M&A Deal Summary

CVS Health Acquires Target - Pharmacy Business

On June 15, 2015, CVS Health acquired retailer Target - Pharmacy Business from Target for 1.9B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CVS Health’s 6th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is CVS Health’s 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CVS Health’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is CVS Health’s 1st transaction in Minnesota.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-06-15
Target Target - Pharmacy Business
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) CVS Health
Sellers(s) Target
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.9B USD

Target

Target - Pharmacy Business

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Target Corp's Pharmacy Business consists of 1,660 instore pharmacies and clinics.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CVS Health

Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Healthcare Services
Employees219,000
Revenue 372.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
CVS Health office in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
CVS Health office in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

CVS Health operates retail pharmacies, and walk-in medical clinics, and is a pharmacy benefits manager. The Company enables people, businesses, and communities to manage health in a variety of ways. CVS Health advises patients on medications at CVS/pharmacy locations, helps clients control costs at CVS/caremark, and delivers care through CVS/specialty and CVS/minuteclinic. CVS Health was founded in 1996 and is based in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 18
Sector: Retail M&A 6 of 7
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 6
State: Minnesota M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 9 of 18
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-01 Navarro Discount Pharmacies

Medley, Florida, United States

Navarro Discount Pharmacies LLC is a pharmacy retail services company that provides a broad range of pharmacy benefit management services, including retail, mail order and specialty pharmacy services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-18 Omnicare

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Omnicare, Inc. is a provider of professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other institutional healthcare providers as well as for hospice patients in homecare and other settings.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Target

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Founded 1902
Sector Retail
Employees450,000
Revenue 106.6B USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION
View of Target's corporate headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
View of Target's corporate headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Target is a general merchandise retailer serving the US market. The Target brand opened its first store in 1962 and currently operates more than 1,800 stores. Target was formed in 1902 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Retail M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: Minnesota M&A 4 of 4
Country: United States M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-14 Target Commercial Interiors

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Target Commercial Interiors supplies office furniture to Target’s Minneapolis headquarters and its other offices around the country.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-14 Grand Junction

San Francisco, California, United States

Grand Junction is a technology transportation company whose software manages local delivery throughout North America—allowing retailers, distributors and third-party logistics providers to offer local delivery through Grand Junction’s technology and network of more than 700 carriers.

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