Credit: Shutterstock photoDec 20 (Reuters) - Drug store chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc reported a 36.8 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by the addition of Rite Aid stores.
Net income attributable to the company rose to $1.12 billion, or $1.18 per share, in the first quarter ended Nov 30 from $821 million, or 81 cents per share, a year earlier.
Sales rose 9.9 percent to $33.79 billion.
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