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...More recently, Walgreens said its shrinkage fell from 3.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent during its fiscal first quarter....
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...Walgreens said last week that more people were visiting its drug stores to get Covid-19 shots in states where take-up rates had been lagging....
...The New York-listed group’s bricks-and-mortar stores, which include the Walgreens and Duane Reade chains in the US and the UK’s Boots, have come under additional pressure during the coronavirus crisis....
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