Houston / Washington / Milwaukee / St. Louis / New York / Kansas City / Dixon / Chicago / /
Company
Depression / Rite Aid / Duane Reade / Thrifty / John Wiley and Sons / World War II Like / CSX / Wal-Mart / Walgreens / CVS / Walgreen Co. / Eckerd / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
Mexico / United States / Germany / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Reorganization / Company Expansion / Product Release / M&A / Person Communication and Meetings / IPO / /
Facility
Blood Pharmacy / Horton’s Drug Store / Valentine’s Drug Store / College of William / America’s Corner Store / University of Chicago / Walgreens store / Dixon Business College / /
Dixon Business College / Army / Pentagon / College of William and Mary / the University of Chicago / Mason School of Business / American Medical Association / /
Person
R. Kogan / Myrtle / Chuck / Isaac Blood / Caleb Danner / H. Kogan / Lyman Spalding / Jim Ward / John S. Strong / Frederick II / Robert Knight / James McKinsey / Charles Walgreen / Horton / /
Position
drugstore clerk / executive roles / store manager / president / physician / clerk / CEO / professor / registered pharmacist / assistant / manager / Pharmacist / bookkeeper / Emperor / soda fountain manager / Professor of Finance and Economics / controller / /
Walgreens: Strategic Evolution 1 America’s largest drugstore chain, Walgreens, had 8,210 locations by 2011, including 7,761 drugstores. Almost 75 percent of Americans lived within five miles of a Walgreens pharmacy, an