All Boots articles – Page 7
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Analysis
Review: Retail’s best Christmas adverts 2022
Is it a turkey or a Christmas cracker? Retail Week has assembled an esteemed panel of judges to deliver their verdict on a selection of retail’s biggest Christmas adverts this year.
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Video
Watch: Boots teams up with TikTok and Meta for Christmas campaign
Boots’ Christmas advert brings a message of “joy for all” amid the cost-of-living crisis.
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News
Boots sales recovery driven by flagship and travel stores
Boots sales recovered in the three months to August as customers flocked to flagship locations and travel stores.
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News
Boots, Asda, M&S and B&Q to team up with start-ups to solve biggest challenges
Retail leaders from some of the biggest names in the business will come together next month to discover the innovators solving the industry’s trickiest challenges.
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Analysis
Sephora: has it changed enough to make a success of the UK?
Sephora has finally opened the doors of its new London store, the first on British soil since it uncerimoniously wrapped up its UK business in 2005, but what has it got planned to make sure this time it sticks?
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News
Boots boss: ‘This will be the most value Christmas ever’
Boots has unveiled its key Christmas trends, which include preparing for the “most value Christmas ever”.
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Analysis
Analysis: Life after Debenhams – how beauty brands defied the department store downturn
Dwindling department store numbers across the UK could have been a death knell to the beauty sector’s fortunes, but new entrants and changing consumer habits have driven the sector’s performance
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News
Boots appoints ex-Asda director Hemmerdinger to lead retail operations
Boots has appointed Asda’s former chief operating officer Anthony Hemmerdinger as retail director.
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News
Boots launches ‘Everyday’ value range to combat cost-of-living concerns
Boots has launched a new value range to help consumers tackle the rising cost of living.
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Opinion
‘Boots needs more TLC to create value, whoever owns it’
After failing to find a buyer for Boots, Walgreens insists “it is an exciting time” for the health and beauty stalwart, but without innovation and investment it risks falling behind, writes George MacDonald
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News
Boots revenues rise across the board as Walgreens axes sale plans
Boots has posted a rise in sales across all categories, driven by market share gains in beauty.
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News
Walgreens pulls plug on Boots sale as suitors fail to secure financing
Walgreens Boots Alliance has canned the planned sale of its Boots business after suitors failed to meet its asking price.
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Analysis
Winning the war for talent: How to attract and retain the workforce of the future
With staff shortages widespread across the sector, the Great Resignation far from over and the cost-of-living crisis only just beginning to play out, retail has reached an inflection point when it comes to its workforce.
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News
Boots deal in the balance as banks stop lending
The long running auction for Boots is in danger of imploding as the ongoing cost-of-living crisis spooks prospective buyers and debt markets freeze up.
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News
Reliance and Apollo team up to lodge £5bn binding bid for Boots
Reliance Retail and Apollo are understood to have made a formal offer for Boots, which would allow current owner Walgreens to retain a significant minority stake.
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Boots freezes prices on 1,500 products as cost-of-living crunch intensifies
Boots has committed to locking the prices of its most regularly purchased own-brand product lines in a bid to “reassure” shoppers amid the growing cost-of-living crisis.
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Video
Watch: Boots CIO – a ‘meaningful difference’ in customer messaging forges a more human connection
Join Boots and Cognizant as they discuss why connecting with customers, especially younger, digital-native consumers, is becoming increasingly complex.
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News
Walgreens takes £4bn dividend from UK arm as Boots sale deadline looms
Boots’ US owner Walgreens has extracted $5.3bn (£4.3bn) in dividends from its UK arm.
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News
Revolution Beauty sales soar as boss hails ‘flight to value’ for cosmetics shoppers
Revolution Beauty has posted a strong uplift in full-year sales and profits, which boss Adam Minto believes will continue as value-conscious shoppers “accelerate” the D2C brand’s growth.
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News
Reliance and Apollo join forces in bid to secure Boots takeover
India’s largest listed company Reliance Industries and US buyout firm Apollo Global Management, which had both previously bid separately for Boots, have launched a joint bid for the health and beauty chain.