Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a healthcare, pharmacy, and retail company in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Retail Pharmacy, International, and U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Retail Pharmacy segment engages in the operation of retail drugstores, health and wellness services, specialty, and home delivery pharmacy services, which offer health and wellness, beauty, personal care and consumables, and general merchandise. The International segment offers the sale of prescription drugs and health and wellness, beauty, personal care, and other consumer products outside the United States; and operates pharmacy-led health and beauty retail businesses under the Boots brand stores in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Thailand, as well as the Benavides brand in Mexico and the Ahumada brand in Chile. The U.S. Healthcare segment provides VillageMD, a national provider of value-based care with primary, multi-specialty, and urgent care providers serving patients in traditional clinic settings, in patients' homes and online appointments; Shields, a specialty pharmacy integrator and accelerator for hospitals; and CareCentrix, a participant in the post-acute and home care management sectors. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. was formerly known as Walgreen Co. and changed its name to Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. in December 2014. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. was founded in 1909 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.