Walgreens

Walgreens will have more freedom to aggressively cut costs if it becomes privately owned, one industry analyst said. The company is reportedly in talks with Sycamore Partners.

Walgreens announced that it will close about 1,200 stores over the next three years, with 500 shuttering as early as next year. It's part of the company's turnaround effort.

Walgreens has agreed to pay a $106.8 million fine to settle the Department of Justice's claims the pharmacy billed the government for prescriptions that were never dispensed.

A Florida man has been arrested after he went on a late-night junk food and cigarette splurge inside a closed Walgreens after purposely locking himself into a restroom, police say.

Walgreens on Thursday announced that it is planning to close a number of underperforming stores as it contends with a tough economic environment and declining margins.

Walgreens is joining a growing number of companies that are cutting prices on a number of goods to lure in shoppers and boost sales in the midst of inflation.

A Tennessee mother is suing Walgreens almost a year after an employee – who suspected her of shoplifting – followed her to the parking lot and shot her seven times.

Pro-life groups have pushed back against Walgreens and CVS stores' decision to begin selling the abortion pill mifepristone this month, calling it "shameful."

The companies said last year they planned to offer the pill following the FDA's decision to allow retail pharmacies to sell mifepristone in the country for the first time.

The father of a CVS pharmacist is pleading that the industry step up its efforts to help workers who have been faced with demanding working conditions.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's U.S. retail pharmacy unit brought in revenue of $28.94 billion in the first quarter, topping analysts' average estimate of $27.26 billion.

Anti-Israel protesters in Oakland, California, smashed windows and spray painted "Free Gaza" and "Death 2 Zionism" on Starbucks and Walgreens locations.

J.P. Morgan analysts are optimistic about Walgreen's newest CEO saying they are encouraged by his expertise in healthcare services like leading Cigna’s health services organization.

CVS confirmed Thursday that it has voluntarily decided to remove certain medicines after an FDA panel had determined last month that their active ingredient is not effective.

The new CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance will help steer a massive cost-cutting plan as the drug-store chain attempts to stop losing money and as demand from COVID related products wains.

Walgreens Boots Alliance unveiled on Tuesday evening whom it has selected to lead the pharmacy store chain: former head of Cigna's Evernorth Tim Wentworth.

Walgreens pharmacists say they're walking off the job in retaliation for challenging working conditions, especially at the height of the busy cold and flu season.

Walgreens pharmacy employees plan to walk off the job next week over demanding workloads, a source said. It comes after some CVS employees conducted walkouts last month.

Walgreens announced that its pharmacies across the country now have COVID-19 vaccine supplies and additional appointments available in response to ongoing disruptions.

Walgreens has agreed to pay $44 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from customers who sued after submitting to faulty blood tests conducted by Theranos.