DSN live Twitter 'cast': WBA looking to reclaim America's No. 1 pharmacy position. Here's how.

Michael Johnsen

4/15/2015

NEW YORK — If you ever wanted to glean some key insights into the inner workings of Walgreens Boots Alliance and how the different global facets all gel into one cohesive company, then you had no better chance than to spend the entire day on Wednesday tuning into their analyst day presentations.

Or, if you didn't have the entire day to spend, you could have followed me on Twitter — I spent the entire day tweeting about the Walgreens Boots Alliance presentations live. Below I list my top 12 tweets of the day.

I'll be at it again today, Thursday, April 16, and I plan on doing A LOT more of these, so check out my handle @DSN_MikeJohnsen and follow me!

Pessina: It's very tempting to still view us as US biz 'When I talk ops it's on a global basis. You should think that way, too.' #WBAfuture

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

'Our corporate culture has element of Darwinism that you shouldn't discount' Gerald Gradwell WBA IR SVP says on market expansion #WBAfuture

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

Check out WBA's retail footprint outside of the US and UK #WBAfuture @Walgreens @DrugStoreNews pic.twitter.com/Qv2rD7Onka

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

.@Walgreens customers don't look a whole lot different from @BootsUK customers. Take a look: #WBAfuture pic.twitter.com/aQ6SsYyuGL

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

.@BootsUK moving to 8 pm click and collect offering this summer where 28 k SKUs available in store by noon next day #WBAfuture @Walgreens

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

WBA plans to leverage Balance Rewards. To date not true loyalty program. That will change. Every $ spent will earn points #WBAfuture

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

WBA's Pessina on M&A 2: PBM/retail not only possible model, & maybe not even best for future, prob more no than yes right now #WBAfuture

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

WBA's Alex Gourlay, pres @Walgreens : 'The reality is we're no longer No. 1 in Rxy volume. Nobody here is OK w/that' #WBAfuture @Walgreens

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

WBA looking to reclaim America's No. 1 pharmacy position. Here's how. #WBAfuture @Walgreens @DrugStoreNews pic.twitter.com/FC80qZCNUh

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

Baby boomer most important WBA customer. 4x Rxy spend. Customers over 50 make up 64% of FE. #WBAfuture @Walgreens @DrugStoreNews

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

WBA's Murphy @Walgreens to adopt counter-intuitive margin-boosting approach w/vendors by partnering on joint value #WBAfuture

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015

WBA's Murphy on cool austerity: 'A DG bag is now a badge of honor - you cannot insult customer on price' #WBAfuture @Walgreens

— Mike Johnsen (@DSN_MikeJohnsen) April 15, 2015