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PRNewswire - April 5, 2000
The new "Express In-Store Prescription Pickup" option gives Drug Emporium customers an additional choice in determining the most convenient means by which to order and receive their prescription refills. Currently, the Drug Emporium store that originally filled the prescription is the one the customer needs to visit to pick up their refill. DrugEmporium.com is also working on a variety of other options for prescription ordering and pickup that will debut in the near future.
To use the new option, a customer simply enters the pharmacy phone number of the local Drug Emporium store that originally filled the prescription and then proceeds through the normal online refill process, which includes providing the prescription number. The online refill request will be sent to that store's pharmacist for verification and fulfillment; the customer can pick up and pay for the prescription at the store in a matter of hours.
"This feature is about convenience and choice for our customers. We want the decision to be in their hands," said Matt Erick, R.Ph., vice president of pharmacy operations for DrugEmporium.com. "This new option is another key step for Drug Emporium in achieving a fully integrated 'click-and-mortar' pharmacy service. Our goal is to give customers maximum choice on when, where, and how to order and pick-up their prescriptions."
The recently opened, state-of-the-art DrugEmporium.com pharmacy fulfillment center in Louisville, Kentucky is equipped with the technology and software to enable rapidly increasing degrees of integration between online and offline pharmacy ordering, fulfillment, and delivery/pickup. The new center also provides the company with a substantially increased online pharmacy fulfillment capacity. DrugEmporium.com worked with creehan, mchenry inc. on the architecture and technology for the development of the Express In-Store Prescription Pickup service.
About Drug Emporium, Inc. and DrugEmporium.com
Drug Emporium, Inc. (Nasdaq: DEMP) owns and operates 137 brick-and-mortar stores under the names Drug Emporium, F&M Super Drug Stores and Vix Drug Stores. All brick-and-mortar stores operate full-service pharmacies and specialize in discount-priced merchandise including health and beauty aids, cosmetics and greeting cards. The company also franchises an additional 42 stores under the Drug Emporium name. Drug Emporium, Inc. is headquartered in Powell, Ohio.
DrugEmporium.com is a subsidiary of Drug Emporium, Inc. The full-service online drugstore sells prescription drugs and non-prescription medications, along with nutrition, wellness, cosmetics, and health and beauty aids. DrugEmporium.com was recently named by e-commerce authority Gomez Advisors as the nation's #2 Internet pharmacy, and has also been ranked as the #2 online drugstore by eMarketer.com and PC Computing magazine. DrugEmporium.com is a licensed pharmacy in all 50 states and offers e-mail access to pharmacists 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. DrugEmporium.com (http://www.DrugEmporium.com) is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
PLEASE VISIT THE COMPANY'S ONLINE DRUGSTORE at http://www.DrugEmporium.com
SOURCE Drug Emporium, Inc.
CONTACT: Alison Roselli of Ogilvy Public Relations, 212-880-5257, for Drug Emporium, Inc./
Web Site: http://www.DrugEmporium.com/
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