July 9, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
Boots, Boots Transformation Plan, Sebastian James
Business, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

DEERFIELD, Ill.— Boots UK is taking decisive action to mitigate the significant impact that COVID-19 has had on the business and is accelerating the next phase of the Boots Transformation Plan. This will ensure a long- term and healthy future for the UK’s leading pharmacy, health and beauty business. Boots remained open throughout the lockdown
February 1, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Alliance Healthcare, Boots, Martin Sorrell, Stefano Pessina, Team WBA, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WPP
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Inc. has teamed up with global advertising and public relations giant WPP plc in a wide-ranging marketing and communications partnership for its businesses and brands. WBA said late Tuesday that WPP will operate and develop multiple marketing and communications channels for its retail and wholesale divisions and its
December 14, 2016 by Ed Rowland and Chain Drug Review
Boots, Ed Rowland, Farmacias Ahumada, Farmacias Benavides, Jaime Cases, Rowland Global LLC, Sinax S.A. de C.V., Walgreens Boots Alliance
Issue 12-12-2016, Opinion

To quote one of Cortes’ officers when the Spanish first arrived in Mexico, they came “to serve God and His Majesty and also to get riches.” While the Boots/Walgreens story was playing out in the U.S., ultimately ending in Walgreens Boots Alliance, Boots was also busy south of the border acquiring Farmacias Ahumada in Chile
August 6, 2016 by Greg Jacobson and Chain Drug Review
Boots, Emart, Gab-Soo Lee, hypermarket, Ornella Barra, Shinsegae Group, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
2016, Issue 08-08-2016, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) has signed an agreement to form a franchise partnership with Emart Co., a subsidiary of South Korea’s largest retailer, Shinsegae Group. Under the terms of the partnership, the two companies will create a pharmacy-led health and beauty retail franchise in South Korea operating under the Boots banner.
July 19, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Boots, Emart, Gab-Soo Lee, Ornella Barra, South Korea, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) plans to form franchise partnership with Emart Co. Ltd., a leading hypermarket retailer in South Korea. WBA said the first Boots stores are slated to open before the end of the first half of next year. Under the agreement, the Boots stores will be located in shopping malls,
June 20, 2016 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, Boots, Elizabeth Fagan, Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Ken Murphy, Ornella Barra, Richard Ashworth, Rite Aid, Simon Roberts, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
2016, Issue 06-20-2016, Issues, News

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Alex Gourlay and Ornella Barra have been named co-chief operating officers of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA). Gourlay had been president of Walgreens, and Barra president and chief executive of global wholesale and international retail. Both had also been executive vice presidents of WBA. In his new role, Gourlay will oversee Walgreens
June 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, AmerisourceBergen, Boots, Jeffrey Woldt, Ornella Barra, Rite Aid, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
2016, Featured Articles, Issue 06-20-2016, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion

The appointment of Alex Gourlay and Ornella Barra as co-chief operating officers of Walgreens Boots Alliance signals the start of a new stage in the process of forging the two companies that came together to form WBA at the close of 2014 into a new corporate culture. The two executives, whose talent, experience and leadership
April 16, 2016 by Sue Mitchell and Chain Drug Review
Australia, Boots, Boots the Chemist, Ken Murphy, Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Priceline, Sigma, Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement, Terry White Group, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
2016, Business, Issue 04-18-2016, Issues, News, Retail News

SYDNEY, Australia — Almost 100 years ago Australian pharmacists banded together to stop Boots the Chemist entering their market by setting up the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and successfully lobbying governments to enact laws restricting pharmacy location and ownership. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) can expect a similarly frosty reception when it tries once again
February 3, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Boots, Duane Reade, No7, Penn Station, slideshow, Walgreens
Leading Headlines, Slideshows

NEW YORK — The latest Duane Reade store aims to bring a higher level of convenience to hurried commuters in Manhattan’s Penn Station. Opened just before the big nor’easter that hit the East Coast late last month, the spacious store sits in a central location in New York City’s busiest transit hub and replaced a
September 14, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Boots, Lauren Brindley, Linda Filler, Shannon Curtin, Walgreens
2015, Issue 09-14-2015, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Lauren Brindley has joined Walgreens as group vice president and general merchandise manager for beauty and personal care. She succeeded Shannon Curtin, who left to pursue other opportunities. Brindley has served in commercial roles in Boots — mainly in beauty and personal care — for the last 10 years. She started her
August 19, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Boots, Lauren Brindley, Shannon Curtin, Walgreens
Leading Headlines, Retail News

NEW YORK — Shannon Curtin, group vice president and general merchandise manager for beauty and personal care at Walgreens, is leaving the company, a spokeswoman for the drug chain confirmed. The company said in a memo Wednesday that Curtin, who joined Walgreens in July 2009 and has been in her current position since August 2013,
April 29, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
Boots, Ornella Barra, USA Pavilion, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, world's fair
Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance will be a key sponsor of the USA Pavilion at the world’s fair in Milan, Italy, which begins later this week. The company said Wednesday that, along with sponsoring the USA Pavilion, it will have a designated space to showcase Walgreens and Boots retail, service and product offerings. Running May 1 to Oct. 31, Expo