HRG’s Category Research & Analysis Team Successfully Selects HBW Products

Waukesha, Wisconsin — May 17, 2023 — HRG recently looked back at the new health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) items they chose as part of their annual selection of the Future 50 products for Drug Store News. After reviewing the HBW products they projected to succeed in the market from the five years spanning 2017-2022, […]

HRG Reviews 1,875 New Items in 2022

Waukesha, Wisconsin — March 7, 2023 — HRG’s new item review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, examined 1,875 new health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) items in 2022. This is a decrease of 15.8% from the 2,227 products reviewed in 2021, and it is the third consecutive year with […]

HRG Makes Significant Update to Industry-standard Fine Line Classification System

Waukesha, Wisconsin — March 2, 2023 — HRG has completed its semiannual update of its Fine Line classification system for health, beauty, and wellness (HBW), home health care (HHC), and general merchandise (GM) products with notable adjustments to reflect industry changes. The March 2023 updates include modifications which support the Fine Lines mission of improving […]

HRG Makes Significant Update to Industry-standard Fine Line Classification System

Waukesha, Wisconsin — September 1, 2022 — HRG has completed its semiannual update of its Fine Line classification system for health, beauty, and wellness (HBW), home health care (HHC), and general merchandise (GM) products with notable adjustments to reflect industry changes. The September 2022 updates include extensive modifications which support the Fine Lines mission of […]

Both art and science are necessary for perfect planograms

By Megan Moyer, corporate marketing manager, as seen in Mass Market Retailers The importance of building an accurate planogram can be taken for granted. It seems simple enough — place the products on the shelves in an organized manner so they are easily shoppable and look attractive. There’s more to getting it to that “easily […]

HRG reviews 2,227 new items in 2021

Waukesha, Wisconsin – February 3, 2022 – HRG’s new item review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, examined 2,227 new health, beauty, and wellness items in 2021. This is a decrease of roughly 7.3% from the 2,402 products reviewed in 2020, and it’s the second consecutive year with […]

HRG’s Wendland Featured on “The Business of Pharmacy with Mike Koelzer” Podcast

September 16, 2021 – Dave Wendland, vice president of strategic relations and member of the owners group of HRG, will be featured in the upcoming “The Business of Pharmacy with Mike Koelzer” podcast. The podcast focuses on essential business aspects of running an independent pharmacy, and Wendland and Koelzer’s conversation covers ideas, stories, and examples […]