Walgreens has operations in all the states of the country, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and in the District of Columbia. As a diversified retailer, the company also offers health and wellness services, photo studio, consumer goods and services and pharmacies. They have over 8,200 locations as of January 2014. In addition to their physical stores, the company also owns and operates several e-commerce stores, which include VisionDirect.com, Beauty.com and Drugstrore.com.
The history of the company goes back to 1901 from a small drug store that got put up at the corner of Cottage Grove and Bowen Avenue in Chicago. Through the hard work and perseverance of its owner and founder Charles R. Walgreen, Sr., the business boomed to become one of the largest retailers in the world.