Drug Store News articles from January 2006

Drug Store News archives from January 2006

Industry scrambles to avert Medicaid crisis.(Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
January 16, 2006... WASHINGTON -- After a long recess, Congress is set to return at the end of the month. And one of the first items lawmakers will take up is the budgetary bushwacking of community pharmacy that they set aside in December. Retail pharmacy...

Sammons: cuts would hit Rite Aid harder.
January 16, 2006... CAMP HILL, Pa. -- While the new Medicaid cuts Congress imposed will pose a challenge to all ofretail pharmacy, Rite Aid is especially exposed to any cuts in Medicaid programs, noted, Mary Sammons, Rite Aid's president and chief executive...

First quarter success sets tone for Walgreens' annual meeting.
January 16, 2006... CHICAGO -- From Walgreen Co.'s earliest days, its leaders have given investors an upbeat assessment of the chain s market strategy and its prospects, leavened with a sober regard for the competition. It s the confidence borne of long success,...

Meijer.(Mark Murray appointed)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer has tapped Mark Murray, president of Grand Valley State University, as its president. Murray succeeds Larry Zigerelli, who left the company in November. Murray, a member of Meijer's board, will join the company in...

Rite Aid.(Paul Allen appointed as vice president)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Rite Aid has named Paul Allen vice president of sales for its PBM company, Rite Aid Health Solutions. Allen previously served as director of sales for the Western United States for PBM company Express Scripts.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores.(Brian Cornell and Craig Painter appointed)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has announced that Brian Cornell, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Safeway, and Craig Painter, president and chief executive officer of Kinney Drugs, have...

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare.(Mike Ruble)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. -- Pfizer Consumer Healthcare has announced the retirement of Mike Ruble, vice president of global sales and trade development. Ruble began his sales career in Atlanta in 1973. He was appointed vice president of U.S. sales...

Pathmark Stores.(Kenneth Martindale appointed)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores has appointed Kenneth Martindale to the new position of co-president and chief marketing and merchandising officer. Most recently, Martindale served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of...

BJ's Wholesale Club.(Paul McDonough)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club has announced the departure of Paul McDonough, executive vice president and chief financial officer. McDonough, who joined BJ's in September 2004 as senior vice president of finance and was appointed chief...

Publix Super Markets.(Laurie Zeitlin appointed)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets has appointed Laurie Zeitlin as senior vice president. She succeeds Danny Risener, who is retiring after 43 years with the company. Zeitlin, who will join the grocer later this month, previously served as...

Wal-Mart Stores.(Nancy Stewart and Marc Rosen promoted)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores has promoted Nancy Stewart to senior vice president and chief technology officer for WalMart Stores. Stewart succeeds Matt Carey, who has joined eBay as senior vice president and chief technology officer....

L'Oreal Paris.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... NEW YORK -- L'Oreal Paris has tapped actress Scarlett Johansson as the new face of L Oreal. Johansson will first promote L'Orea's new color cosmetics line, dubbed HIP High Intensity Pigments. Her first ads for the brand will air during the...

Elephant takes big second step.(Elephant Pharmacy)
January 16, 2006... SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- Elephant Pharmacy embarked on its long-awaited expansion this month when it opened its second store in the city of San Rafael, just north of San Francisco. The chain has another opening planned for the spring and could...

A Walgreen gains ground in management.
January 16, 2006... DEERFIELD, Ill. -- A Walgreen is moving up at Walgreen Co. But whether that portends an eventual move back into the executive suite for a Walgreen family member is anybody's guess. With the retirement of 46-year Walgreens veteran George...

Marsh Supermarkets mulls sale.(Marsh Supermarkets Inc. appoints Douglas Dougherty)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... INDIANAPOLIS -- Marsh Supermarkets, which posted a $3.4 million loss during its second quarter, is considering a sale of the company and has suspended the payment of future cash quarterly dividends on the common stock until it improves its...

Winn-Dixie bolsters turnaround.(Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie, which is aiming to emerge from bankruptcy by June, was granted a third 90-day extension for coming up with a reorganization plan and posted gains in earnings in October and November. The grocer, which...

Spartan to buy some D&W assets.(D and W Food Centers Inc. acquired )(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Spartan Stores has agreed to acquire for an undisclosed amount certain assets of D&W Food Centers, a privately held grocer that operates 20 stores throughout West Michigan. The deal is expected to close late in fiscal...

