retail founded 1945 headquarters richmond british columbia area served british columbia alberta saskatchewan manitoba products electronics grocery pharmaceuticals health beauty photofinishing insurance services furniture toys and housewares . website www.londondrugs.com london drugs store 85 in abbotsford british columbia photography section of a london drugs store 85 in abbotsford bc london drugs is a chain of canadian retail stores with headquarters in richmond british columbia . its primary focus is on pharmaceuticals electronics housewares and cosmetics with a limited selection of grocery items . as of june 2014 the chain had 78 stores in the provinces of alberta saskatchewan manitoba and british columbia . 1 contents 1 history 2 management 3 brands 4 locations 5 controversy 6 references 7 external links history edit this section contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message london drugs was founded in 1945 as a small drugstore in vancouver british columbia by sam bass . the first location at 800 main street vancouver was named after london england the home of canada s king george vi . in 1968 london drugs was sold to daylin corporation . the next year daylin ran into financial difficulties in the us branch of its business and decided to put london drugs up for sale . in 1976 the business was acquired by the h.y. louie group under the direction of president tong louie . tong louie expanded the company within bc and for the first time beyond the provincial border into alberta with the first edmonton location in 1976 . in the next ten years london drugs tripled its number of stores . during this growth the company also began increasing the types of products available in stores . small kitchen appliances high end cosmetics and high quality photo equipment quickly became staple items lining the shelves . in 1981 london drugs expanded into another non traditional drugstore category by installing its first one hour photofinishing labs . the introduction of photofinishing labs into the store and the one hour photo revolution paved the way for london drugs introduction of a computer department in 1983 . in the 1990s london drugs was established as a computer retailer a photofinishing juggernaut and a great place to buy blenders and cameras with the heart of the business remaining in pharmacy . in 2000 the pharmacy lead the way into the new millennium . a unique approach to healthcare partnership included private consultation desks a new department layout and use of technology . in 2004 the st. vital shopping centre in winnipeg becomes the new home to london drugs first manitoba store . today london drugs has stores in more than 35 major markets throughout british columbia alberta saskatchewan and manitoba . the pharmacy is still the heart of the business but today london drugs also offers a full service computer department cosmetics ranging from lip gloss to high end face creams furniture cameras high quality photo finishing smart phones and 4k ultra high definition televisions . more people buy their small appliances in london drugs than any other place in western canada . all told london drugs serves more than 45 million customers each year . management edit a private company london drugs management consists of president and ceo brandt c. louie executive vice president and chief operating officer clint mahlman chief financial officer laird miller vice president pharmacy and cosmetics john tse general manager of it nick curalli general counsel christine maclean director of real estate donna figueira and vice president general merchandise insurance services and postal outlets rob felix . it is entirely canadian owned . brands edit london drugs markets its own brand of products and services under the following labels . name type of product london drugs health products furniture home ware food london naturals vitamins and medicines london home furniture dinnerware certified data 2 computers london premiere cosmetic products london plantation nuts ld insurance 3 insurance services london spa 4 spa services customworks 5 entertainment system installation tld computers 6 it equipment and services locations edit of the chain s 78 stores 51 are located in british columbia most in greater vancouver . in alberta there are 22 stores including seven in the edmonton capital region eight in the calgary region and four in other communities . in saskatchewan 2 in regina 2 in saskatoon and 1 in winnipeg manitoba . controversy edit in 2014 a member of london drugs staff falsely accused andy fiore an award winning documentary filmmaker with paranoid schizophrenia of theft ; the incident led to unfavourable media coverage and threats of litigation . 7 8 references edit london drugs store locator . www.londondrugs.com . retrieved 2013 06 20 . certified data www.cdata.ca ld insurance www.ldinsurance.ca london spa www.londondrugs.com customworks http www.customworks.ca tld computers http www.tld.com http www.cbc.ca news canada british columbia london drugs wrongly accuses filmmaker andy fiore of theft 1.2649603 http blog.londondrugs.com london drugs clarifies points made in may 21 cbc story external links edit official website v t e companies based in the metro vancouver area 604 records a & w canada advanced cyclotron systems apparent networks avigilon aritzia army & navy stores ballard power systems best buy canada black box games blenz coffee blueshore financial boston pizza brightlight pictures british columbia maritime employers association broadbandtv corp chc helicopter ctc bank of canada cactus club cafe canada wide media limited canadaupdates canfor canucks sports and entertainment central 1 credit union central heat distribution choices market citizens bank of canada clearly.ca coast capital savings coast mountain bus company commodore books cymax stores dairyland canada dan d foods dollar tree canada d wave systems e comm ea canada ebco industries eldorado gold envision financial fairchild group finning first quantum minerals fortisbc freshslice pizza goldcorp great northern way campus greenpeace gulf and fraser fishermen s credit union happy planet heffel gallery hellbent games hootsuite hothead games hsbc bank canada insights west intrawest ironclad games ivanhoe mines limited jet black games jim pattison group justason market intelligence kerberos productions klei entertainment london drugs lululemon athletica lush north america macdonald dettwiler macdonald realty magma energy mclean group of companies methanex metrolyrics modo car co op nature s path netsentron nettwerk nevada geothermal power new gold next level games nintendo of canada o2e brands ocean productions panago the pantry piranha games plentyoffish premium brands holdings corporation radical entertainment relic entertainment ricky s all day grill ritchie bros. auctioneers shavick entertainment sierra wireless silver standard resources silver wheaton slant six games softquad software stylus sofas synthetic entertainment t & t supermarket teck resources telus tenke mining teradici united front games univar canada vancity vancouver airport services vancouver film studios versacold vision critical west fraser timber west coast air white spot zulu records retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title london drugs & oldid 741547696 categories consumer electronics retailers of canadacanadian pharmacy brandsdepartment stores of canadacompanies established in 1945canadian brandscompanies based in richmond british columbialondon drugs1945 establishments in british columbiahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from november 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 05 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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