Health & Beauty
Health & Beauty covers the business developments, brand strategies, and consumer trends shaping the UK’s personal care, cosmetics, and wellness retail sectors. This section reports on product innovation, sustainability initiatives, partnerships, and market performance across high street, pharmacy, and online retailers. Retail Sector’s Health & Beauty coverage provides analysis and insight for retail professionals and suppliers, exploring how evolving lifestyles, regulation, and consumer priorities are influencing growth and competition in this dynamic category.
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Jul- 2025 -28 July
Superdrug to open 9,000 sq ft store at Highcross Leicester
Superdrug will officially open a 9,000 sq ft store at Highcross Leicester this autumn, taking over two units on the lower mall formerly occupied by Paperchase and Designer Furniture Store. The health and beauty chain has signed a 10-year lease as part of its continued investment in physical retail. It…
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25 July
Boots unveils its first-ever fragrance-only concept store
Boots has announced the launch of its first-ever fragrance-only boutique – Boots Fragrance, opening in Broadgate Central, London, in autumn 2025. The launch of Boots Fragrance follows the opening of its beauty-only store at Battersea Power Station in 2023, as Boots continues to develop and launch innovative new store concepts.…
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22 July
Charlotte Tilbury to open flagship store on Carnaby Street
Charlotte Tilbury will open a new flagship store on London’s Carnaby Street later this year, Shaftesbury Capital has announced. The 4,200 sq ft store will occupy a prominent location at one of the busiest entrances to the shopping destination. It will offer the brand’s range of makeup, skincare and fragrance…
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3 July
Superdrug FY profits jump 22.6% amid focus on value items
Superdrug has seen its full-year pre-tax profits jump by 22.6% to £136.8m, as store openings, refurbishments and a focus on value helped offset weaker UK footfall and pressure on consumer spending. It comes as the health and beauty retailer saw its sales rise by 7% during the year to 28…
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Jun- 2025 -27 June
Boots sales rise 5% in Q3 amid strong online performance
Walgreen Boots Alliance has reported that its International segment saw sales rise by 7.8% to $6.2bn (£4.5bn) during the third quarter, with Boots UK sales growing 5% and the Germany wholesale business growing 6.8%. The group, which is the parent company of Boots, has seen its third quarter sales rise…
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25 June
THG returns to growth in Q2 as nutrition sales rise
Health and beauty retailer THG has reported that trading in the second quarter has been “much improved” across both Beauty and Nutrition, with the categories returning to revenue growth. The Nutrition category is experiencing positive momentum, according to THG, with the second quarter of 2025 seeing revenue growth projected to…
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19 June
Frasers pulls out of bidding for Revolution Beauty
Frasers Group has announced that it has withdrawn from the process of acquiring Revolution Beauty, which put itself up for sale last month. Frasers announced at the time that it was involved in the process but has confirmed it has no intention of making an offer. Revolution launched a formal…
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13 June
Sephora to open Oxford store in autumn 2025
Sephora UK has announced plans to open a store at Westgate Oxford in autumn 2025 – the retailer’s 11th in the UK and its fifth to be confirmed for the year. The 3,919 sq ft site will offer what the company describes as an “accessible and inspiring” shopping space in…
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10 June
Frasers mulls all-cash bid for Revolution Beauty
Frasers Group has confirmed it is participating in a formal sale process of Revolution Beauty, which could see it acquire the group through an all-cash bid. In a filing released today (10 June), the Mike Ashley-owned group revealed that “any offer for the issued and to be issued share capital…
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9 June
Frasers eyes Revolution Beauty takeover
Frasers Group is reportedly exploring a takeover bid for the struggling Revolution Beauty, Sky News has reported. Sources told Sky that the Mike Ashley-owned group had approached Revolution Beauty about a potential offer but was “not certain” it would enter a bid. Revolution Beauty has since confirmed that Frasers is…
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