Inland buys nine Kroger centers.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... OAK BROOK, Ill. -- In a hybrid sale/sale-leaseback deal, Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has acquired from Kroger nine Kroger-anchored shopping centers for about $79.9 million. Inland purchased all of the Kroger stores and the adjacent retail...

Safeway 2006 cap budget is $1.6b.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway recently gave its first earnings forecast for 2006 of $1.55 to $1.65 per share and said it expects to spend about $1.6 billion in capital expenditures in 2006. "We plan to, rapidly roll out additional Lifestyle...

Albertsons is back to square one.
January 16, 2006... BOISE, Idaho -- Now that it's taken itself off the sales block, Albertsons faces an uncertain future as it returns to business as usual. The consensus is that the chain will try to sell off under-performing stores, exit weak markets and...

Last-minute surge rings out holiday shopping on positive note.
January 16, 2006... NEW YORK -- The start of the holiday season may have been a nail-biter for some merchants as the potential for higher heating bills threatened to squeeze consumers' wallets, but a surge in last-minute shopping resulted in an overall decent...

List of challenges will dog chain pharmacy in '06.
January 16, 2006... To begin the new year, the editors of Drug Store News wanted to produce an issue that was different, more fun and more comprehensive than the humdrum predictions that are characteristically part of a typical new year analysis. So under the...

The ugly truth behind Medicaid reform.
January 16, 2006... $1.29. That's the average profit the typical retail pharmacy made on each Medicaid prescription filled in 2004--just 52 cents more than it paid in taxes on each of those transactions. That's about half a buck less than Rip Taylor used to...

Electronics accessories energize front-end sales, profits.
January 16, 2006... It is no secret to chain drug retailers that front-end sales are key ingredients of growth and profitability. What is less well-known is the power of consumer electronics accessories to drive front-end sales, profits and, more important,...

Chairman leads by example.(National Association of Chain Drug Stores's Tony Civello )(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Ask any former NACDS chairman about the pressures and challenges of trying to operate a retail pharmacy chain in today's business climate and still avail themselves to champion the cause of the industry--put aside the competitive issues and...

CVS' something extra.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... All eyes have been on CVS' performance in the Eckerd stores and whether it would end up the recipient of Albertsons' stand-alone drug stores--an outcome many industry watchers are still considering. CVS knocked the cover off the ball in...

Rite Aid's prescription for growth.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... A major key to Rite Aid's long-term success is reviving growth in pharmacy, which continues to lag behind the front end, despite recent gains. Some factors impacting retail pharmacy in general touch Rite Aid disproportionately, relative to its...

Coutu steps up integration.(Jean Coutu Group Inc. appoints Pierre LeGault)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... The Jean Coutu Group brought in Pierre LeGault, billed as an integration specialist, in November to kick into high gear the integration of the 1,539 Eckerd stores Brooks purchased in 2004. Company icon Jean Coutu stepped in, claiming the reins...

New York native gets new blood.(Duane Reade Holding Corp. appoints Rick Dreiling)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... A number of factors have challenged Duane Reade in recent years, not the least of which has been New York City's post-911 economy. But Duane Reade has faced one more rather significant challenge in recent years--ok, make that three significant...

Retail pharmacy unites.(retail pharmacy chains )(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... It has been a busy time for the association that represents the nation's retail pharmacy chains these last several years--think PBMs, mail order, Medicare and now Medicaid reform. The cost of health care has grown across the board. Yet, payers...

Family planning ... Intimacy.(Contraceptives prices)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Sex sells. But who's buying, you ask? Try graying baby boomers who led the first sexual revolution and the even less-inhibited, more-empowered gen-Xs and gen-Ys that are leading the next one. Products to enhance female libido--not to...

Cough-cold: OTC or BTC?(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... That is the question. Will consumers trek to the pharmacy counter to buy familiar pseudoephedrine-based products or just pull one of the phenylephrine-based replacements off the shelf? The much larger issue is what it could mean for other OTC...

Cox-2 pain is OTC relief.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... It appears cox-2s' loss is OTC pain relief's gain--something that doesn't figure to change anytime soon. For the 52 weeks ended Nov. 5, 2005, OTC pain remedy sales were up 2.3 percent for the 52 weeks, according to ACNielsen, with...

On to Plan C?(licensed pharmacist)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Will Congress force the Food and Drug Administration to make a decision on the Plan B switch? Will it matter? With re-election bids to consider this year, it isn't likely that many members of Congress will push on so sensitive an...

