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Boots owner Walgreens Boots Alliance to be acquired by Sycamore Partners

Hannah Millington March 13, 2025
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail company and US owner of the Boots pharmacy chain with locations across the UK and Ireland, is to be taken over by Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm.
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