Boots owner mulls float or sale by end of 2023 to focus on US market

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Walgreens, the US-based parent company of Boots, could either sell or float the UK retail favourite as the global pharmacy giant faces intense pressure to break up.

Investors and board members of Walgreens Boots Alliance want executive chair Stefano Pessina and chief executive Rosalind Brewer to refocus the company on its domestic US market, according to This is Money.

 

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