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Introduction

200 Wilmot Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015-4620
U.S.A.
Telephone: (847) 940-2500
Toll Free: (800) 289-2273
Fax: (847) 914-2804
Web site: http://www.walgreens.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1916
Employees: 154,000
Sales: $32.51 billion (2003)
Stock Exchanges: New York Chicago
Ticker Symbol: WAG
NAIC: 446110 Pharmacies and Drug Stores

1. Introduction
2. Early Years of Rapid Growth
3. Great Depression Years
4. Continued Expansion in the 1940s
5. Transition to Self-Service Beginning in 1950s
6. Diversifying Beyond Drugstores in 1960s and 1970s
7. Refocused on Drugstores in 1980s
8. Accelerated Expansion in the 1990s
9. A Steady Performer, Late 1990s and Early 2000s
10. Principal Subsidiaries
11. Principal Competitors
12. Further Reading
13. Copyright Page
14. About Page