Monthly card-based spend, transactions and basket size
Advan Research’s SpendView dataset tracks de-identified consumer card transactions across the United States, scaled to approximate total consumer-card volume.
Share of total spend by channel.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) is one of the United States' largest pharmacy-led health and beauty retail chains, operating approximately 9,000 stores across the country. The company generates revenue through three primary business segments: prescription medications, front-of-store convenience items, and beauty and personal care products. As the primary competitor to CVS Health in the pharmacy retail sector, Walgreens serves millions of consumers daily through a combination of in-store shopping, prescription fulfillment, and increasingly, omnichannel services.
The 2019–2021 period examined in this analysis spans significant disruption in consumer retail patterns. The early pandemic months of 2020 saw shifting foot traffic dynamics as lockdowns reduced discretionary shopping, while simultaneously driving increased prescription volume and new demand for pharmacy services including vaccine administration. This SpendView analysis of card-based consumer spending reveals how these structural changes manifested in customer transaction patterns across Walgreens' store base during this transformative period.
