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Walgreens cuts 2024 profit forecast, announces store closures

(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday cut its profit forecast for fiscal year 2024 and said it would close more underperforming U.S. stores as weak consumer spending hurts its retail operations. Shares of the Illinois-based company fell more than 15% in premarket trading, after having declined 40% for the year so far. Without specifying the […]

Woman threatens Walgreens’ employees with bat, gun: MPD

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are looking for a woman they say threatened Walgreens’ employees with a baseball bat and pistol Monday. Woman accused in deadly Memphis wreck arrested in Colorado At around 4:18 a.m., police say a woman attempted to steal items at the Walgreens on Summer Avenue but was unsuccessful. Reports say the […]

Delaware man stole $11K worth of cigarettes from Walgreens: state police

A Delaware man is accused of stealing more than $11,000 worth of cigarettes from a Walgreens store, according to police. The incident happened on Thursday at the Walgreens on New Linden Hill Road in Wilmington, Delaware State Police wrote on Facebook. “Yes, you read that right—eleven thousand dollars’ worth of smokes!” the agency wrote. CALIFORNIA […]

Man fatally shot by Española police in Walgreens parking lot

Jun. 11—A 28-year-old man was shot to death by police after hitting an officer with a stolen Jeep in a Walgreens parking lot in Española on Sunday. Española Police Chief Mizel Garcia said at about 6:15 p.m., his department responded to a call of a stolen vehicle at Walgreens. As two officers approached the vehicle, […]

Walgreens contacts potential buyers for Boots UK chain, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance is in the process of contacting potential buyers to sell its UK-based Boots drugstore chain in a second attempt at separating the unit, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, sending its shares up nearly 5%. The company is working with advisers to conduct preliminary discussions with prospective bidders for the unit, worth […]

Walgreens Stock Rallies On Report It’s Booting U.K Drugstores

Walgreens Boots (WBA) stock surged Monday on a Bloomberg report that the retail pharmacy chain is exploring selling its U.K. Boots drugstores. X The multinational is contacting possible buyers for its Boots business and is working on holding “early-stage” discussions with interested parties, Bloomberg reported Monday. The U.K. Boots pharmacy chain is valued at $8.8 […]