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January 9, 2013
Following challenging 2012, Walgreens looks to expand pharmacy role in 2013 and beyond

"2012 was definitely an important year for Walgreens," Greg Wasson, Walgreens president and CEO, told shareholders here Wednesday afternoon at the chain's annual shareholder meeting. "We did make some tough choices to protect and solidify … our position for the long term," he said. "[But] our vision is crystal clear to become the first choice for health and daily living in America."

 CHICAGO — "[The year] 2012 was definitely an important year for Walgreens," Greg Wasson, Walgreens president and CEO, told shareholders here, at the Navy Pier, Wednesday afternoon, at the chain's annual shareholder meeting. "We did make some tough choices to protect and solidify … our position for the long term," he said. "[But] our vision is crystal clear to become the first choice for health and daily living in America."

January 14, 2011
Walgreens plays game right with expanded front-end initiatives

Walgreens has talked plenty about its Customer Centric Retailing initiative since the overhaul of its store merchandising and marketing strategy kicked off two years ago. But the rejuvenation of Walgreens’ sprawling, coast-to-coast store network is just the tip of the CCR iceberg, company leaders said.

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT — Walgreens has talked plenty about its Customer Centric Retailing initiative since the overhaul of its store merchandising and marketing strategy kicked off two years ago. But the rejuvenation of Walgreens’ sprawling, coast-to-coast store network is just the tip of the CCR iceberg, company leaders said.

(THE NEWS: CCR is just the beginning, says Walgreens CEO. For the full story, click here)

January 12, 2011
Walgreens’ mission: To be nation’s top source for ‘health and daily living needs,’ leaders say

Bolstered by a strong recent uptrend in sales and earnings and by clear signs that its massive realignment is beginning to bear real fruit, Walgreens’ top executives delivered an upbeat assessment of the company’s progress and its potential as a multichannel retail and healthcare powerhouse at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting Wednesday.

CHICAGO — Bolstered by a strong recent uptrend in sales and earnings and by clear signs that its massive realignment is beginning to bear real fruit, Walgreens’ top executives delivered an upbeat assessment of the company’s progress and its potential as a multichannel retail and healthcare powerhouse at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting Wednesday.

January 14, 2010
Opportunities still knock as Walgreens enters new decade

In January 2009, Walgreens’ top brass faced a few hundred worried stockholders on a frigid...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT In January 2009, Walgreens’ top brass faced a few hundred worried stockholders on a frigid day -- a day whose forbidding temperatures and blowing snow seemed to match the grim mood of those inside Chicago’s Navy Pier ballroom. The economy was in a panicked freefall. Bank lending and consumer spending had evaporated as the nation hemorrhaged jobs. Walgreens’ stock price was down by almost half from its all-time peak.