All Alliance Boots articles – Page 11
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InterviewQ&A: Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina
As health and beauty retailer and wholesaler Alliance Boots acquires a 12% stake in chinese chain Nanjing Pharmaceutical, Retail Week speaks to the group’s chairman Stefano Pessina about his plans for the business and what’s next in his quest for global domination.
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NewsAlliance Boots strikes £56m deal with Chinese pharmaceutical giant
Health and beauty retailer and wholesaler Alliance Boots is to buy a 12% stake in one of China’s biggest pharmaceutical companies for £56m, as it extends its global leadership credentials.
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NewsBoots strikes food deal with Musgrave
Boots has launched its new healthy and convenient food offer in stores today, in partnership with Irish food retail giant Musgrave. The range includes meat, fish and ready meals as well as in-store delis.
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OpinionComment: A decade of change and more to come
Our firm’s recent 10th anniversary has caused us to reflect on what has happened in the retail sector over the past decade – an extraordinary period of change and corporate activity – and to wonder what might happen in the next 10 years.
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NewsBoots to open 100 more Thailand stores
Boots will more than double its store estate in Thailand over the next three years, totalling more than 300 shops.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What's the best route to international markets?
As trading conditions in the UK remain tough, retailers are looking overseas for growth. We look at the potential and pitfalls of the various routes to international markets.
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NewsRetailers on their marks to chase Olympic gold
Hopes are high for boost to consumer sentiment and Games sales fillip.
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AnalysisRetail Week on the Road: North East and Yorkshire
We visit Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Doncaster, Harrogate and Leeds.
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Drugstore group Walgreens reports sales decline
Drugstore group Walgreens reported that sales declined 3.4% to $17.8bn (£11.4bn) for the third quarter ended May 31.Net earnings fell by 10.8% to $537m (£345m), impacted by the retailer no longer being part of the Express Scripts pharmacy provider network, as well as costs associated with entering into a strategic ...
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AnalysisTransatlantic tie-up creates healthy future for Alliance Boots
Stefano Pessina of Alliance Boots and Gregory Wasson of Walgreens tell Tiffany Holland about their plans to create a strong global partnership.
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NewsOcado takes on specialists with dedicated websites
Pets, DIY and health and beauty to become new battlegrounds.
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OpinionPreserving the status quo at Morrisons and Boots
Seismic shifts and changes of direction at Morrisons and Boots should be strongly resisted.
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OpinionBoots’ Walgreens deal creates a retail giant
In selling a 45% stake in Alliance Boots to the US pharmacy giant Walgreens, owner Stefano Pessina has struck perhaps the most significant deal for a UK retailer since the Walmart acquisition of Asda and realised his own dreams of transforming the Boots brand.
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NewsAlliance Boots in talks with Musgrave about food tie-up
Alliance Boots is in discussions with food manufacturer Musgrave, supplier to Budgens, about stocking its food products in stores.
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NewsWalgreens' share price falls on concern about Alliance Boots deal
Shares in Walgreens have fallen 10% since the merger with Alliance Boots was revealed on Tuesday.
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AnalysisHighs and lows of click-and-collect
As retailers step up their multichannel offers, click-and-collect forms a core part of the shopping experience. Anna Richardson Taylor examines some of the more – and less – impressive services.
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InterviewQ&A: Alliance Boots' Alex Gourlay
Alliance Boots chief executive of health and beauty Alex Gourlay speaks exclusively to Retail Week about how the merger with US pharmaceutical giant Walgreens will impact the UK business.
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NewsPessina: Walgreens deal will not mean job cuts at Alliance Boots
Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina has insisted there will not be job cuts as a result of the merger with US pharmaceuticals giant Walgreens.
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AnalysisIn numbers: Alliance Boots' new partner Walgreens
The US giant, which is teaming up with European counterpart Alliance Boots, is the clear market leader in pharmacy in its homeland. Retail Week takes a look at the retailer’s key financial data.
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AnalysisAlliance Boots: The attractions of the US pharmacy market
Alliance Boots’ strategic partnership with US pharmacy giant Walgreens is likely to herald a period of fundamental change for the retailer as it takes significant steps into the huge North American market.