Retail

Pharmacy retail sales have had mixed results this year, according to one expert, due to lockdown-related distortions to some categories, the ongoing spread of discount pharmacies, and a lift in domestic discretionary spending. Anna Lee reports

Travel products are reviewed by Tina Hillier, programme coordinator of ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch

Dry eyes are a common and uncomfortable condition, especially in winter. Auckland pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about what pharmacy staff can do to help

Steve Hart takes a look at daigou shopping and how border closures have affected what was once a nice little earner for some pharmacies

New Zealand’s fastest growing pharmacy chain Chemist Warehouse is set to open yet another outlet - this time in the affluent Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland suburb of Milford, which will make it the seventh pharmacy within one kilometre in the area

Natural Health Products NZ Summit in Blenheim, Massey Business school director of research Jonathan Elms detailed how consumer preferences and behaviour has changed following COVID-19

Latest full-year results from Green Cross Health show its medical and community health divisions have done better than last year but its pharmacy division has not. illion in the last financial year, to $3.7 million this financial year.

Head colds are unpleasant, common and unfortunately cannot be cured. Pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee talks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about what pharmacy staff can do to provide relief to their patients this winter

This month Tina Hillier, programme coordinator of ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, reviews new versions of favourite products and an oldie but a goodie

Many business owners across the country felt as if COVID-19 pushed them close to the brink of closure. But for pharmacies in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland’s CBD, the pandemic has been just one of many challenges