Walgreens Boots Alliance
This coverage examines Walgreens Boots Alliance’s impact on UK retail, focusing on market entry, store formats, product assortments, supply chain practices, and pharmaceutical services. Reporting highlights strategic decisions, regulatory navigation, and operational developments—offering insights for pharmacy chain executives, healthcare retail managers, and professionals overseeing multichannel wellness and retail operations.
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Sep- 2018 -21 SeptemberHealth & Beauty
Walgreens Boots Alliance launches flagship store on Alibaba’s Tmall Global platform
Walgreens Boots Alliance and Alibaba Group Holding have announced the launch of a Boots flagship store on Tmall Global, Alibaba’s B2C platform for international brands and retailers. The deal will introduce a number of Boots beauty brands to more than half a billion consumers on Alibaba’s platforms in China. The…
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Jul- 2018 -6 JulyM&A
Boots owner reacts to Amazon threat with investment in Chinese firm GuoDa
Walgreens Boots Alliance has reacted to a tanking share price in the wake of Amazon’s entry to the pharmacy market by acquiring a stake in Chinese pharmacy firm GuoDa. Boots’ share price plummeted by 10% last week following the announcement Amazon had acquired medicine delivery company Pillpack. In what is…
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Jun- 2018 -29 JuneEconomy
Boots shares plunge 10% following Amazon medicine service acquisition
Shares in the parent company of pharmacy chain Boots, Walgreens Boots Alliance, have plummeted by 10% this morning following news that Amazon has acquired medicine delivery company Pillpack. The American startup made $100m last year and will now see Amazon take over late next year, with the price of the…
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Mar- 2018 -9 MarchPeople Moves
New CFO appointed by Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance has announced the appointment of James Kehoe as the company’s executive vice president and global chief financial officer, effective 1 June 2018. Kehoe’s previous role was chief financial officer and board director of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and was based in Tokyo. According to the group he is…
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Jan- 2018 -22 JanuaryPeople Moves
Dixons Carphone CEO steps down for Boots role
Walgreens Boots Alliance has appointed Sebastian James as senior vice president, president and managing director of Boots. In order to take up the role James has left his position as Dixons Carphone CEO, a position he has held since 2014. James will join the Walgreens Boots Alliance this summer before…
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5 JanuaryUncategorized
Walgreens Boots Alliance quarterly profit drops 22%
Walgreens Boots Alliance has posted a 22% drop in quarterly profit in the wake of the sale of some of its shares in Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals. For the quarter ending November 30, net earnings decreased 22.1% to $821m (£606m) compared with the same time last year, while sales increased 7.9 percent…
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