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Walgreens to Establish New Technology Center of Excellence in the Sullivan Center
Walgreens today announced with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel that it will
bring approximately 300 technology positions to its current downtown
Chicago office in the Sullivan Center to establish a new technology
center of excellence. Through a combination of new hires and relocations
from its Deerfield, Ill., support office, Walgreens will double its
number of employees working at the Sullivan Center, located at 36 S.
Wabash Ave.
Walgreens is currently building out its space in the Sullivan Center to
host the new center of excellence, which will host much of the company's
retail pharmacy technology team along with the digital, mobile and
e-commerce technology teams that currently work there.
"We are excited to bring more technology jobs to the City of Chicago and
establish a technology center of excellence that will focus on
delivering state-of-the-art systems to our more than 8,000 drugstores
nationwide," said Alex Gourlay, president of Walgreens. "Chicago is
where Walgreens began as a single drugstore in1901, and expanding our
downtown presence will help us retain and attract the best talent to
continue developing our digital and technology capabilities."
Walgreens already employs more than 3,500 people in the City of Chicago,
where it operates 136 drugstores.
"Chicago and Walgreens have a long and shared history of innovation and
ingenuity," Mayor Emanuel said. "That history makes Chicago the perfect
city for Walgreens to locate 300 jobs and make an investment in its
future."
About Walgreens
Walgreens (walgreens.com),
one of the nation's largest drugstore chains, is included in the Retail
Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA),
the first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise. More
than 10 million customers interact with Walgreens each day in
communities across America, using the most convenient, multichannel
access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective
pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice. Walgreens operates
8,175 drugstores with a presence in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with its
omnichannel business, Walgreens.com. Approximately 400 Walgreens stores
offer Healthcare Clinic or other provider retail clinic services.
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