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April 22, 2013
NACDS announces 2013-2014 officers, welcomes new members to executive committee, board

During the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Annual Meeting today, the association elected the new officers, two new executive committee members and four new board of directors members for the coming year.

March 19, 2013
Walgreens, Alliance Boots announce blockbuster partnership with AmerisourceBergen

Walgreens will no longer source branded prescription medicines directly from suppliers beginning in September, the Chicago-based retailer announced as part of a significant partnership between Walgreens, Alliance Boots and AmerisourceBergen that includes Walgreens and Alliance Boots potentially taking a 7% stake in the Pennsylvania wholesaler.

February 7, 2013
Verizon Communications elects Walgreens chief Greg Wasson to board

Verizon Communications on Thursday elected Greg Wasson, Walgreens president and CEO, to the Verizon board of directors, effective March 1.

September 25, 2012
Transforming 
the hedgehog

For years, Wall Street — and customers, too — rewarded Walgreens for being the hedgehog of retail. A homage to the old Aesop fable, unlike the fox, the hedgehog is steady and methodical. And, that’s just how Walgreens operated its business.

January 19, 2012
Walgreens unveils newly renovated stores in Indianapolis

Walgreens has transformed 68 locations in the Indianapolis market into health and daily living destinations.

April 25, 2011
Fast, nimble Walgreens aims to own ‘well’

Walgreens, the kaleidoscopic company that wants to “own well,” is shuffling management and realigning operations as it works to knock down its remaining internal silos and create a seamless, broad-based retail health-and-
wellness dynamo.


February 18, 2011
The vision:
 Walgreens wants to ‘own well’



Talk about a bold retail vision. Walgreens president and CEO Greg Wasson said the nation’s top pharmacy retailer wants nothing less than to “own well.”

November 14, 2010
WAG chief: We want to own ‘well’

The healthcare landscape is changing. There’s a new value-driven consumer who has emerged and, in...

November 3, 2010
Walgreens chief: We want to own ‘well’

The healthcare landscape is changing. There’s a new value-driven consumer who has emerged and, in...

October 10, 2010
Walgreens’ 2010 results affirm strategy change

The Walgreens hedgehog is officially retired. Its fate was sealed by a successful fourth quarter...

March 22, 2010
Tacking against rough economic winds, Walgreens ups second-quarter earnings

A still-moribund economy, weak consumer demand at the front end of the store and an...

March 14, 2010
Crawford leads Walgreens in unifying pharmacy, wellness

Wal greens’ long campaign to overhaul and integrate its pharmacy and clinical health components culminated...

March 4, 2010
Organization restructures, acquisitions keep Walgreens top of game

Walgreens hasn’t finished knocking down its organizational silos....

February 28, 2010
Talented vets, free agents comprise innovative team

Early this year, chairman Alan McNally described the striking changes that have swept through Walgreens’...

February 28, 2010
Trained to ‘skate to where the puck will be’

If retail chains could be compared with car engines, Walgreens in recent years has been...

February 28, 2010
WAG takes Manhattan

Suddenly, New York is Walgreens’ kind of town....

January 14, 2010
Walgreens elevates three key executives

Walgreens Friday announced the promotion of three key executives in pharmacy, corporate innovation and legal...

January 12, 2010
Facing investors with renewed confidence, Walgreens charts progress of renewal efforts

By all appearances, Walgreens is regaining its mojo....

January 10, 2010
Flu program, overhaul fuel WAG results

A well-orchestrated flu shot campaign and the early fruits of a massive retail overhaul program...

January 29, 2009
Walgreens circles back to Greg Wasson for chief executive spot

Pick an outside turnaround artist/corporate hotshot to lead the nation’s most storied drug store retailer?...

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