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Carrefour Deploys Supply Chain Platform to Beef Up Sustainable Sourcing

Carrefour Global Sourcing (CGS), part of the Carrefour S.A. Group, will support its responsible sourcing initiatives with the TradeBeyond CBX platform, which…

Walgreens to Pay up to $350 Million to Settle DOJ Opioid Lawsuit

Walgreens will pay $300 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice civil suit, filed in January 2025, that had accused the…

Walgreens Agrees to $10B Sycamore Partners Acquisition

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has finalized a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners to take the company private after being in…

Walgreens Plans to Shutter 1,200 Stores Over Next 3 Years

Walgreens Boots Alliance will close 1,200 stores in the next three years, including 500 closures during its 2025 fiscal year, which will…

Walgreens Outlines Turnaround Plans, Including ‘Significant’ Store Closures

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has cut its profit forecast for fiscal 2024 and plans to close “a significant number of underperforming stores,”…

Walgreens Boots Alliance to Deploy Unified Sourcing Platform Across Brands

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) will optimize and standardize sourcing across its operations with a platform from TradeBeyond that the retailer will use…

Amazon Powers its Way Onto Dow Jones Industrial Average

In a sign of its enormous role in both the U.S. and world economies, Amazon will join the exclusive “club” of 30…

Walgreens Boots Alliance Exec Appointments: Shakeups Reaffirm Focus on Healthcare

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) CEO Tim Wentworth has made three new executive appointments that reaffirm the company’s focus on health services and…

Walgreens Cuts 5% of Corporate Workforce in Streamlining Bid

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) will cut 267 jobs — 5% of its corporate workforce — in a move to “streamline our operations…

Walgreens Agrees to $192.5 Million Settlement with Shareholders over Failed Rite Aid Merger

Just three weeks before it was set to go to trial, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has agreed to pay $192.5 million to…

Walgreens Boots Taps Healthcare Vet for CEO Post

A little over a month after the abrupt departure of CEO Rosalind Brewer, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has named former Express Scripts…

Walgreens CEO Steps Down

Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer has stepped down from her role, effective immediately. The company shared in a statement that Brewer…

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