A SWOT Analysis of Walgreens in the Competitive Pharmacy Marketplace Katy Mullis Table of Contents Page Contact Information .............................................................................................................3 I. Walgreens Overview ........................................................................................................4 II. Strengths....................................................................................................................
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Overview Founded in 1901‚ Walgreens had revenues of $63.3 billion in fiscal 2009. As of Aug. 31 2009‚ the company operated 6‚997 drugstores in 50 states‚ DC‚ and Puerto Rico versus 6‚443 a year ago. In fiscal 2009 Walgreens added 544 new drugstores‚ including 70 by acquision‚ acquisition? growing by 8.6%. The company is principally in the retail drugstore business and its operations are within one reportable business segment. (Walgreens 2009) Strengths The successful implementation of technology
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food and drugstore category‚ Walgreens’ position as the market leader is perhaps its greatest strength (Walgreens Corporation‚ 2006c; Carpenter‚ 2004). Its next closest rival‚ CVS‚ trailed Walgreens in sales by nearly $7 billion annually and Walgreens outsells number three Rite Aid by over $30 billion (Walgreens Corporation‚ 2006c). The average Walgreens store fills about 256 prescriptions daily‚ compared to the average 100 prescriptions filled by independent pharmacies and the average 180 prescriptions
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I. Walgreens Corporation’s History and Mission Statement Established over a century ago‚ Walgreens has since grown into a national corporation with over 8‚489 stores (Walgreens Corporation‚ 2013). Today‚ they are the first largest drugstore chain in the nation before CVS‚ Rite Aid‚ and Wal-Mart. Walgreens serves more than 6.3 million customers daily and fills 784 million prescriptions every year (Walgreens Corporation‚ 2013). Priding itself on innovation and technology‚ Walgreens was the first drug
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Walgreens is one of the largest drug store chains in the U.S.‚ ahead of CVS‚ Rite-Aid‚ Wal-Mart etc. based on store counts. In 1909‚ the company’s founder‚ Charles Walgreen Sr.‚ purchased one of the busiest drug stores on Chicago’s South Side‚ and transformed it by constructing an ice cream fountain that featured his own brand of ice cream. The ice cream fountain was the forerunner of the famous Walgreen’ soda fountain‚ which became the main attraction for customers from the 1920s through the 1950s
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Walgreens Company SWOT Analysis Melanie Garces MGT/521 July 16‚ 2012 Kirk Davis Abstract This paper will provide insight into the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats of the Walgreens Company‚ the nation’s leading drugstore chain. The company’s key stakeholders – customers‚ employees and the community are also identified and an explanation provided as to how the company is satisfying the needs and wants of each stakeholder type. This paper analyzes the strengths of the company
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Walgreens Strategy Analysis Retailing: MKTG 3740 B April 7‚ 2013 I. History and Mission Statement Walgreens has grown from a small‚ neighborhood-oriented drug store to a trusted‚ national pharmacy. Founded in 1901 by Charles R. Walgreen‚ the company bloomed from a commitment made to perseverance. Walgreen came from Dixon‚ Illinois at the age of sixteen‚ working an unpleasant job at a drug store after he lost a portion of a finger that left him incapable of continuing a career in athletics
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Vision statement analysis To be “My Walgreens” for everyone in America — the first choice in health and daily living … owning the strategic territory of “well.” Effective elements of the statement: Graphic - the company’s vision clearly paints a picture of the company becoming the nation’s top retail resource for pharmacy and health-and-wellness services and products. Easy to communicate – the vision is easy understandable‚ has memorable slogan “My Walgreens for everyone in America” Feasible
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Business Law I Brief of Court Case Walgreen Co. vs. Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board Citation: It was decided on February 19‚ 1998. Wisconsin Appellate Court The owner and operator of several pharmacies of the Walgreen Company in Wisconsin violated various regulatory statutes and administrative rules relating to pharmacies when it accepted prescription orders form physicians by a computer electronic mail system and provided used computers for some of the physicians participating in
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Ana Cruz Comprehensive Case Analysis of Walgreens Company Abstract: This paper will provide insight into the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats of the Walgreens Company‚ the nation’s leading drugstore chain. The company’s key stakeholders – customers‚ employees and the community are also identified and an explanation provided as to how the company is satisfying the needs and wants of each stakeholder type. This paper analyzes the strengths of the company as the industry
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