Supplements get healthy.(dietary supplement markets)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Will the GAIT study help kick-start growth in the beleaguered nutrition business? You betcha. Estimates tag glucosamine-chondroitin growth to reach any where from 10 percent to 20 percent this year over recent sales trends. The study...

Weight loss fattens up.(anti-obesity agents)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... The obesity crisis in America will feed a new wave of growth in OTC weight loss, which is likely to receive a new heavy-hitter ingredient in late 2006 when the FDA is expected to OK the switch of GlaxoSmithkline's orlistat weight-loss drug....

Fountain of youth.(skin care markets)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Driven by the baby boomer quest for eternal youth, anti-age has proven to be the gold nugget of the skin care category, as the lines between professional skin care products and those sold at mass continue to blur. As manufacturers continue to...

Firming her form.(Dove)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Curves may be sexy but cellulite isn't. Dove certainly wasn't the first to introduce firming lotions, but its big bold ads have certainly brought a lot of attention to the category. While they may not entirely shatter the "narrow, stifling...

He feels pretty.(personal care products)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... According to Packaged Facts, men's grooming is expected to experience compound annual growth of 4.3 percent over the next few years, reaching almost $10 billion in sales by 2008. Need further proof of the metrosexual revolution? How about...

The all-natural baby.(baby care products)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Given the rise of Whole Foods you could say that natural/organic has come to the mainstream. No other area of the health and beauty business stands to be impacted more by the natural/organic movement than baby care, where the desire to minimize...

Beyond private label.(skin care line)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... In a never-ending need to make up for lost pharmacy margins, retailers will continue to look beyond basic private label to exclusive brands to make up the dollars. With margins rivaling private label and price points getting more in line with...

Many shades of beauty.(skin care line)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... For drug chains, no other area of the store is more crucial than beauty care in terms of marketing to shoppers of color. Pain relief and cough-cold remedies are more or less the same in any language. But ethnic beauty care implies contrasting...

Authorized to authorize?(Federal Trade Commission to check on deal making)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Don't expect the controversy to end anytime soon. As generic drug makers become better at challenging brand patents, branded drug makers are becoming better at making alliances that keep them out of court and cut them in on some of the...

Medication therapy management services.(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... A key component of the new Medicare drug benefit requires Part D providers to offer MTMS to seniors who need additional drug counseling. For retail pharmacy, MTM is likely to be a mix of benefits and additional headaches. Pharmacists would be...

In the pipeline.(drug approvals)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... BMS' rheumatoid arthritis drug Orencia gained FDA approval in December. The new treatment could reach sales of $1.8 billion by 2009. Pfizer's inhaled insulin therapy. Exubera, co-developed with Sanofi-Aventis, received an FDA vote of...

The biotech factor.(specialty pharmaceuticals market)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... The specialty pharmaceuticals market is expected to grow 20 percent or more a year as a slew of new biotech drugs to treat cancer and other serious conditions enters the pipeline. Specialty pharmacy accounts for more than $50 billion in annual...

Generics boom.(generic drug sales)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Generic drug sales are growing at about 10 percent a year and account for more than half of all drugs dispensed in the United States. Some $38 billion worth of big-selling branded drugs will face generic competition for the first time between...

Branded Rx blues.(drugs patent challenge )(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Plagued by price-cautious private health care payers, rampant generic competition, a dearth of innovation and a more cautious FDA, the branded pharmaceutical industry remains in a relatively sluggish growth mode. One piece of good news: the...

BioShield exposes generics companies.(Project BioShield Act of 2005)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... The Project BioShield Act of 2005 creates market incentives for drug companies to develop medicines to be used to counter bioterrorist threats. It could be a boon to branded drug makers. But generics makers cry foul, arguing it will kill...

Congress mulls unkind cuts.(Medicaid drug spending)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... It is one of the most serious threats pharmacy has faced in decades. Deep cuts in Medicaid drug spending--some $3.6 billion worth--could wreak havoc on profit margins and force some pharmacy operators out of business, shifting the way the...

Part D stumbles.(Medicare Part D benefit)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Pharmacy retailers and senior advocates might say the long-awaited Medicare Part D benefit, which officially began Jan. 1, stumbled out of the gates. Early glitches in CMS' electronic eligibility verification system spurred major backups at the...

Docs slow e-Rx revolution.(electronic prescribing)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Electronic prescribing has the full support of the White House, the CMS and most health plan sponsors and insurers. What can't be predicted is when physician adoption will reach critical mass. Nevertheless, a growing number of technology...

