CVS Pharmacy today announced its second annual Supplier Diversity & Minority Owned Summit, hosted from April 5 – 8, in partnership with ECRM and RangeMe. This summit is part of CVS Pharmacy’s ongoing efforts to bring a broader assortment of products from diverse suppliers and brands to customers and work with those suppliers and brands to ensure mutual success through customized support and resources.
CVS Pharmacy currently carries more than 100 diverse-owned brands across front store categories and is committed to increasing that selection with enhanced merchandising protocols for diverse suppliers. Within beauty and personal care, for example, CVS Pharmacy has made significant strides in amplifying its commitment to build out diverse-owned assortments. It has recently added several new Black-owned brands and nearly 200 items from new and existing Black-owned brands, with many more launching across the category in 2022.
“We’re at our best when our priorities and actions reflect…
the needs of the communities we serve,” said Andrea Harrison, VP of Merchandising, Beauty & Personal Care at CVS Health.
“We’ll continue to feature the brands and trends that speak to the diversity of our customers while simultaneously offering the value, innovation and trust they expect from the products across our aisles.” The 2022 summit will focus on products across beauty, grocery, personal care, health, wellness, household and general merchandise.
Vendors can learn more and apply to join the virtual event by visiting www.rangeme.com/cvsdiversity through February 14, 2022.
To further support CVS Pharmacy’s commitment to increasing its selection of diverse-owned brands, new tools and processes have been created to ensure increased diverse spend and a more inclusive supplier and product landscape, including: CVS Merchandising, in partnership with the CVS Health Enterprise Procurement Supplier Diversity team, has hosted a Supplier Diversity in Merchandising program annually for the past four years to identify new diverse suppliers and assist in eliminating barriers to starting in retail…
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