Monthly Retailer Category Tips — First Aid
by Kelly Zygowski, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Shine a light on the reasons customers should be stocking up on first aid products. A good way to promote first aid items is to remind customers that many products should be medicine cabinet mainstays — good to always have on hand for when the […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Hair Care
Make the most of your hair care department with these tips! by Cat Renwick, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips If you don’t have much space to devote to a full-size hair care department, be sure to at least stock the Never Outs® for this category. Never Outs is HRG’s designation for products […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Eye & Ear Care
Provide your eye & ear care department customers with a better shopping experience with these tips. by Noah Rosenthal, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips The safety recalls of OTC eye care products has limited the choices of products that treat various eye conditions. The TRP Company introduced homeopathic fast-dissolving tablets to address […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Incontinence and Nicotine Replacement Therapy
by Holly Ockelmann, national account analyst, and Noah Rosenthal, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Check out our team’s ideas for cross-merchandising opportunities. Adding some of these companion products to your nicotine replacement therapy section will increase sales and make it easier for your customers to shop. If you don’t have space, consider […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Pain Relief and Weight Management & Nutritional Foods
by Cat Renwick, category analyst, and Kyle Lentz, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Set aside time to update these two departments and incorporate cross-merchandising where space allows. Pain Relief is the number two category in community pharmacy based on unit sales and there are three new pain relief items you should […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Diabetes Management and Home Diagnostics & Patient Aids for Daily Living
by Cat Renwick, category analyst, and Noah Rosenthal, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Increase the market baskets of customers shopping these departments with the following easy-to-implement tips. We recently updated our infographic series, Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise, and you can find ideas for companion items from other categories that you can add […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Digestive Health
by Tara Kaifesh, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Use the tips below to update your digestive health department to renew interest and highlight new items in the category. Digestive health is a top HBW category and adding new items helps bolster category sales. These new items from 2023 and 2024 have been chosen by […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Cold & Allergy
by Kyle Lentz, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Cold and flu season is approaching. Here are some ideas of how to prepare to meet your customers’ needs. Five cold & allergy products that launched in 2023 made it onto Drug Store News’s Future 50 list, powered by HRG. UPC Product Manufacturer 03660283304 […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Skin Care
by Cat Renwick, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips While independent pharmacies tend to excel in therapeutic skin care items, don’t overlook the advantages to your business of serving consumers looking for skin care products offering beauty benefits. These product types become part of a consumer’s skin care routine/regimen, which means recurring, additional basket […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Feminine Care and Family Planning
by Tara Kaifesh, category analyst, and Kelly Zygowski, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Read on for tools and tips to reenergize your feminine care and family planning departments! In early 2024, Option 2, an emergency contraception product, was launched. In April 2024, Opill, a full prescription strength over-the-counter birth control pill, became […]