Healthcare

GoodRx, an app that tracks prescription drug prices, is giving consumers a new way to shop for medicine: using Alexa.

The retailer partnered with the Teal Pumpkin Project, a nonprofit initiative from Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), to encourage consumers to stock non-food items for trick-or-treaters with allergies.

Read recaps of the keynote addresses from Pinterest's Brian Monahan, as well as CVS Health's Brett Gerstenblatt and WSL's Wendy Liebmann.

Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. companies are investigating the use of virtual reality technologies, according to a recent study by ABI Research.

The former Walmart CIO has "a company-wide remit to transform how new technologies are used to improve performance."

The data transformation company signed deals with three CPGs and two retailers while also expanding the reach of its open data initiative.

The former Mondelez and Amazon executive will be responsible for accelerating supply chain innovation and enabling advanced planning processes and technologies.