Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation
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Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation Company Profile

Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) is in business to keep Canadians feeling and looking good. It is Canada's leading drugstore chain (ahead of rival Katz Group), with more than 1,250 licensed drugstores and $10.2 billion in annual sales. Most of the company's stores fly the Shoppers Drug Mart banner (Pharmaprix in Québec). SDM also owns or licenses about 60 medical clinic pharmacies and owns 60-plus Shoppers Home Health Care stores, which sell assisted-living products and services. The company is also a leading retailer of beauty products, with 300-plus in-store beauty boutiques that sell prestige cosmetics, fragrances, and skin care products. The company was founded in 1962 by Murray Koffler, a Toronto druggist.