Does Depolado consider being active in other markets besides France?
We plan on exporting the expertise build with the union of Depolabo and Alloga to other European markets. There are several other countries where Alloga has fully-owned Alliance Boots affiliates such as Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Norway and Czech Republic; there are several countries like the UK, Germany and Swizerland where we have associates that are partially owned by Alliance Boots; and the other countries in Europe are most of the time covered by partners where we have no shareholding. Alliance Boots has asked Depolabo to work with all these countries to replicate the success of Depolabo in France – start from the pre-wholesale basic offer and augment it, make it richer, with more services and as we do it we will together build a truly European network.
