We review how the growth in online shopping has led drugstore operators, such as Walgreens, to partner with last milers. These partnerships are enabling retailers to offer same-day delivery services and are providing new opportunities because of the collaborations. New partnership with Instacart Walgreens has teamed up with delivery company Instacart to offer ‘customers nationwide an unmatc...

We review CVS Health’s performance for its fourth quarter and 2020 financial year for the year ending 31 December 2020. FY2020 and Q4 key numbers Total revenue for full year 2020 increased by 4.6% to US$268.7 bn (2019: US$256.8 bn) In the fourth quarter, revenue increased by 4% to US$69.6 bn (2019: US$66.9 bn) In the Retail / Long-Term Care segment, revenue increased by 6.6% to US$24.1 ...

In its first ever beauty trends report, Boots has set out predictions across skincare, makeup, and haircare for 2021. Focus on ‘ingredient-led skincare’ Boots reported the expert skincare category did extremely well in 2020, with brands, such as CeraVe, seeing sales increase by +321% . Active ingredients, like collagen, which is responsible for repairing skin, saw a ‘staggering’ +1,570% ...