Walgreens Boots improves Q2 sales

Walgreens Boots Alliance has boosted its second quarter sales amid restructuring of its US operations.

The company’s Retail Pharmacy International division, which includes Boots in the UK, increased sales by 2.9 per cent to $2.0bn.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has been organised into three segments – Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International and Pharmaceutical Wholesale – but figures were not disclosed for the UK or for Boots Opticians operations directly.

Its total net sales in the second quarter increased 35.5 per cent to $26.6bn compared with the same quarter a year ago, largely due to the inclusion of Alliance Boots in figures following the completion of a merger by Boots and Walgreens last year.