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- London Drugs is a Canadian retail pharmacy chain based in Richmond, British Columbia. As of August 2024, the chain has 79 stores in Western Canada. In addition to pharmacy services, London Drugs locations also sell electronics, housewares, cosmetics, and a limited selection of grocery items.
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London Drugs is a Canadian retail pharmacy chain based in Richmond, British Columbia. As of August 2024, the chain has 79 stores in Western Canada. [1] In addition to pharmacy services, London Drugs locations also sell electronics, housewares, cosmetics, and a limited selection of grocery items.
- The Story of London Drugs
- Start Small, Dream Big
- The Pharmacy: The Heart of London Drugs
- The 1970s: The Times, They Were A-Changing
- One Hour Revolution
- Ushering in The Computer Age
- Health Care For The New Millennium
The year was 1945: the soldiers were coming home, Zoot Suits were in style and Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra crooned over the radio waves. In this new era of hope and expectation, London Drugs was born. It was a humble, community drugstore-just 1000 square feet-but this little store on Main Street, Vancouver, was given a big name. The store was nam...
Even in its early days, London Drugs was a different sort of drugstore. Soon after the store opened, we discovered our next door neighbour, a camera store, was closing shop and needed to sell its stock of cameras. In the retail world of 1940s Vancouver, shops were much more specialized than they are today. Customers would buy meat at the butcher, m...
From the day it opened its doors, London Drugs did business differently. In post-war British Columbia, the pharmacy profession was one of tradition. There were ways that a pharmacy did business: drugs would be dispensed during regular office hours and there was an agreed-upon dispensing fee among pharmacists. London Drugs did not buy into the attit...
The 1970s looked so different from the first days of London Drugs: now its customers sported bell bottoms and shaggy hair. No longer one little store on Main Street; there were 10 stores sprinkled throughout the Lower Mainland. Bigger changes were right around the corner. In 1975, London Drugs was sold to Daylin Corporation. The next year, that com...
London Drugs sold cameras from its early days on Main Street and by 1980, customers knew the store was a go-to place for quality photo equipment. It seemed a natural offshoot to develop the photos taken by London Drugs cameras. Up until 1980, amateur photographers had to send their film to a developing lab in order to get their pictures. From the c...
In 1983, Wynne Powell, was convinced that the same people who bought cameras and toasters from London Drugs would one day want to buy computers too. It was a far-fetched idea. In 1983, letters were typed on electric typewriters, spelling errors fixed with correcting tape, and mail went out with a sealed envelope and a stamp. There were rumblings of...
In the 1990s, the Baby Boomer generation and London Drugs turned 50. Health care providers, including pharmacies, would have to face massive changes as this large group of people aged. Like the Baby Boomers themselves, London Drugs has the revolutionary spirit of its generation. A new approach to pharmacy care would have to be taken: better informa...
London Drugs is BC-based, 100% Canadian owned and is focused on local customers' satisfaction. Across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia, London Drugs' over 79 stores employ more than 8000 staff dedicated to providing our customers with a superior shopping experience.
Apr 1, 2019 · In 1976, my father purchased a small chain of drugstores, London Drugs. For the next 25 years, he grew those 10 stores, and today we have over 80 stores in Western Canada. We’ve bought into a...
- Sarah Efron
Jan 16, 2022 · Clint Mahlman (Image: London Drugs) Mahlman, who’s held leadership positions at London Drugs for an astounding 37 years, has been present for more than half of the company’s history, witnessing much of its growth and evolution.
Oct 4, 2022 · How does London Drugs create a more consumer-centric experience? What role will sustainable innovations play in the retail experiences of tomorrow? How can its retail environment transform habits for the better?
May 1, 2014 · London Drugs, which turns 70 next year, thrives by breaking the rules. Since its early days as a lone Vancouver pharmacy, the company has branched out into products and services that were previously unthinkable for a drugstore chain.
