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Last year, Walgreens announced its plans to close approximately 1,200 stores throughout the U.S., with around 500 closures expected to happen within the 2025 fiscal year. Walgreens operates more ...
In the last quarter of fiscal year 2024, Walgreens lost $3 billion. When CEO Tim Wentworth discussed the closures in a 2024 earnings call with investors, he said that out of 8,700 stores ...
Four Walgreens stores in New York will close in the coming weeks as part of a reorganization plan announced last year and implemented after a private equity firm acquired the national drug store ...
Walgreens first announced widespread store closures in October 2024, when the pharmacy said it planned to close 1,200 underperforming stores. The store closures are part of an attempted turnaround ...
Pharmacy chain Walgreens is in the process of closing hundreds of stores, including two in Greater Fall River. The Rite Aid chain declared bankruptcy on May 5, and is in the process of selling its ...
Walgreens will close 500 "underperforming" stores by August 2025, and a total of 1,200 stores throughout the next three years. No Tennessee Walgreens locations are included in the current round of ...
As struggling drugstore chains work to regain their footing, Walgreens is doubling down on automation. The company is expanding the number of retail stores served by its micro-fulfillment ...
Walgreens aims to free up time for pharmacy staff, reducing their routine tasks and eliminating inventory waste. Fewer prescription fills would allow employees to interact directly with patients ...
Walgreens has unveiled a new program that seeks to make it easier for pharmacy technicians to pursue a PharmD degree. The PharmStart program, built in collaboration with Guild, is a fully funded ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pharmacy giant Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which had ...
National pharmaceutical retailer Walgreens has agreed to pay at least $300 million to settle allegations it illegally fulfilled millions of invalid controlled substance prescriptions for more than ...
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) finalized a $10 billion deal, worth as much as $23.7 billion, with Sycamore Partners to go private after four months of negotiations, the companies announced ...