The pharmacy and retail store now counts itself as one of thousands of portfolio companies owned by private equity, an industry renowned for its profits-first, people-last approach to business.

Walgreens is now in the hands of a private equity owner that has loaded the pharmacy giant with billions in new obligations, ...

Shields Health Solutions ("Shields" or the "Company"), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that it is now operating as a private standalone company following its ...

Walgreens’s three businesses—U.S. retail pharmacy, Boots UK, and U.S. healthcare—will be separated and have distinct capital structures, according to the report. Sycamore and Walgreens both declined ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity affiliated with Sycamore Partners in a deal valued at $23.7 billion. Sycamore Partners is ...

The agreement includes a 35-day go-shop period, during which WBA and its financial advisor Centerview Partners will actively seek alternative proposals If the deal closes, it will be one of the ...

Sanders criticized Walgreens’ private equity owner after hourly workers lost paid holidays following the buyout. ・He warned that cost-cutting could lead to layoffs, citing past outcomes at other ...

Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The company on Thursday said it inked a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners that will take it off the public market for an equity ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. has taken a major step forward in its bid to go private after it announced that at the Company’s Special Meeting of Shareholders, WBA shareholders had approved the ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sycamore Partners (“Sycamore”) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) (the “Company” or “WBA”). Sycamore is acquiring ...

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The acquisition of Walgreens by a private equity firm is complete, ending the drugstore chain’s run as a publicly traded company. Walgreens said Thursday that former Staples ...