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Walgreens Wants the Corner Drugstore to Be an Online Delivery Hub

The retailer has closed an e-commerce warehouse as it focuses instead on having its stores do double duty as fulfillment centers

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Nov. 14, 2023 3:52 pm ET

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Walgreens Boots Alliance is betting its 8,700 bricks-and-mortar stores, and not a network of fulfillment centers, hold the key to speeding up delivery of online consumer orders and increasing sales.

The pharmacy giant recently closed a warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill., dedicated to filling e-commerce orders for household items such as toothpaste and nail polish, signaling that it is going all-in on the idea that its stores will do double duty as both retail outlets and hubs for home deliveries.

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