Walgreens CEO Bets on Doctors Over Drugstores in Search for Growth

Rosalind Brewer is shifting the chain’s focus to medical clinics

CEO Rosalind Brewer is spending billions on acquisitions at Walgreens.

Deerfield, Ill.—A year into her job as Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s chief executive, Rosalind Brewer realized the company’s board wasn’t entirely sold on her plan to save its ailing drugstore business.  

So she took directors on the road. 

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