As the owner or manager of your independent community pharmacy, it’s important for you to stay on top of trends and consistently strive to differentiate your business. The first step…
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4 Signs Your Pharmacy Needs a Change
Whether it’s the addition of automation and robotics or thinking outside the box to become an industry innovator, change is essential to the success of your independent community pharmacy. Remaining…
Are You Offering the Most In-Demand Patient Care Services?
The way patients receive care is changing drastically, and pharmacists are at the forefront. According to the 2016 edition of the APhA Pharmacists’ Patient Care Services Digest produced by the…
9 Tips to Make Your Independent Pharmacy Highly Competitive
Sometimes it’s overwhelming to think of all the entities that your pharmacy has to compete against, including national chains, big box pharmacies, mail order pharmacies and other independent pharmacies, just…
10 Tips to Cut Expenses in Your Pharmacy
Pleasing your patients and increasing sales in your independent community pharmacy are likely top priorities for you. Filling more prescriptions or increasing front-end sales may come to mind when contemplating…
Strategic Purchasing: Pros and Cons of Using Credit Cards, Line of Credit and EFT to Purchase Inventory
Is your pharmacy getting the best possible balance between cash flow and profitability when it comes to purchasing inventory? “The way pharmacies pay will either affect profitability or cash flow,…
Innovative Thinking: Tips to Improve Your Pharmacy Business with Innovation
As the health care landscape changes, pharmacists have to adapt and grow. That starts with thinking differently. “People change. So must pharmacy,” said Dave Wendland, vice president and member of…
How to Pick Up Business at Your Independent Pharmacy
If you’re looking to increase your pharmacy’s profits, you have two main ways to do so: Sell more to the patients you currently have or get more patients to come…
5 New Ways to Improve Your Pharmacy
As an innovative independent community pharmacy owner, you’re likely always looking for new ways to improve your pharmacy. Maybe you want to spice up your front end, or make your…
Best of February 2016: Articles for Independent Pharmacies
Have you seen the latest from Elements magazine this February? Each month, we publish multiple online-only articles about what’s happening in the pharmacy industry and what you need to know…
How to Compete with National Chain Pharmacies
As an independent community pharmacy, you have to find a balance between keeping up with national chain pharmacies and staying true to your unique identity. Independents provide a personal touch…
5 Ways to Test a New Business Idea for Your Pharmacy
As the owner or manager of your independent community pharmacy, it’s important for you to stay on top of trends and consistently strive to differentiate your business. The first step…
4 Signs Your Pharmacy Needs a Change
Whether it’s the addition of automation and robotics or thinking outside the box to become an industry innovator, change is essential to the success of your independent community pharmacy. Remaining…
Are You Offering the Most In-Demand Patient Care Services?
The way patients receive care is changing drastically, and pharmacists are at the forefront. According to the 2016 edition of the APhA Pharmacists’ Patient Care Services Digest produced by the…
9 Tips to Make Your Independent Pharmacy Highly Competitive
Sometimes it’s overwhelming to think of all the entities that your pharmacy has to compete against, including national chains, big box pharmacies, mail order pharmacies and other independent pharmacies, just…
10 Tips to Cut Expenses in Your Pharmacy
Pleasing your patients and increasing sales in your independent community pharmacy are likely top priorities for you. Filling more prescriptions or increasing front-end sales may come to mind when contemplating…
Strategic Purchasing: Pros and Cons of Using Credit Cards, Line of Credit and EFT to Purchase Inventory
Is your pharmacy getting the best possible balance between cash flow and profitability when it comes to purchasing inventory? “The way pharmacies pay will either affect profitability or cash flow,…
Innovative Thinking: Tips to Improve Your Pharmacy Business with Innovation
As the health care landscape changes, pharmacists have to adapt and grow. That starts with thinking differently. “People change. So must pharmacy,” said Dave Wendland, vice president and member of…
How to Pick Up Business at Your Independent Pharmacy
If you’re looking to increase your pharmacy’s profits, you have two main ways to do so: Sell more to the patients you currently have or get more patients to come…
5 New Ways to Improve Your Pharmacy
As an innovative independent community pharmacy owner, you’re likely always looking for new ways to improve your pharmacy. Maybe you want to spice up your front end, or make your…
Best of February 2016: Articles for Independent Pharmacies
Have you seen the latest from Elements magazine this February? Each month, we publish multiple online-only articles about what’s happening in the pharmacy industry and what you need to know…
How to Compete with National Chain Pharmacies
As an independent community pharmacy, you have to find a balance between keeping up with national chain pharmacies and staying true to your unique identity. Independents provide a personal touch…