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Miguel Afonso Caetano"The trends for Walgreens aren’t good - it has closed a thousand stores since 2018, and plans to shut 1,200 more this year. And if you look at the gross operating income of the U.S. retail segment, it is collapsing.I put these charts together based on data in Walgreen’s annual reports. What’s going on? Well that’s simple. Margins are falling apart.Galloway and Elson went back and forth on why Walgreens is flailing. The company hasn’t modernized in the age of Amazon. It has too many stores. Bad management. A dumb acquisition of VillageMD in 2021. Etc. And these would seem like reasonable causes, since lots of other retailers are dying in the face of low price competition.But the real reason Walgreens, and the pharmacy business in general, is dying, is because of a failure to enforce antitrust laws against unfair business methods and illegal mergers. Elson touched on it when he mentioned lower reimbursement rates, but I don’t think people appreciate the full scope of what happened to Walgreens, and to the full pharmacy business in general. This is not a case of bad management, it’s a case of desperate management."<a href="https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-real-reason-walgreens-collapsed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-real-reason-walgreens-collapsed</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monopolies</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Oligopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligopolies</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Pharmacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pharmacy</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antitrust</a>

Comics and Jokes @ Lucentinian Works Co LtdNew entry of AI-generated <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comics</a> and <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=jokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jokes</a> added to our <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#website</a>:<a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a>' <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Private</a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equity</a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=Takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takeover</a><a href="https://comics.lucentinian.com/5152" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">comics.lucentinian.com/5152</a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=DailyComedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyComedy</a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=NewsJokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewsJokes</a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=AIComedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIComedy</a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=DailyJokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyJokes</a> <a href="https://social.lucentinian.com/search?tag=FunnyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FunnyNews</a>

:Fire_Bisexual: Dizzy 0069 Stiff Assed Crip :Fire_Bisexual:Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion - <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5320798/walgreens-private-equity-acquisition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5320798/walgreens-private-equity-acquisition</a>That could well be the death knell for Walgreens in the USA and Boots in the UK. Boots have been closing branches all over the UK and (IMO) running some of their smaller branches down trying to push people to their larger stores at large shopping centres.I try to use local independent pharmacies where possible. My local Boots has gone downhill over the last few years. My assigned pharmacy for prescriptions is an indie. They're very helpful and it's good to have a good relationship with your pharmacy.I get my COVID tests from another indie just up the road cos they do larger packs.<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Boots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boots</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/IndependentPharmacies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndependentPharmacies</a>

sgt1372<a href="https://sfba.social/@jeridansky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jeridansky</a> This doesn't really affect anyone who shops at <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a>, except those who's local stores are closed in further cost cutting efforts by the new owner. The prior closing of Walgreens stores was already a tip off at how poorly Walgreens has been doing. Theft has been blamed for many of the closings in SF (which was & still is a problem) but, fact is, Walgreens already had too many stores in SF & has opened too many stores across the country. 🤷‍♂️

Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!Well that's going to be the kiss of death. I wouldn't be surprised if there are no Boots stores left in the UK within 5-10 years.<blockquote>"Walgreens-Boots bought by private equity company Sycamore Partners"</blockquote><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxq0p27z69o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxq0p27z69o</a><a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/Boots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boots</a> <a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> <a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/BootsTheChemists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BootsTheChemists</a>

Tanquist<a href="https://toot.cafe/@chartier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@chartier</a> I would say further enshittify. I guess allowing clerks to publicly shame women for buying condoms, deciding pharmacists' religious objections are more important than a customer's need for medication, and hiding refrigerated items behind crappy "smart" screens were not all that profitable. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a>

David ChartierLLLLLET’S GET READY TO ENSHITIFFFYYYYY<a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/walgreens-buyout-private-sycamore-drugstore-4f4b33c34e61fe0e1b111107db4830fa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/walgreens-buyout-private-sycamore-drugstore-4f4b33c34e61fe0e1b111107db4830fa</a>

Dominic TyerWalgreens set to be bought out for $10bn by private equity firm, according to reports<a href="https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/mergers-and-acquisitions/private-equity-firm-buy-walgreens-10b-report-claims" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/mergers-and-acquisitions/private-equity-firm-buy-walgreens-10b-report-claims</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pharmacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pharmacy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a>

Punk Metal n BowieThe Associated Press: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> couple sues <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OptumRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OptumRx</a>, saying son died after $500 price rise for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asthma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asthma</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/meds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meds</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-asthma-medicine-lawsuit-walgreens-optum-8b4130ab404e513fbd68c9e02b51976b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-asthma-medicine-lawsuit-walgreens-optum-8b4130ab404e513fbd68c9e02b51976b</a>

Albert SimsWhat's the point of <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> putting the link to a survey on their receipts if the freggin' website containing the survey won't load??

