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Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer says this one element sets innovative companies apart

At Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Summit, the Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO discussed how her time at Starbucks and on Amazon’s board shaped her.

Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer says this one element sets innovative companies apart

Fast Company Magazine

How Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer is making primary care a primary goal

The pandemic revealed drastic inequities in healthcare. Brewer knows that urgent care isn’t a long-term solution. Here’s what she’s building instead.

How Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer is making primary care a primary goal

Fast Company Magazine

The 10 most innovative health companies of 2022

In a healthcare environment constantly in need of innovative solutions, these companies—including Walgreens, Illumina, Brightline, and more—stepped up.

The 10 most innovative health companies of 2022

Loop’s revolutionary reusable packaging system is coming to a bunch of big stores

Fred Meyer, Walgreens, McDonald’s, and Burger King are among the new retailers letting you get food in reusable packaging that you return for reuse.

Loop’s revolutionary reusable packaging system is coming to a bunch of big stores

How Walgreens and Walmart’s new banking ventures will shake up finance

Incumbent banks will have to innovate their digital and mobile strategies to compete with two of the country’s biggest retailers.

How Walgreens and Walmart’s new banking ventures will shake up finance

How to find which pharmacies in your state will be giving the COVID-19 vaccine

They include ubiquitous drugstores such as CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens, as well as grocery giants Walmart, Kroger, and Albertsons.

How to find which pharmacies in your state will be giving the COVID-19 vaccine

Walmart, Target, and CVS team up to reinvent single-use plastic bags

First they came for plastic cups. Now they’re coming for plastic bags.

Walmart, Target, and CVS team up to reinvent single-use plastic bags

Can high-tech capitalism fix the healthcare industry?

Big business is betting on a future without Medicare for All. But are retail clinics, artificial intelligence, and mobile apps enough to cure what really ails us?

Can high-tech capitalism fix the healthcare industry?

Millennials are warming up to some baby boomer lifestyle choices—and vice versa

Jif peanut butter is one of the fastest-growing brands among millennials, while baby boomers are discovering the joys of White Claw.

Millennials are warming up to some baby boomer lifestyle choices—and vice versa

Drones from CVS and Walgreens are finally here—and they’re bringing Band-Aids

With UPS and Google sister company Wing as partners, the big pharmacies are starting to deliver pills, Cheez-Its, and first-aid supplies by drone.

Drones from CVS and Walgreens are finally here—and they’re bringing Band-Aids

Walgreens is closing 200 stores across America

That’s 3% of its total stores—but the company isn’t revealing which ones will go.

Walgreens is closing 200 stores across America

Serious eye-drop recall hits CVS, Walgreens, Walmart: Here’s what to know

Check your medicine cabinets.

Serious eye-drop recall hits CVS, Walgreens, Walmart: Here’s what to know

Walgreens wants its pharmacists trained for mental health crises

The nationwide drugstore chain announced that it will soon provide specialized training to pharmacists to help customers in crisis.

Walgreens wants its pharmacists trained for mental health crises

Walgreens, publicly shamed by the FDA, raises the tobacco age to 21

Starting September 1, Walgreens shoppers will have to be 21 to purchase tobacco products in its stores.

Walgreens, publicly shamed by the FDA, raises the tobacco age to 21

It’s not just Google or Facebook: The freezer aisle is ad targeting you now

Walgreens is using cameras, eye tracking, and motion sensors to show you real-time ads meant to influence which ice cream you buy.

It’s not just Google or Facebook: The freezer aisle is ad targeting you now

Tesla announces 2 new independent board members–one is Elon Musk’s “close friend”

The two come as part of a settlement Tesla reached with the SEC.

Tesla announces 2 new independent board members–one is Elon Musk’s “close friend”

Most Innovative Companies

Birchbox just gave the Walgreens beauty aisle a 21st-century makeover

The company known for its beauty boxes is launching retail experiences at 11 Walgreens stores, where women can sample and buy beauty products.

Birchbox just gave the Walgreens beauty aisle a 21st-century makeover

Walgreens and CVS stocks plummet as Dr. Amazon buys an online prescription service

Amazon.com Inc. said this morning it will acquire PillPack, an online pharmacy service licensed in all 50 states.

Walgreens and CVS stocks plummet as Dr. Amazon buys an online prescription service

Flu symptoms? Walgreens is using 2018 prescription data to track activity with this map

As we wrote earlier this week, this year’s flu season is the worst since the CDC began keeping track in the early 2000s, but the CDC isn’t the only one with a handy map to monitor flu activity. The folks at Walgreens have figured out a pretty interesting way to map out which areas in … Continue reading “Flu symptoms? Walgreens is using 2018 prescription data to track activity with this map”

Flu symptoms? Walgreens is using 2018 prescription data to track activity with this map

Innovation By Design

Why You Can’t Get Rich Inventing The Banana Split

The creator of the banana split never received royalties. Because ideas in food belong to culture.

Why You Can’t Get Rich Inventing The Banana Split

Tech

No more parties at Airbnbs: The company makes its party ban permanent

5 ways to protect your personal data in a post-Roe world

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs explains why we need to protect reproductive health data

News

Psychologists warn the fall of ‘Roe v. Wade’ will worsen the mental health crisis

Workers who joined Starbucks for transgender health benefits worry they are now at risk

Can a Supreme Court justice be removed? Yes, and here’s how

Co.Design

Forget capturing mindshare. It’s time for brands to start giving customers space

Cheech Marin’s new museum plants a flag in the ground for Chicano art

I tried a $40 water bottle that flavors tap water using nothing but scent

Work Life

How to deal with stress while working in a demanding industry

This is what companies get wrong when hiring a Chief Diversity Officer

How to remain calm when you’re approaching a difficult situation