In a cyber disaster, consumers were affected as their name and credentials were exposed online. These consumers were mostly from Citigroup to Walgreen to HSN. The US corporate firm were the targets.

In the year 2005, Walgreen, the nation's largest drug-store chain launched the SeniorMed in collaboration with Senior Healthcare Partners LLC and then had bought the Company in the year 2007.

Walgreen Co. has entered in a deal to acquire New York-based drugstore chain Duane Reade Holdings Inc. Walgreen will acquire Duane Reade from affiliates of Oak Hill Capital Partners for $1.08 billion, including debt and the deal is expected to be closed by August 31. Walgreen expects to increase its presence in the New York area in which it already operates 70 stores.

The Walgreen Co. (WAG) has issued a warning this week to withdraw almost half of its pharmacies from the state of Washington’s Medicaid program Feb. 15 since the program continues to reduce the reimbursements.

In a development which nudged the company's shares values higher, Walgreen Co, America's top ranked and largest drugstore chain, posted a nearly 20% surge in its quarterly profits on the back of increased sales of prescription drugs and more demand for flu shots, which overshadowed consumer cut backs on other discretionary products.

The drugstore chain, Walgreen Co. has posted a bigger-than-expected 8.7% fall in its third quarter earnings.

The fresh look of drugstore chain has cost about $30,000 to $50,000 to implement in each store. 

As a mark of its protest against Delaware's plan of cutting reimbursements for drugs, Walgreen - the biggest pharmacy chain in the state - announced on Thursday that July onwards it would stop filling Medicaid prescriptions for the state.

The weaker-than-anticipated sales at its pharmacy counters, generic-drug introductions and one less weekday in May, led to the May same-store sales at Walgreen Co. rising 1 percent, missing the estimated figures for the month. According to an average Thomson Reuters' forecast, analysts had expected the figures to rise at least 2.2 percent.

Some unemployed customers of Walgreen Co., who have no health insurance, have been offered free visits to the drugstore's in-store clinics, an offer that comes more than a year into the recession, and applies only to adults who lost their jobs on or after 31st March. Spouses, domestic partners and children also qualify for the offer, as long as they do not have their own health insurance.

OptionCare Enterprises Inc., a subsidiary of Walgreen Co, has informed that it has bought Tampa, Florida based home care provider CareMax Medical Resources LLC.

However, the financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed by the company.