HRG Reviews 1,634 New HBW Items in 2023

Waukesha, Wisconsin – February 27, 2024– HRG’s new item review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, examined 1,634 new health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) items in 2023. This is a decrease of 12.8% from the 1,875 products reviewed in 2022. Of the newly introduced items in 2023, 18, […]

HRG’s IN.store Category Management Tools Customer Portals Completed

HRG's IN.store logo

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 […]

HRG Updates and Rebrands its Benchmark Performance Analysis Service

Waukesha, Wisconsin — December 21, 2023 — HRG has updated and rebranded its Benchmark™ Performance Analysis program for independent pharmacies. After a thorough review that included gathering feedback from retailers and wholesalers, HRG defined enhancements to improve usability. Benchmark provides a store-specific assessment of which categories are performing well or under-achieving compared to national averages […]

HRG Updates and Rebrands its Merchandising and Pricing Program to IN.store Category Management Tools

Waukesha, Wisconsin — August 16, 2023 — HRG has updated and rebranded its merchandising and pricing program, from TEMPS™ Category Manager to IN.store™ Category Management Tools. After a thorough review that included gathering feedback from retailers, merchandisers, and wholesalers, HRG defined enhancements to improve usability and ultimately provide an exceptional shopping experience for consumers while maximizing […]

Merchandising requires thinking outside the box

by Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations, as seen in Chain Drug Review It’s time for retailers — and their brand partners — to stop “trying harder” and start “trying differently.” Based on a report released by Coresight Research, “Retail Merchandising: Unveiling Hidden Gaps and Inefficiencies,” a lack of planogram compliance and ineffective localization continues […]