WBA not overly worried by rising Amazon threat

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is “not particularly worried” by online retail giant Amazon’s growing interest in the pharmacy market, according to the wholesale and retail giant’s chief executive officer Stefano Pessina.

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is “not particularly worried” by online retail giant Amazon’s growing interest in the pharmacy market, according to the wholesale and retail giant’s chief executive officer Stefano Pessina.

Asked by analysts for his reaction to Amazon’s acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack on 28 June, Pessina said that while...

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