HRG Reviews 1,837 New HBW Items in 2024
Waukesha, Wisconsin— February 12, 2025 — HRG’s new item review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, examined 1,837 new health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) items in 2024. This is an increase of 12.4% from the 1,634 products reviewed in 2023. The increase is noteworthy as HBW […]
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 […]
Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise: Hair Care
Part of the Ideas for Cross-selling Merchandise infographics series
Ask A Friend What You Could Do To Improve Your Store
By Kelly Zygowski, category analyst, for the “Profits in the front end” blog series How well do you know your store? Could it be too well? When you have a routine and see the same view every day, it becomes so familiar that it blends into the background, and you don’t even notice it […]
HRG’s IN.store Category Management Tools Customer Portals Completed
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 […]
Understanding the pricing landscape
by Sean Grudzinski, HRG Product Research & Analysis Manager Before a company enters a new industry, decides to launch a new product, or tries to determine the best address for a new store location, they invest in understanding the existing landscape. It’s easy to see opportunity and potential by taking an objective view of […]
27. Price wisely against competition
by Donna Boulieu for our 99 Ways to Make a Positive Difference in Your Pharmacy series Pricing wisely doesn’t mean pricing the lowest (which could equate to pricing yourself right out of business). A balance of lower margin competitively priced items, and higher margin less sensitive items is a strategy that can satisfy your customers […]
31. Remove slow-moving items from inventory
by Colleen Volheim for our 99 Ways to Make a Positive Difference in Your Pharmacy series There will always be a few products that just don’t move in your store, for any number of reasons. Naturally, if they consistently don’t sell, you’ll want to remove them from inventory, but oftentimes an item might just experience […]
22. Implement planograms — part one
By Kyle Lentz for our “99 Ways to Make a Positive Difference in Your Pharmacy” blog series This is part one of a two-part blog series covering how HRG builds their planograms and why it’s important for independent pharmacies to follow them to maximize profits. Implementing planograms assures that you have the right mix of products, in the […]
New package? New planogram
by Julie Bonnell They say a picture is worth a thousand words…And a planogram is worth far more in sharing a vision of increased opportunity in a category. When should you consider a planogram? New product introductions are obvious but also consider using planograms when making packaging changes. Seeing how your new packaging concept will […]