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Rexall. Rexall was a chain of American drugstores, and the name of their store-branded products. The stores, having roots in the federation of United Drug Stores starting in 1903, licensed the Rexall brand name to as many as 12,000 drug stores across the United States from 1920 to 1977. The "Rex" in the name was derived from the name of Ellen M ...
Rexall was founded in 1904 during the early days of the United Drug Company and quickly established itself as a major retail pharmacy chain. At the same time, Tamblyn Drugs was establishing itself in Toronto, Ontario, and would eventually become Pharma Plus. These two companies would later merge to form the Rexall Pharmacy Group. [4]
June 7, 1946. Retrieved September 29, 2012. Louis Kroh Liggett, founder and honorary chairman of the board of the United-Rexall Drug Company and the Liggett chain of drug stores, and a former Republican National Committeeman for Massachusetts, died on Wednesday in Washington, according to word received here yesterday. His age was 71.
The Owl Drug Company was an American drugstore retailer with its headquarters in San Francisco that operated the Owl Drug Stores chain. [1] It was a subsidiary of Rexall stores [2] at its peak in the 1920s through 1940s. [citation needed] The Owl Drug Stores sold medicines and pills, and later ventured into cosmetics, [3] perfumes, and other ...
The Dockum Drug Store sit-in was one of the first organized lunch counter sit-ins for the purpose of integrating segregated establishments in the United States. [1] The protest began on July 19, 1958 in downtown Wichita, Kansas, at a Dockum Drug Store (a store in the old Rexall chain), in which protesters would sit at the counter all day until the store closed, ignoring taunts from counter ...
The Katz Group of Companies is a Canadian privately-owned enterprise, with operations in sports and entertainment and real estate development.Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG), a subsidiary of the Katz Group, owns the National Hockey League five-time Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers, as well as professional hockey franchises in the American Hockey League, Western Hockey League, and ECHL ...
Walgreens. Walgreen Company is an American company that operates the second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States, behind CVS Health. [3] It specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, and photo services. [4] It was founded in Chicago in 1901, and is headquartered in the Chicago suburb of ...
The brand name Rexall was first established in 1903 by Louis K. Liggett and gradually became a powerhouse as a pharmaceutical drug store chain. [69] Rexall vitamins and supplements began appearing at Dollar General stores in March and by fall 2010 a full line of Rexall products was available at Dollar General. [70]