Bulletproofing your pharmacy
With many pharmacies currently experiencing a pandemic income ‘high tide’, it’s vital to prepare before the next low tide arrives The bullet proof vest has a chequered history with an …
Survivor bias
What does business data tell us about a pharmacy’s ‘survivor bias’, and how can it be used to change a pharmacy from one that is simply surviving to one that …
Pharmacy’s COVID ‘high tide’
What will be revealed in pharmacy when the tide finally goes out after the pandemic storm? How should owners react to the changed situation? For many pharmacies, the windfall of …
Pharmacy cheerleading
Being a pharmacy cheerleader is about motivating your team, having a vision and driving solutions through performance and rewards As president of the Unites States of America from 1933 to …
The rumbling mountain
Community pharmacy continues to ignore the warning signs of an impending upheaval at its peril Pliny the Younger’s letters didn’t mention the earthquakes that preceded the eruption of Mount Vesuvius …
Turning the tide
While many of pharmacy’s fundamentals remain unchanged, adjusting for the major trends is essential for businesses to survive Shortly before dawn, on a crisp August morning in 1875, Captain Matthew …
The long and winding road
How can pharmacy find its ‘Picasso moment’ and break through its constraints to find a pathway that benefits patients, pharmacists and pharmacies? In the 1960s and the 1970s, The Beatles …
Is the revolution coming?
A pandemic can bring the upheaval that tips a crisis into a revolution. Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour discuss whether this is the future for community pharmacy Quite without any …
If I were a carpenter
Concerns about the rate of pay for pharmacists are creating a crisis of biblical proportions for community pharmacy. Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour investigate Jesus was a carpenter. If Jesus …
You don’t want to focus on a Plan B
Pharmacies need to focus on having the best plan A and not hedging their bets on other options, say Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour Recently we discussed a topic that …
Call of the mall
Shopping malls are in decline. Despite high rents, they’re still a prime location for pharmacy, but can they still be profitable? Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour explain It was Ralph’s …