Walgreens lost decade How M&A mania and retail neglect shrunk a $100 billion giant to a $10 billion private equity gamble

News Source : Fortune
News Summary
- Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Tim Wentworth made a comment that earned him countless headlines
- Wentworth: “When you lock things up, you don’t sell as many of them
- We’ve kind of proven that pretty conclusively
- ” In 2024, Walgreens drugstores generated non-pharmacy revenue of some $27 billion
In hindsight, it was an exchange that encapsulated years of shopper frustration.On an earnings call in January, a Wall Street analyst asked Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Tim Wentworth about his effort [+16102 chars]