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London Drugs

Type	Private
Founded	1945
Headquarters	Richmond, British Columbia
Industry	Retail
Products	Electronics, grocery, pharmaceuticals, health/beauty/tobacco products and housewares.
Website	londondrugs.com

MiniDV tapes in Video section of Edmonton London Drugs store, 2006

London Drugs is a chain of Canadian retail stores with headquarters in Richmond, British Columbia.

[edit] History

One of Canada's largest retail chains, London Drugs was founded in 1945 as a small drugstore in Vancouver, British Columbia by Sam Bass. Later the store was sold to an American then back to a Canadian. In 1976 the business was acquired by the H.Y. Louie Group under the direction of President Tong Louie.^[1][2]

[edit] Management

A private company, London Drugs management consists of Chairman Brandt C. Louie, President and CEO Wynne Powell^[3], CFO Laird Miller, and Vice President of Retail Operations and Distribution Clint Mahlman.^[4]

[edit] Brands

London Drugs offers its own brand of products and services in order to expand on its reputation

[edit] Tobacco

London Drugs offers Smoking Cessation information. As of January 1, 2009, London Drugs stores in Alberta have stopped selling tobacco products due to the Tobacco Reduction Act.^[5]

[edit] Trivia

• In the movie Catch and Release near the end, Gray tosses an envelope of photos on Dennis's desk. The envelope is a London Drugs 1 Hour Photo envelope circa 2006.
• A campaign for Sunday store openings in Red Deer, Alberta in the 1980s was led by London Drugs store manager Bill Statnyk, and was eventually successful.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website