
Express Scripts ( ESRX ) CEO George Paz tells the WSJ that he would "love to do a deal with Walgreen ( WAG )" to revive their contract, which expired a few months ago, "if they're willing to offer rates in line with everybody else
COST, high-end natural and organic specialty chains such as Whole Foods WFMI, and convenience locations such as Walgreen WAG . Because most supermarkets cannot win against these retailers on such dimensions as price, quality, or convenience, they
dominate the portfolio. There also are a slew of nondiscretionary retailers included here such as Wal-Mart WMT, Walgreen WAG , and Kroger KR. While investors shouldn't expect much greater than mid-single-digit top-line growth from these mature
portfolio. KXI holds a slew of nondiscretionary retailers as well, like Wal-Mart WMT, CVS Caremark CVS, Tesco, and Walgreen WAG . While investors shouldn't expect much more than mid-single-digit top-line growth from these mature firms, there
The main difference here, however, is that the iShares offering excludes the retail names such as Wal-Mart WM T , Walgreen WAG , and Costco COST. (Retail firms make up about 21% of the Consumer Staples SPDR's assets.) Thus, investors truly are
assets). Plus, XLP also holds a swath of food and staples retailers (21% of assets) such as Wal-Mart WMT and Walgreen WAG , while PBJ devotes 13.5% of assets to food retailers and holds no staples retailers. Owing to its narrow sector focus
that the global beauty care firm has expanded into the consumer segment), which sells for $8 at Duane Reade and Walgreens WAG versus a slight discount to $7.75-$7.79 at Wal-Mart WMT and Target TGT. Despite the inherent power that has shifted
inflation appears to explain the discrepancy between revenue and volume growth. We can discern no negative impact from the Walgreen WAG dispute, reinforcing our thesis that Express Scripts has a much stronger bargaining position than the retailer. Management
especially miserable. April same store sails were largely a wash-out. Kohl's ( KSS ), The Gap ( GPS ), and Walgreen ( WAG ) posted dismal numbers. Wouldn't it be nice to see one retailer trounce each month estimates each and every time? Post double
Walgreen ( WAG ) announces that it completed the acquisition of BioScrip in a deal that adds another 500K patients in 16 different states. The