HRG Reviews 2,384 New Items in 2025
Waukesha, Wisconsin – February 11, 2026 – HRG’s new item review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, reviewed 2,384 new health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) items in 2025. This is an increase of 29.8% from the 1,837 products reviewed in 2024. This increase is noteworthy because 2025 is […]
HRG’s Future 50 of 2024: A look at the top 10 forecasted products and their categories
See the full Future 50 list here.
Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise: Digestive Health
Part of the Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise infographics series
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Incontinence and Nicotine Replacement Therapy
by Noah Rosenthal, category analyst, and Holly Ockelmann, National Account Analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Read on for ideas to update and refresh these important departments which offer products that can positively impact your patients’ health. Medications, surgeries, and injections can help curb incontinence, however, they may be too costly for seniors, caregivers, […]
Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise: Foot Care
Part of the Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise infographics series
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Pain Relief and Weight Management & Nutritional Foods
Between new products to consider adding to your assortment, to keeping on top of trends affecting the pain relief and weight management & nutritional foods categories, there are ample opportunities to update these departments and offer your customers new options for relief. There are a number of products launching to support side effects of GLP-1 […]
Develop a marketing plan for your independent pharmacy
By Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager for the Profits in the Front End blog series A marketing plan is an important part of business planning. It maps out promotions, messaging, events, target market, and more. Dedicating the time to develop a plan is worthwhile because it provides direction for staff and guidance on where […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Diabetes Management and Home Diagnostics & Patient Aids for Daily Living
by Kyle Lentz, category analyst, and Cat Renwick, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Update your assortment with diabetes management and home diagnostics & patient aids for daily living items that are new to market or those that offer customers an affordable alternative. There were a handful of products from the diabetes management and home […]
Put smiles in the aisles
By Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, for the “Profits in the front end” blog series There are many practical things you can do to provide a pleasant shopping experience – right products at the right price in the right place – merchandising principles that we live and breathe. But the truth is, a shopping trip can […]
Develop a market niche
By Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, for the “Profits in the front end” blog series Competitive pressures rarely take a back seat. As an independent operator, you have an inherent advantage in your flexibility to make changes as you see fit, without having to “run it up the ladder” or build your case to convince […]