US pharmacy giant Walgreens Boots Alliance is going private. Will the new owners sell off the high-street chemist?

NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens Boots Alliance says it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners as the struggling retailer looks to turn itself around after years of losing ...

Joele Fank cofounder and managing partner Joele Frank and partners Aaron Palash, Jamie Moser and Adam Pollack are handling Walgreens while partners Michael Freitag and Arielle Rothstein are advising ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance will be taken private by Sycamore ... Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in retail and consumer investments, has a track record of acquiring ...

Stefano Pessina, is expected to nearly double his company ownership to about 30% after the U.S. pharmacy chain completes its buyout arrangement with private equity firm Sycamore, The Financial Times ...

One expert told Newsweek that the takeover could result in even more store closures for the embattled pharmacy chain.

Last week, however, parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by the retail-focused private equity firm Sycamore ...

Its agreement with the private equity firm values its shares at ... Consensus is for Walgreens Boots Alliance to earn $0.53 cents a share in its current quarter, which would mean a 56% decline ...