Thursday, June 29, 2017

Rite Aid, Walgreens make $5.2B store sale deal as merger called off

Rite Aid is selling more than 2,100 stores to Walgreens Boots Alliance for nearly $5.2 billion. The all-cash sale of the 2,186 Rite Aid locations and three distribution centers puts an end to the years-long talks of a merger between the two retail pharmacy giants. First announced in October 2015, the merger did not appear to be nearing approval from the Federal Trade Commission. Feedback from the FTC led the two companies to drop that conversation, Rite Aid said in a statement. The termination…



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