While financial and retail analysts continue to evaluate the implications of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s recent agreement to ...

Walgreens has long been a staple of American life, with about 8,500 stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico and reaching some of the most underserved communities. But after a series of headwinds — ...

The S&P 500 Health Care Index Sector (XLV) was also down 0.29% during the week. Walgreens jumps as Sycamore agrees to $11.45 a share purchase Sycamore Partners agreed to acquire Walgreens Boots ...

At the time, CEO Wentworth said that VillageMD would close 160 clinics ... period with Sycamore, Walgreens did not find other bidders. Readers may want CVS Health (CVS) to bid.

Beyond store closures, Walgreens has been reviewing its US healthcare operations, including a potential sale of its VillageMD clinic business, which it had aggressively expanded. This move comes ...

Walgreens, once a cornerstone of American retail, has faced a dramatic fall from grace. “Meaningful value creation will take time, focus, and change that is better managed as a private company ...

Walgreens acquired the VillageMD retail clinic business in 2021 for $5.2 billion. VillageMD, in turn, acquired Summit Health and Summit Health's unit CityMD in 2023 for $8.9 billion. VillageMD ...

Sycamore’s deal to take Walgreens private follows the storied chain’s decline amid e-commerce and health-industry changes.

The company broadened by purchasing health clinics, but they weren’t as profitable as anticipated. Walgreens also has plans to divest its stake in VillageMD, the chain of health clinics that it ...

(Bloomberg) -- Walgreens Boots ... while other large health-care companies built vertically integrated behemoths that combined insurance, drug plans, pharmacies and clinics.

NEW YORK — Walgreens Boots ... that it was reviewing a U.S. health care operation it had expanded aggressively, and it might sell all or part of its VillageMD clinic business.

VillageMD closed roughly 150 clinics, or about half of its ... proceeds to reduce our net debt and improve the health of our balance sheet," Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth said on the company's ...