Walgreens Boots Alliance

Sector: Healthcare

Industry: Pharmaceutical Retailers

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is a diversified healthcare, pharmacy and retailing company. The company was founded by Charles R. Walgreen and John Boot in 1901. It is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. It has split its business into three operating divisions: US Retail Pharmacy, International and US Healthcare. The company offers a wide variety of prescription and non-prescription drugs, as well as primary and acute care, wellness and pharmacy, in addition to disease management services and health and fitness. Its international operations consist of pharmacy-led health and beauty retail businesses outside the US and a pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution business in Germany. Its slate of recognizable brands include Walgreens, Boots, Duane Reade, the No7 Beauty Company, Benavides in Mexico and Ahumada in Chile.