailer, supplier, and service company … Read More
By Dave Wendland, as seen in HealthCare Distributor magazine, “Out of the Box” column, November/December 2018 Predicting the future has never been delivered with a 100 percent guarantee, yet countless palm readers, crystal ball gazers, and tarot card experts have made a living from it. In fact, knowing what has not yet happened is some-thing I believe virtually everyone … Read More
Waukesha, Wisconsin – January 8, 2019 – Dave Wendland, vice president, strategic relations and member of the owners group at Hamacher Resource Group, Inc. (HRG), will present “Has SKU Rationalization Become Irrelevant?” at ECRM’s Cosmetics, Fragrance & Bath EPPS in Orlando, FL, Sunday, January 13th, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The U.S. cosmetics industry is estimated at nearly … Read More
By Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations, as seen in Mass Market Retailer Adjustments to traditional approaches of beauty fixture sets and resets have become necessary to adapt to the new normal of today’s experiential-driven retail market. This was unanimously confirmed by attendees of the recent SHOP! Association Business Leader Forum, where Hamacher Resource Group presented “Producer Savings Through … Read More
By Julie Bonnell, vice president operations As we learned during our annual review of the Skin Care category, the facial & body acne medications subcategory experienced a high growth rate of 4.0% in terms of profit and dollars in the independent pharmacy channel1. Acne creams, gels, lotions, and patches is a lucrative segment with an average … Read More