Your goal is full-store shopping

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  By Megan Moyer corporate marketing manager, for the “Profits in the front end” blog series  The profitability of your front of store is a top priority as it becomes more and more challenging to make a profit on prescription business. To make sure your customers are aware of all your store has to offer, create […]

Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Cold & Allergy

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  Prepare for the upcoming cold & allergy season with these ideas and tips to improve the shopping experience and make the most of sales opportunities. The 2024-2025 flu season was classified as high severity, for all age groups, the first time since 2017-2018. While predictions about the upcoming season vary, it’s best to be […]

Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Skin Care

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Set aside time to update your skin care department to capitalize on trends that will help boost sales. Multitasking skin care products is a trend that plays into the minimalism movement and gives consumers more bang for their buck. One item that embodies that trend that made HRG’s Future 50 list for Drug Store News […]

HRG Presents at Good Neighbor Pharmacy’s ThoughtSpot

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Waukesha, Wisconsin — July 14, 2025 — HRG’s vice president of strategic relations, Dave Wendland, will be presenting a continuing education session at Good Neighbor Pharmacy’s ThoughtSpot. The session, “Gaining Shelf Control,” is Friday, July 18, 2025, 1-2 p.m., and will provide independent pharmacists practical strategies to optimize category arrangement, shelf inventory, stocking levels, and […]

Small Business Growing Pains

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  By Julie Bonnell, vice president operations, for the “Profits in the front end” blog series    Recently, I was talking with retail experts who work for companies which support independent pharmacies. The topic of discussion was unique tactics stores were using to drive business, and whether there was a way for HRG to support these […]

Creating logical category adjacencies will lead to increased sales

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  By Tara Kaifesh, category analyst, for the “Profits in the front end” blog series    Smart category adjacencies build baskets! With space at a premium, determining the correct adjacencies is important. Understanding who your customers are and how they shop are the first tasks that need to be accomplished. This will help you determine what categories […]

Monthly Retailer Category Tip — Family Planning and Feminine Care

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by Tara Kaifesh, category analyst, and Kelly Zygowski, category analyst, part of Monthly  Retailer Category Tips Take advantage of the swell of interest in women’s health as well as new product introductions of the past year to refresh your feminine care and family planning departments to boost sales. Women’s health has received more attention in recent […]