RFID off the radar?(radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Radio frequency identification may prove a boon to retail pharmacy. But despite the best efforts of retail RFID champions like Wal-Mart and a seemingly intractable deadline for adoption by the federal government, vendors have been slow to...

Pedigree laws dog retailers.(Pharmacy: external challenges)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... With concerns over counterfeit or tampered-with drugs rising, the demand by state governments to require pharmacies and drug wholesalers to document the origins of every drug they distribute has become an unstoppable force. One by one, states...

Slim sells--but who's buying?(anti-obesity agents)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... So the United States has earned the dubious distinction of "fattest nation on earth." That should be no surprise considering many of the leading classes of drugs in this country and the disease states they address: high cholesterol, chronic...

Avian flu on the wing.(death toll from bird flu)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... So far, the death toll from bird flu is under 100 people worldwide. Most of the deaths--about 74 recorded since 2003--were in China. But by the first week of the new year, medical officials in Turkey, ironically, reported two teenagers'...

Mass retail medicine.(health care trends)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Given the issues around access to affordable health care, the number of uninsured patients in America and the need for payers to contain the rising cost of health care, the retail health clinic is clearly a case of the right idea at the right...

Caring about caregivers.(health care trends)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Advances in medicine--not to mention the cost of providing it--have created the scary reality that many Americans are outliving their resources, entrusting the responsibility of their care to a loved one. More than 1-in-every-5 Americans is...

Import debate smells fishy.(drug maker)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... "Don't be importation 'girlie-men.'" That's more or less the advice The Govern-ator had for the federal government in a letter he sent to select members of Congress this month. But Conan the Politician says he doesn't believe in price controls....

Feeling the squeeze.(Medicare Part D)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... With the launch of the Medicare Part D senior drug benefit this month, the federal government officially became the largest single health care payer in America. It may end up being the best thing for the United States in terms of managing the...

Pfizer.(patents on Lipitor)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Supplier News -- Pfizer may be able to maintain the patents protecting the best-selling pharmaceutical in the world following a federal judge ruling last month against Ranbaxy Laboratories. Judge Joseph Farnan Jr. of Federal District Court in...

Bristol-Myers Squibb.(drug approval for Orencia)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Bristol-Myers Squibb gained Food and Drug Administration approval last month for Orencia, a new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Orencia could reach sales of $1.8 billion by 2009, noted Prudential analyst Tim Anderson in a recent...

Roche's.(Roche Holding Ltd.'s Tamiflu got approval)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Roche's Tamiflu was granted approval for prevention of seasonal influenza in children between the ages of 1 and 12 last month, according to the Food and Drug Administration. This is the first drug approved for prevention of both influenza A and...

The Food and Drug Administration last month granted Pfizer a six-month priority review.(Champix)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... The Food and Drug Administration last month granted Pfizer a six-month priority review for its new smoking cessation medicine called Champix (varenicline tartrate). Champix is designed to activate the nicotinic receptor to reduce both the...

Industry tangled in Medicare morass as Part D launch hits eligibility snags.
January 16, 2006... Eligibility claims quickly snagged hundreds of retail pharmacies and thousands of Medicare patients early this month as the Medicare Part D drug benefit program got off to a rocky start. In response, however, both retailers and the Centers for...

Walgreen technology demystifies benefit.(Medicare Web site)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Amid the ongoing scramble among drug chains to help their patients untangle the Medicare maze, Walgreen Co. has developed a new, computer-driven tool to help seniors understand their drug benefit options under Medicare Part...

Indies hail ruling against big PBM.(Pharmacy Benefits Manager fraud case)
January 16, 2006... ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The chief group representing independent pharmacy is hailing an Ohio jury's decision to find Medco Health Solutions guilty of a breach of fiduciary duty and fraud in a case involving a former Medco client. Concluding a...

NCPA names new officers.(National Community Pharmacists Association appointed James Rankin and Donnie Calhoun)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Independent pharmacy owner-operator James Rankin heads up a new slate of officers and executive committee members elected at the National Community Pharmacists Association during its 107th Annual Convention and Trade...

Generics likely to beat switches in race against branded statins.(patent protection)
January 16, 2006... High cholesterol affects 1-out-of-every-2 Americans and is a major contributing factor in heart disease, the leading cause of death among Americans. Doctors are more likely to prescribe a medicine to treat high cholesterol than any other...

