retailing
Landlord sales imbalance change: a Black Friday to remember
Apart from the relatively new retailing sales event, called Black Friday, the 23rd November 2018 has further significance, writes Phillip Chapman It’s not for retail sales, but for retail sales …
The week in review
As Victorians head to the polls, we wrap up the last week in community pharmacy The Pharmacy Guild‘s Anthony Tassone has supported one measure announced by Victoria’s Liberal National Opposition—an …
CWH pilots AI solution
A New Zealand startup has announced a pilot with Chemist Warehouse aimed at helping the discount giant with its merchandising, buying and selling IT media outlets Which-50 and ItBrief are …
Having too much of a good thing
Bruce Annabel and Mal Scrymgeour explore whether pharmacy is trying to have its cake (or calamari) and eat it as well We both like hot and spicy Calamari. On those …
The challenges that could prevent success
Pharmacists need to get cracking now to secure their future in a very different pharmacy landscape, warns the Guild In this week’s edition of Forefront, Pharmacy Guild executive director David …
DDS expands health food concept
Discount Drug Stores is set to partner with FRED NXT for its new retail platform Discount Drug Stores announced a range of new retail concepts and technological advancements at its …
‘Chemist shop model’ criticised
A prominent GP has suggested that pharmacy owners are acting less like health care providers and more like commercially driven retailers Edwin Kruys, immediate past RACGP vice president and RACGP …
What’s shaping OTC pharmacy?
The state of the industry in Australia’s OTC retail pharmacy channel, according to IRI’s Market Moves report IRI’s Market Moves provides a compelling overview of the most influential trends and ‘market …
‘It’s the butchers, the bakers and the chemists.’
Deregulation of trading hours in South Australia will kill small businesses, warns one National Registered Employer Industry Association MGA Independent Retailers is warning that the deregulation of trading hours in …
GSK, Guild partner for Click and Collect
GSK Consumer Healthcare has thrown its support behind the Pharmacy Click and Collect platform This year, the company will partner with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia to help deliver a …
Profession divided over Christmas tunes
The results are in: we present your most and least favourite Christmas songs Earlier this month, AJP reported on a survey by the streaming service Soundtrack Your Brand, which looked …
Take the fight to Amazon now
Australian pharmacy is under-prepared for Amazon’s entry into the market – and pharmacists won’t likely react until they begin to feel the pain Pharmacists need to be wary of taking …