All Boots articles
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News
Boots has revealed the biggest beauty trends of 2024
Boots has unveiled the biggest beauty and wellness trends of this year by using customer sales and search data.
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News
Boots is potentially up for sale again as private equity firm goes after Walgreens
A private equity firm is reportedly in talks to buy Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), which could end up resulting in a new auction of its subsidary, Boots.
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News
AllSaints has launched its new perfume range in Boots stores
Fashion retailer AllSaints is extending its partnership with Boots by launching its new perfume range in a number of the health and beauty retailer’s stores across the UK.
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Analysis
Reviewed: the top 10 retailer Christmas adverts of 2024 according to the experts
We’ve gathered a panel of experts from Adland who have worked with some of the best-known retailers and brands in the world to deliver their verdict on some of the biggest retailer adverts of 2024.
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Gallery
In pictures: Black Friday – who’s doing it, who’s not, and how deep are the discounts?
Since being imported from the US to the UK by Amazon in 2010, Black Friday has become a firm fixture on retail’s promotional calendar.
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Data
Rapid delivery: is it still all to play for?
Thanks to data collected exclusively for Retail Week by CACI, we can reveal the picture of spend in the rapid delivery market, how Getir managed to crash out of a service that’s in such high demand and the demographic groups it attracted that are now up for grabs.
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News
Boots’ website crashes under ‘biggest ever Black Friday Sale’ stampede
Shoppers racing to the Boots app and website to take advantage of the retailer’s “biggest-ever” Black Friday Sale ran into technical difficulties as they tried to shop yesterday.
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Analysis
Black Friday: How can retailers stand out to capture the wallets of cautious shoppers?
As Black Friday weekend nears, Retail Week takes a look at what retailers can do to stand out from a very busy crowd.
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Interview
Q&A: Boots exec explains why the retailer is betting big on beauty this Christmas
Boots head of gift transformation and strategic brand partnerships, Jenna Whittingham-Ward explains how the UK’s largest health and beauty retailer is going big on beauty this Christmas.
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Video
Boots launches Christmas campaign with Bridgerton star
Boots has launched its new Christmas marketing campaign, “The Christmas Makeover”, which reminds customers Boot’s beauty wonderland has a present for everyone and recognises the unsung powerhouses who make Christmas special.
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News
Boots expects this Black Friday to be its ‘biggest-ever’
Exclusive: The UK’s largest health and beauty retailer expects this Black Friday to be its biggest ever for deals - and, it hopes, for sales - as it gears up for a month of promotions and offers, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
John Lewis adds buy now, pay later option with Klarna
Department store group John Lewis is to offer online customers a buy now, pay later payment option after teaming up with financial services provider Klarna.
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Opinion
‘Next’s membership of retail’s billion club is likely to be longer-lived than some’
Big-name retailers have made profits of £1bn only to fade afterward. Next looks likely to beat that trend, argues George MacDonald
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Interview
Q&A: Google’s retail MD explains why retailers should take advantage of ‘fake Friday’
Retail Week spoke to Google’s managing director of retail, Sophie Neary, to delve into why customer search and AI is so important for retailers to utilise heading into golden quarter
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Analysis
Three retailers reveal the next steps in their retail media networks
Retail media networks continue to be a hot topic in the industry, and its growth shows no signs of slowing down.
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Boots (Financials)
Boots forms the core of the International division within the enlarged Walgreens Boots Alliance group. However, the UK business is not broken out as part of the US group’s financial reporting and continues to file its own accounts at Companies House.
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News
Boots has grown market share for 14th consecutive quarter as full-year sales rise
Boots has delivered its 14th consecutive quarter of market share growth in the UK as full-year sales grew, driven by beauty products.
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Analysis
Festive face-off: Who will win the health and beauty battle this golden quarter?
With high street giants like John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Boots upping their beauty game in the run-up to Christmas, Retail Week looks at who is winning the health and beauty battle this golden quarter
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Interview
Q&A: Skin+Me CEO on partnering with John Lewis and Boots and cracking the skincare market
Retail Week catches up with Skin+Me’s co-founder and chief executive Horatio Cary on the brand’s first retail partnership with John Lewis and Boots, its interesting business model and the journey so far
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Analysis
The power of a strong retail slogan
As John Lewis reports a rise in visits following the reintroduction of ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ earlier this month, we can see the power of a retail slogan. We asked some of retail’s best marketers for their favourite retail slogan and why it works