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Ralph Pratt Hoagland III (August 1, 1933 – January 17, 2020) was an American businessman. Life and career. Hoagland was born in Boston. He attended Princeton University and Harvard Business School. In 1963, Hoagland co-founded CVS Health along with business partners Stanley and Sidney Goldstein.
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Ralph P. Hoagland III was the son of a retail and wholesale druggist, so there was a sense of family heritage when he cofounded CVS, which grew into the nation’s largest pharmacy chain.
NEW YORK — Ralph Hoagland III, a serial entrepreneur who helped create CVS, America’s largest drug chain, died Friday. He was 86. Hoagland died from complications due to posterior cortical atrophy, a dementia-related disease, CVS confirmed in a statement.
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CVS Pharmacy used to be a subsidiary of Melville Corporation, where its full name was initially Consumer Value Stores. Melville changed its name to CVS Corporation in 1996 after Melville sold off many of its nonpharmacy stores.The last of its nondrugstore operations were sold in 1997. Former CEO Tom Ryanhas said he considers "CVS" to stand for "Con...
1960s
The name "CVS" was used for the first time in 1964. That year, they had 17 retail locations, and 40 stores five years later. In 1967, CVS began operation of its first stores with pharmacy departments, opening locations in Warwick and Cumberland, Rhode Island. CVS was acquired by the now-defunct Melville Corporationin 1969, boosting its growth.
1970s
By 1970, CVS operated 100 stores in New Englandand the Northeast. In early 1972, CVS introduced America's first refillable plastic bottle with its CVS private-label shampoo. Customers paid 79¢ for a bottle of CVS private-label shampoo and when they returned the empty bottle and cap, could buy another bottle of the same shampoo for 69¢ (a 10¢ saving).This practice created a cause-related repeat-purchase cycle, wherein the customer saved 10¢ as they bought another bottle of CVS shampoo and avoi...
1980s
The chain had more than 400 stores by 1981. Sales reached $1billion in 1985, partly due to the pharmacies being added to many of CVS's older stores. In 1980, CVS became the 15th largest pharmacy chain in the U.S., with 408 stores and $414million in sales. In 1988 CVS celebrated its 25th anniversary, finishing the year with nearly 750 stores and sales of about $1.6billion.[citation needed]
In 2005 CVS participated in a program to reduce the pollution of Maine's waterways. CVS agreed to accept drugs for disposal so that people would not dispose of them in ways that reach rivers and other bodies of waters. In 2013 CVS agreed to pay Connecticut $800,000 due to alleged mismanagement of hazardous waste. The Connecticut Department of Energ...
Post-Dobbs prescription refusals
Following the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v. Wade, CVS instructed its pharmacists in six states to refuse to fill prescriptions for many routine drugs, which could be potentially used to cause an abortion, unless the patient could affirmatively prove that they were not using the drug for an abortion, even if the prescription was long-standing. Patient advocates for those with autoimmune disorders,such as Crohn's disease, noted that this rule could result in many patients being denied acces...
$2.25 million HIPAA Privacy Case
CVS was required to pay the United States government $2.25million in 2009 for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that CVS did not appropriately dispose of sensitive patient information or provide the necessary training on disposal to their employees.[citation needed]
Executives accused of bribing state senator
Former CVS executives John R. Kramer and Carlos Ortiz were charged with bribery, conspiracy, and fraud (including mail fraud) by a federal grand jury for allegedly paying State Senator John A. Celona (D-RI) to act as a "consultant" for the company. Between February 2000 and September 2003, CVS paid Celona $1,000 a month, and he received tickets to golf outings and sporting events and compensation for travel to Florida and California. In August 2005, he pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges, an...
Dec 5, 2017 · It’s a great American story that began May 9, 1963, when two Rhode Island brothers opened a single “Consumer Value Stores” selling health and beauty products in Lowell, Massachusetts. Today ...
CVS Founder Ralph P. Hoagland, III, age 86, of Peterborough, New Hampshire, died in Cambridge on Friday, January 17, 2020. He was born in Boston on August 1, 1933, son of the late Ralph, Jr. and Mary Hoagland.
