WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Pharmacy, the
retail division of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), announced the grand
opening of its first ever standalone store in Colorado. The new store at 16920 E. Lincoln
Ave in Parker, CO, is the first of
three locations to open in the Greater
Denver market this year. Parker Mayor Mike
Waid, Colorado State Senator Jim
Smallwood and State Representative Kim Ransom joined CVS Pharmacy officials for a
ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the store
opening.
"CVS Pharmacy is proud to be a part of the Colorado community, offering convenient access
to best-in-class pharmacy services and a shopping experience truly
dedicated to helping people on the path to better health," said
Hank Casillas, Senior Vice President
of CVS Pharmacy Field Operations. "Because health services and
pharmacy are at the heart of everything we do, we have created a
shopping destination that offers the best assortment of health,
beauty and wellness products and better-for-you snacks."
Since CVS Pharmacy became the first and only retail pharmacy to
remove tobacco from its shelves in 2014, the company has continued
to evolve the customer's shopping experience with a heightened
focus on health and beauty. The new Parker store will
feature:
- Best in Class Pharmacy: With personalized programs, a
growing network of pharmacists, and innovative digital tools and
services, CVS Pharmacy is committed to driving the health and
wellbeing of its patients above everything else. With CVS Pharmacy,
customers can manage their health with more ease and efficiency and
gain access to programs that help them start and stay on their
prescriptions while reducing overall health care costs. With the
CVS Pharmacy app, patients can be notified when prescriptions are
ready for pick-up and order refills digitally by importing their
medication history or using the "Scan to Refill" feature that
simply scans the prescription's barcode and orders a refill in one
easy step. At each CVS Pharmacy location, local pharmacists are
available to discuss medication dosage information and address any
patient questions or concerns.
- Better-For-You Food options: CVS Pharmacy has a
carefully curated selection of national and niche better-for-you
brands that make healthier eating on-the-go more convenient and
affordable. With "trend zones" featuring different collections
of foods customers might expect to only find at a specialty food
store, such as gluten-free, allergen-free or those featuring super
food ingredients, CVS Pharmacy was also recently the first national
retail pharmacy chain to announce the removal of artificial trans
fats from all exclusive store brand food products.
- Elevated Beauty: CVS Pharmacy offers the latest
innovations and both popular and unexpected beauty brands and
products customers can trust at a great value. The company
continues to expand its assortment of "on-trend" and niche beauty
brands. In addition, the company recently removed all sun care
products with SPF lower than 15 from its shelves while expanding
products with SPF 30/broad spectrum, natural beauty brands and
products focused on skin health. By the end of 2019, all parabens,
phthalates and formaldehyde donors in products within the CVS
Health, Beauty 360, Essence of Beauty, Promise Organic and Blade
store brand product lines will be removed.
- Enhanced assortment of health and wellness products: CVS
Pharmacy is committed to enhancing the customer shopping experience
in the OTC aisles by focusing on important areas of our customers'
lives, like active nutrition, immunity, pain management and
sleep, offering holistic solutions and easy navigation through
educational signs and displays. The company also features a broader
selection of vitamins and supplements, including offerings from
specialty brands typically found in specialty stores. To ensure the
quality of its product offerings, CVS Pharmacy is embarking on the
development of new standards for vitamins and supplements, with the
goal of full implementation by 2019. The standards will require
third-party testing of ingredient listings for vitamins and
supplements, as well as product testing for certain ingredients of
concern.
- Customer-Driven Personalization: The ExtraCare Rewards
program is the longest running retail rewards program in the
drugstore space, and the program continues to evolve with more than
80 million active members in the country. Nearly 1 in 4
Americans have an ExtraCare card, and CVS Pharmacy continues to
bring customers new updates and personalized features – like
special offers and coupons, and easy paper-free options to use
rewards and discounts and get receipts. In addition to getting 2
percent back in ExtraBucks Rewards every time members use their
card, customers can also opt-in to earn Beauty ExtraBucks Rewards,
where they can earn $5 for every
$50 spent in beauty, as well as
Pharmacy & Health Rewards, which allows members to earn up to
$50 each year by simply filling
prescriptions at CVS Pharmacy.
While CVS Pharmacy announced the launch of 39 pharmacies within
Target Stores throughout Colorado
last year, the new store in Parker
opening today offers the first time customers can shop in a CVS
Pharmacy retail location in Colorado. Two additional Denver-area locations will open this summer at
the following locations:
- 3770 N. Sheridan Blvd., Denver
- 9936 W. Bowles Ave, Littleton
Greater expansion across the Colorado is planned, with new CVS Pharmacy
locations slated to open in Colorado
Springs in 2018.
About CVS Pharmacy
CVS Pharmacy, the retail division
of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is America's leading retail pharmacy
with over 9,700 locations. It is the first national pharmacy to end
the sale of tobacco and the first pharmacy in the nation to receive
the Community Pharmacy accreditation from URAC, the leading health
care accreditation organization that establishes quality standards
for the health care industry. CVS Pharmacy is reinventing pharmacy
to help people on their path to better health by providing the most
accessible and personalized expertise, both in its stores and
online at CVS.com. General information about CVS Pharmacy is
available at http://www.cvshealth.com.
Press Contacts
Stephanie
Cunha
CVS Pharmacy
P: 401-209-0755
E: Stephanie.Cunha@CVSHealth.com
Erin Pensa
CVS Pharmacy
P: 401-770-4786
E: Erin.Pensa@CVSHealth.com
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