APhA honors Gibson with Remington Honor Medal.(Robert Gibson honored by American Pharmacists Association)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... WASHINGTON -- San Francisco community pharmacist Robert Gibson has been tapped for the 2006 American Pharmacists Association's highest honor, the Remington Honor Medal. Gibson, the only individual ever to have served as president of both the...

SureScripts launches clinical advisory group.(SureScript Systems formed Clinical Advisory Council)
January 16, 2006... ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Electronic prescribing network provider SureScripts revealed last month it has formed the Clinical Advisory Council, a group of seven physicians who will help guide the firm's strategies around health information technology...

Thorne Research.(African American market)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Thorne Research last month introduced an ad campaign--featured in the Dec. 12 issue of let magazine--that offers African-Americans at risk of cardiovascular disorders a complementary one-week supply of Perfusia-SR, a sustained-release dietary...

Novartis.(Novartis Consumer Health UK Ltd. and TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. in licensing agreement)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Novartis will bring what will most likely be the second proton-pump inhibitor over-the-counter in the United States by 2009, the company announced last month, following an agreement between Novartis Consumer Health division and Tap...

Huge Brand.("Huge" brand of condoms launched)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Huge Brand recently launched a brand of condoms, called "Huge," to appeal to the ego of male purchasers. The condoms are actually no larger than most standard condoms. The company hopes to launch Huge condoms nationally, along with other...

Laclede.(dry mouth moisturizing liquid Oral Balance launched)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Laclede recently launched a dry mouth moisturizing liquid called Oral Balance. This long-lasting oral lubricant features the company's Biotene salivary antibacterial enzyme system to soothe and moisten dry mouth while protecting dry oral...

Following a Senate vote last month to extend the Patriot Act for six months while Congress debates making some of the security proposals permanent, the Combat Meth Act that had been packaged with the Patriot Act in November will be considered on its own merits either this month or next, according to published reports.(Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Following a Senate vote last month to extend the Patriot Act for six months while Congress debates making some of the security proposals permanent, the Combat Meth Act that had been packaged with the Patriot Act in November will be considered...

Weight-loss remedy is a heavy favorite to be next successful Rx-to-OTC switch.(GlaxoSmithKline PLC's orlistat)
January 16, 2006... There are as many as three medicines caught in the Rx-to-OTC switch pipeline that, assuming they are approved, will likely have great impact on OTC sales in the years to come. The problem is that only one appears likely to make it through any...

'Out of the box' and into the tin.(Thomas Pharmaceuticals, Acid+All )(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... A new over-the-counter player is hoping to attract the attention of the baby-boomer consumer with a line of high-end OTC products featuring a retro appeal. Thomas Pharmaceuticals will be shipping its antacid Acid+All beginning this March....

Health Plus adds Sprays for Life.(Health Plus International to launch dietary supplement "sprays" )(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... BOCA RATON, FLA. -- Health Plus International is preparing to launch in February two dietary supplement "sprays," both part of its Spray for Life line, using the company's proprietary nanotechnology processing technique. The two new products...

Life + Style.(bath and body care products introduced by Lifestyle)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Supplier News -- Life + Style, a division of Elegant Home Design, has debuted at Target its new Apothecary bath and body care line and is looking to further expand its distribution. The 15-SKU line, which marries a retro apothecary look...

Unilever.(Axe Shower launched Axe Shower collection for men)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Unilever's Axe is launching this month an Axe Shower collection for men. The line includes Axe Snake Peel Shower Scrub, an exfoliating scrub; Axe Reload Shower Gel to help guys recharge; Axe Recovery Shower Gel to help bring guys back to life...

P&G Prestige Products.(P&G Prestige Products signed licensing deal with Dolce & Gabbana S.R.L.)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Procter & Gamble's fine business unit, P&G Prestige Products, has inked a multiyear licensing deal with italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana under which P&G will take over distribution of existing products as of July 1. The companies...

Procter & Gamble's CoverGirl.(new LashExact mascara)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Procter & Gamble's CoverGirl is looking to give women long, clump-free lashes with its new LashExact mascara. Among the benefits: a customized brush that allows the formula to transfer from the brush to the lash more readily than a traditional...

Bic.(new Comfort 3 Pivot shaver introduced)(Brief Article)
January 16, 2006... Bic will ship in March its new Comfort 3 Pivot shaver, which features triple-blade technology, a pivot head, Soothing Strips and a Soft Feel Grip. The shavers, which come in four-packs, have a suggested retail price of $4.19. Antoinette...