Walgreens selects Arc Worldwide as promotional marketing agency

CHICAGO Walgreens has selected the marketing services arm of Leo Burnett USA to reinvent customer experience.

"The hiring of Arc Worldwide as our dedicated promotional marketing agency of record signifies our strategic move to create a more differentiated and integrated Walgreens shopper experience," said Kim Feil, chief marketing officer at Walgreens. "Arc's expertise in truly connecting with consumers, moving and inspiring them both in-store and out - is going to help Walgreens play a unique role in shopper's lives by giving what they need and what they want - when they want it."

As part of the engagement, Arc Worldwide will be helping Walgreens gear up for both the flu and holiday seasons, as those are expected to be heavy traffic times for the retailer. Arc will also tap Relay — the sponsorship, consulting and experiential marketing company of Publicis Groupe — for field marketing and event sponsorship projects.

"We are honored to be the promotional marketing agency of record for Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain and an American staple whose roots run wide and deep in communities across the country," said Bill Rosen, president and CEO at Arc Worldwide North America. "Our leading-edge cross-channel activation expertise, combined with powerful, creative ideas to activate behavior and sales, will help transform the way Walgreens communicates with its customers in the months ahead.