Jenny👉 More companies* that (so far) are rejecting FOTUS’s hateful anti-<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> directives:<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kroger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kroger</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ELF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ELF</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BenAndJerrys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BenAndJerrys</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ulta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ulta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OldNavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldNavy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Macys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macys</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nordstrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nordstrom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JPMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JPMorgan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TJMaxx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TJMaxx</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Delta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nike</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Adobe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pinterest</a>👉 Companies that are COMPLYING with anti-DEI directives:<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Target" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Target</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walmart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/McDonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDonalds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HarleyDavidson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarleyDavidson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lowes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lowes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HomeDepot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeDepot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnDeere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnDeere</a>(sources in comment below)*yes I know some of these companies suck for other reasons. That’s not the point of this post.

💀Maggot McFear💀Is locking products up a scam?Yep. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFJFeRNSkll/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/DFJFeRNSkll/</a>

LilMikeSF<a href="https://c.im/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> spent $200 million replacing refrigerated <a href="https://c.im/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retail</a> cooler doors with techy TV screens showing ads...After spending $200M on that project alone, the flailing <a href="https://c.im/tags/drugstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drugstore</a> chain has closed hundreds of stores from coast to coast ...Coincidence or <a href="https://c.im/tags/Farmacia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Farmacia</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fiasco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiasco</a> Conspiracy? <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-01-16/walgreens-fridge-fight-bodes-poorly-for-future-of-retail" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-01-16/walgreens-fridge-fight-bodes-poorly-for-future-of-retail</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#advertising</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a>

Pseudo Nym<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#walgreens</a> suffers bad business decision to replace (checks notes) glass refrigerator doors with ad-displaying enshittified screens. Things catch fire. Vendor bricks doors. Hilarity ensues.Schadenfreude levels rising. De fanged Twitter link<a href="https://xcancel.com/buccocapital/status/1880326531068883035#m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://xcancel.com/buccocapital/status/1880326531068883035#m</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infosec</a>

smegDOJ sues Walgreens alleging prescriptions filled without medical purposes <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/17/doj-sues-walgreens-prescriptions.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/17/doj-sues-walgreens-prescriptions.html</a><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/OpiodCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpiodCrisis</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#walgreens</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/prescriptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prescriptions</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/prescriptionopioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prescriptionopioids</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/pharmacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pharmacy</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/pharmacies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pharmacies</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/MedicalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicalEthics</a>

Bruce Mirken<a href="https://octodon.social/@Taweret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Taweret</a> I would have told them that, but I stopped shopping at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> when they started locking stuff up.

ferricoxideWatching an <a href="https://evil.social/tags/Eagles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eagles</a> recap on <a href="https://evil.social/tags/YouTube" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouTube</a>. Commercial for <a href="https://evil.social/tags/Walgreens" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> comes on: it's a 50s force-watch and is using an obviously <a href="https://evil.social/tags/AI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> narration. Even if I were willing to sit through a 50s commercial – my limit is < 30s – the AI voice is a hard <a href="https://evil.social/tags/nope" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nope</a> for me.

LilMikeSF<a href="https://c.im/tags/Pharmageddon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pharmageddon</a> ? <a href="https://c.im/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> announces abrupt closure of a dozen stores in largely <a href="https://c.im/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lawless</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SanFrancisco</a> retail corridors including the store near General Hospital at 24th & Potrero that was robbed by an armed teenage gang that injured an employee last year. 2 locations on <a href="https://c.im/tags/Geary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geary</a> to be shuttered, and 9 other neighborhood anchor <a href="https://c.im/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retail</a> stores.<a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/08/walgreens-to-shutter-12-san-francisco-stores/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/08/walgreens-to-shutter-12-san-francisco-stores/</a>

Kagan MacTane (he/him)If you got an email about how you may be eligible for a class-action lawsuit payout form Walgreens Savings Club, be aware that the email gives your "NoticeID number" first, and then your unique ID... but for some reason the form you enter them into puts them in the other order. Unique ID first, then NoticeID. (Whyyy‽)Anyway, don't let that deter you! Get what you're owed!(Boosts welcome for reach.)<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassAction</a>

J 💫 🏴‍☠️ :mets:Say what you will about <a href="https://janerationx.rocks/tags/CVS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CVS</a>; the checkout process was seamless and my items will arrive by Monday. <a href="https://janerationx.rocks/tags/Walgreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walgreens</a> can go suck a..something.

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