2014년 Top 100 Retailers Chart 2014 - Supermarkets

Top 100 Retailers Chart 2014 - Supermarkets

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Grocers are taking it to the competition, whether it comes from drug stores loading their shelves with grocery products or Amazon.com’s Prime expanding grocery offerings. Most major supermarkets operate in-store pharmacies, but haven’t used them as a competitive marketing tool. That is beginning to change, however.

 

Leading the pack is Kroger, which is partnering in a study of medication management counseling. “Our pharmacists will make appointments to meet with patients and caregivers in person to reconcile medications, identify any issues, answer questions and provide suggestions for self-management,” says Sukanya Madlinger, a regional president for Kroger. The study is aimed at helping reduce the number of hospital return trips due to patient failure to follow medication regimens.

 

Food retailers are the laggards in online initiatives, although many are employing the order-online, pick-up-at-store model with which Publix has been particularly successful. Still, a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers finds that only about 1 percent of consumers use the Internet to purchase most of their groceries. There is evidence that this may be changing, however, as the evolving technology landscape, “increased urbanization and changing demographics create the perfect recipe for online grocery retail,” says Steven Barr, PwC retail and consumer practice leader.