Flash ReportWalgreens Boots Alliance Bags Over 60 Shopko Stores After Bankruptcy Court Approves Bids Coresight Research January 30, 2019 Executive SummaryWisconsin-based retailer Shopko recently announced it would exit the pharmacy business and sell off its assets as part of a financial restructuring. These are the highlights of the asset sale and the retailers acquiring the assets: Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), CVS Health (CVS) and Albertsons led a group of over 20 drugstore and retail chains that bid for the prescriptions and other pharmacy assets belonging to bankrupt retailer Shopko. WBA secured 63 pharmacies, the highest number among all the companies that bid, followed by CVS (which acquired 13) and Albertsons (which acquired seven). Shopko auctioned 120 pharmacy assets or stores in total. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Keeping Green While Saving Green: Five Areas for Technology-Driven Sustainability in 2025DeepSeek: The Chinese AI Startup That Has Overtaken ChatGPT on Apple’s App Store2025 Tariffs: What Do US Consumers Think?—Proprietary Survey InsightsUS Back to School 2025, Part 2: Where Consumers Will Shop—Opportunities with Higher-Income Shoppers, in Retail Media and on TikTok
