Walgreens plans to sell Boots

In order to focus on its new healthcare provider business and the North American market, Walgreens Boots Alliance (sales of US$132.5 billion in the year to August 2021, +7.5%) is considering selling Boots the UK drugstore subsidiary.

Stefano Pessina, Group C.E.O., consulted with investment bank Goldman Sachs to determine a way forward. Alongside a sale, the group could list Boots as a separate company. In 2014, Walgreens bought Boots and became WBA, a promising transatlantic