Walgreens Boots Alliance

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multinational corporation pharmacy-led health and retail company public company

Walgreens Boots Alliance is a major global pharmacy-led health and retail company that operates the Walgreens and Boots drugstore chains, among other health and beauty brands.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Walgreens Boots Alliance canonical	15
Walgreen Co.	7
Walgreens	7
Alliance Boots	3
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.	2
Walgreens.com	2
Walgreens Boots Alliance U.S. operations	1
Walgreens Boots Alliance U.S. segment	1
Walgreens-branded drugstores	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T502978 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Walgreens Boots Alliance
Context triple: [Valerie Jarrett, boardMemberOf, Walgreens Boots Alliance]

A. Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
B. GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products.
C. Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that develops and manufactures medical devices, diagnostics, branded generic medicines, and nutritional products.
D. Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a multinational healthcare conglomerate best known for its pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.
E. Kenvue
Kenvue is a consumer health company that owns well-known over-the-counter medicine and personal care brands formerly housed within Johnson & Johnson.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Walgreens Boots Alliance
Target entity description: Walgreens Boots Alliance is a major global pharmacy-led health and retail company that operates the Walgreens and Boots drugstore chains, among other health and beauty brands.

A. Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
B. GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products.
C. Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that develops and manufactures medical devices, diagnostics, branded generic medicines, and nutritional products.
D. Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a multinational healthcare conglomerate best known for its pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.
E. Kenvue
Kenvue is a consumer health company that owns well-known over-the-counter medicine and personal care brands formerly housed within Johnson & Johnson.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multinational corporation ⓘ pharmacy-led health and retail company ⓘ public company ⓘ
areaServed	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
brandPortfolioIncludes	Botanics ⓘ Liz Earle ⓘ No7 ⓘ Sleek MakeUP ⓘ Soap & Glory ⓘ
businessModel	retail pharmacy chain ⓘ wholesale pharmaceutical distribution ⓘ
CEO	Tim Wentworth ⓘ
chairperson	Stefano Pessina ⓘ
coreService	beauty and personal care retail ⓘ health and wellness products retail ⓘ over-the-counter medicine retail ⓘ prescription dispensing ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fiscalYearEnd	August ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Alliance Boots ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance Walgreen Co. ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance
foundedBy	Alliance Boots ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance Walgreen Co. ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance
hasDivision	International ⓘ U.S. Healthcare ⓘ U.S. Retail Pharmacy ⓘ
hasMajorBrand	Boots ⓘ No7 Beauty Company ⓘ Walgreens ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance
headquartersLocation	Deerfield, Illinois, United States ⓘ linked to: Deerfield, Illinois
industry	beauty ⓘ healthcare ⓘ pharmacy ⓘ retail ⓘ
ISIN	US9314271084 ⓘ
mergerCompletionDate	2014-12-31 ⓘ
notableSubsidiary	Alliance Healthcare ⓘ Boots UK Limited ⓘ Walgreen Co. ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance
offers	pharmacy benefit management services ⓘ photo printing services ⓘ vaccination services ⓘ
operates	Boots ⓘ Duane Reade ⓘ Walgreens ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance
predecessor	Alliance Boots ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance Walgreen Co. ⓘ linked to: Walgreens Boots Alliance
stockExchange	NASDAQ ⓘ
tickerSymbol	WBA ⓘ

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