Walgreens to launch private label clothing line

Walgreens is expanding its private label offerings to include a clothing line, Casual Gear. As reported by The Chicago Tribune, the line will launch in April at most of Walgreens 6,000 stores.

The line will feature capris, sweat pants, vests and T-shirts that will retail between $7 and $15, reportedly.

Walgreens reported February sales of $4.9 billion, and increase of 14.5% from $4.3 billion for the same month in 2007. Sales in comparable-stores rose 8.3%, while comparable-store front-end sales increased 8.2%.