Walgreens closing 200 more stores
August 7, 2019
Walgreens Boots Alliance announced it is closing 200 U.S. locations not originally included in its list of 750 stores it plans to shutter. The drugstore chain’s share price fell 0.5 percent on the news. Walgreens’ stock has lost 25 percent of its value year-to-date.
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