Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (W8A.DE) Company Profile & Overview

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. engages in the provision of drug store services. The company is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and currently employs 232,000 full-time employees. The firm is a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. The firm operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International and Pharmaceutical Wholesale. The Retail Pharmacy USA segment consists of the Walgreen Co. (Walgreens) business, which includes the operation of retail drugstores, care clinics and providing specialty pharmacy services. The Retail Pharmacy International segment consists primarily of the Alliance Boots pharmacy-led health and beauty stores, optical practices and related contract manufacturing operations. The Pharmaceutical Wholesale segment consists of the Alliance Boots pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution businesses. The firm's portfolio of retail and business brands includes Walgreens, Duane Reade, Boots and Alliance Healthcare, as well as global health and beauty product brands, including No7, Botanics, Liz Earle and Soap & Glory.