Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Hair Care
by Cat Renwick, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Focus on therapeutic products, the sweet spot for independent pharmacies in the hair care category. 1. Within community pharmacy, the hair care category is the second most productive beauty category in both units and dollars, after skin care, according to HRG proprietary PAC data.1 […]
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 […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Eye & Ear Care
by Noah Rosenthal, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Stay up to date with the developments in the eye & ear care category so you can advise your patients on product availability. In a poll conducted by HRG among our Facebook group of independent pharmacists last spring, most respondents indicated that they are […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Incontinence and Nicotine Replacement Therapy
by Holly Ockelmann, national account analyst, and Noah Rosenthal, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Find creative ways to bring attention to these categories that don’t have innovations to promote. There haven’t been new innovations in either the nicotine replacement therapy or incontinence categories in 2023. This provides an opportunity to be creative […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Diabetes and Aids for Daily Living
by Cat Renwick, category analyst, and Noah Rosenthal, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Connect with your community to let them know about the valuable over-the-counter resources you have available. In addition to refreshing your diabetes department this month, start planning to implement an endcap for November, National Diabetes Month. Use your endcap […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Digestive Health
by Tara Kaifesh, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Education can help your customers find the appropriate products to enhance their digestive health. According to the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) in a news release published in September of 2022, nearly 40% of Americans stopped routine activities due to uncomfortable bowel symptoms and “many […]
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 […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Cold & Allergy
by Kyle Lentz, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Prepare for the upcoming cold & allergy season with these insights and tips to update your department. The cough drops, sore throat relief subcategory has had a sizeable increase in sales at independent pharmacies at +9.1% in the past twelve months.1 According to Technavio, […]
HRG’s Category Research & Analysis Team Looks Back at HBW New Item Category Trends
Waukesha, Wisconsin — August 2, 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 to dig into category trends. After reviewing the HBW products they projected to succeed in the market from […]
Monthly Retailer Category Tips — Skin Care
by Cat Renwick, category analyst, part of Monthly Retailer Category Tips Read on for creative ideas to drive sales in your skin care department! In the skin care category in the independent pharmacy channel, private label is among the top five selling brands1, indicating that even in a beauty category consumers are looking for relief from […]