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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.7B
- Public
- CA
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Making drug shopping easier! Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation (TOR:SC ), founded in 1962, is Canada's only nationwide drugstore chain. It has about 910 retail drug stores and about 50 Shoppers Home Health Care stores. It sells medications, health and beauty aids, cosmetics and fragrances, everyday household needs and seasonal products. It also offers private-label products marketed under the Life Brand and Quo trademarks. Based in Toronto, Canada, the company has revenue of about $5.8 billion and employs about 32,000 people.
Number of Employees 32,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Pharmacies and Drug Stores: 446110
Recent Events
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Alda Pharmaceuticals signs agreement with Shoppers Drug Mart
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SDM will target pro-Rx provinces for growth
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Retire Your Ride program offers incentives for vehicles from 1995 or earlier
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Shoppers Drug Mart to open Murale store in Vancouver
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Shoppers Drug Mart Launches Health and Beauty Product Line
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Shoppers advertises new scented product brand
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Shoppers Drug Mart Expands Exclusive Label Repertoire with Launch of Baléa
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Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation to release third quarter results on November 11 and hold analyst...
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Shoppers Drug Mart to open two new Murale stores
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Shoppers Drug to premiere new beauty store in Toronto
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Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation to open first Murale store in Toronto
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Cosmetics give Shoppers healthy glow
News & Analysis
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Stores are delivering solid sales increases
- 2009-02-02
LONGUEUIL, Quebec -- Systemwide retail sales for the Jean Coutu Group's franchise network in Canada rose 5% in the third quarter of fiscal 2009 to reach $850 million Canadian through a combination of expansion and same-store gains. Overall same-store sales increased 3.2% during the 13 weeks ended November 29,...
Four new stores reflect industry's vitality
- 2008-12-08
Students of retailing would be well advised to visit four stores that United States and Canadian drug chains have opened in the past two months. Two of the stores are located in the United States, and two are in Canada. The U.S. stores are the CVS Beauty 360...
Longs results reflect realignment's impact
- 2007-06-25
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Affected by charges associated with the planned disposition of eight California units, Longs Drug Stores saw first quarter earnings from continuing operations slip 1.9% in the face of a 5.6% revenue increase. The chain, which operates stores in several Western states, posted earnings from continuing...
The top performers set standard for industry
- 2006-05-01
NEW YORK -- Walgreen Co. solidified its position as the chain drug industry's perennial earnings leader by racking up more than $1.5 billion in net income during its last full fiscal year. As the trade class' most profitable company, Walgreens' $1.56 billion in profits was $200 million more than...
Diverse factors coalesce to give drug chains vast growth potential
- 2006-05-01
NEW YORK -- The chain drug industry should continue its winning ways in 2006. Apart from lingering concerns about implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit and looming cuts in Medicaid reimbursements, there are few clouds on the horizon that would prevent another year of strong growth in both...
Publicly held drug chains: their five-year track records
- 2005-05-02
Publicly held drug chains: Their five-year track records Corporate sales (add 000) Chain ...
How the top chains measure up
- 2005-05-02
NEW YORK -- Walgreen Co. topped $1 billion in net earnings for the third straight year in 2004, again leading the ranking of the chain drug industry's most profitable companies. Three other chains on the list--CVS Corp., Albertsons Inc. (whose results reflect its supermarket and food/drug combination store operations...
Drugstore.com can't break into the black
- 2005-03-14
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Despite surging sales, black ink continues to prove elusive for drugstore.com, as the Internet retailer saw losses widen from prior-year levels during the quarter and year ended January 2. In the 14-week fourth quarter of 2004 the company's net loss more than doubled to $5.36 million...
Economy expected to gain momentum
- 2004-04-26
NEW YORK -- Chain drug retailers can expect the economic recovery to continue at a relatively strong pace for the balance of 2004 and into 2005. For members of the trade class that outlook should translate into a strengthening of front-end sales, a line that has slowly been recovering from...
The industry's top performers
- 2004-04-26
NEW YORK -- With more than $1 billion in net earnings for the second consecutive year, Walgreen Co. once again tops the list of the chain drug industry's most profitable companies. Meanwhile, the other four retailers on the list--CVS Corp., Albertsons Inc. (whose results reflect its supermarket and food/drug...
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