All Alliance Boots articles – Page 14
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AnalysisVideo: Andy Hornby
We catch up with Andy Hornby, Alliance Boots group chief executive at the Retail Week Conference
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NewsBoots boss Hornby: Customer service critical to save high street
A double dip recession looks unlikely, but colleague and customer engagement will be critical if retailers are to maintain high street spend, delegates at the Retail Week Conference heard.
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NewsAlliance Boots strikes deal with Carrefour
Alliance Boots has struck a deal with Carrefour that will see it develop the grocer’s global beauty operation.
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AnalysisChristmas Trading: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Terrible weather hit retail hard this Christmas, but some managed to prosper regardless. Rebecca Thomson wraps up Christmas 2010 with the help of OC&C’s Christmas trading index
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NewsBoots UK December like-for-likes up 3.8%
Health and beauty giant Boots UK reported like-for-like retail sales up 3.8% in December, with fragrances and beauty electricals performing well.
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NewsTesco considers drive-thru launch at dotcom-only stores
Tesco is considering opening drive-thru pick up areas at its dotcom only stores in the latest plan to further grow its multichannel operations by providing customers with new ways to shop.
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NewsRetail leaders join Prime Minister on China trip
Leading retail figures are accompanying Prime Minister David Cameron on a trip to China today in a bid to secure their growth in the burgeoning Chinese market.
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NewsBoots banks on its gift ranges to secure Christmas market share
Alliance Boots expects its “strong fun gifts” range to lift sales this Christmas and is confident of grabbing market share in the festive period.
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NewsIn Focus: Alliance Boots
Alliance Boots now boasts more than 500 stores outside the UK, as detailed in Retail Week Knowledge Bank’s profile update of a UK retail icon that just a few years ago was being tagged as one of Britain’s legacy retailers.
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NewsAlliance Boots health and beauty sales up 2%
Alliance Boots has reported sales up 2% in its health and beauty division to £3.637m in its mid-year update with like-for-like sales for Boots UK up 1.8%.
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NewsRetailers back coalition's public spending cuts
Senior retailers are backing the coalition’s public spending cuts saying that anything less would result in £100bn of additional debt, a rise in interest rates and further tax rises.
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NewsAlliance Boots hires Home Retail director
Alliance Boots has hired a former director of Home Retail to work on commercial development.
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NewsAlliance Boots to cut 900 non-store based roles
Alliance Boots is to axe around 900 non-store based roles in the UK in a bid to reduce operating costs by around £56m a year by 2013/14.
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AnalysisLetting the tills ring out
Getting store operations right at Christmas is vital to a successful festive trading period. Liz Morrell looks at the five big issues facing retailers this year
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NewsAlliance Boots to outsource part of pension plan
Health and beauty giant Alliance Boots is to offload about £300m of retirement fund liabilities to specialist buyout vehicle Pension Corporation.
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NewsBoots to open nurse-led clinics and may bid for NHS services
Health and beauty giant Alliance Boots may provide NHS care through its chain of high street chemists’ stores.
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AnalysisInternational expansion: A world of opportunity for retailers
As UK growth slows talk of overseas expansion is once again high on the retail agenda, but retailers need to pick their international markets with care, finds Liz Morrell
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