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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Aug- 2024 -7 August
Holland and Barrett adopts latest crime prevention tech
Holland and Barrett has made further investments in loss and theft prevention by adopting Auror’s latest crime prevention technology across its store network. It comes as increasing levels of crime have been affecting the retail industry, with data from Auror confirming there has been a 178% increase in repeat offenders…
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7 August
Sephora to open in Bluewater Shopping Centre
Sephora UK has announced that it is set to open a new store in Kent’s Bluewater Shopping Centre this winter. The new store location will mark the beauty retailer’s seventh store opening since its launch into the UK in 2022, with stores already located in London’s Westfield White City and…
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Jul- 2024 -29 July
Walgreens outlines Boots investment plans after abandoning sale
Walgreens Boots Alliance has laid out plans that will see it invest in retailer Boots after shelving plans for its sale for the second time, according to The Sunday Times. The company revealed to the paper that it has begun “sprucing up” the retailer’s stores, investing in its beauty halls,…
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29 July
British Land signs three healthcare leases at Crownpoint Retail Park
British Land has leased 12,800 sq ft of space to three healthcare businesses at Crownpoint Retail Park, Denton in Greater Manchester. InHealth, the UK’s largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions, has taken a 5,000 sq ft unit for a Community Diagnostic Centre, while CVS Vets, one of the…
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26 July
THG to axe 171 roles as staff ordered to return to office full-time
THG is reportedly set to axe 171 jobs across the business whilst “insisting” that staff return to the office five days a week, The Financial Times has reported. The company is said to have told employees this week that it expected to make a total of 171 redundancies across six divisions,…
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23 July
Superdrug boss urges govt to reform business rates
Superdrug CEO Peter Macnab has called on the new Labour government to reform business rates in an interview with This is Money, after the King’s Speech last week (17 July) omitted the subject. Macnab, who believes change is essential for the creation of “vibrant” shopping hubs throughout the country, said…
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22 July
Holland and Barrett unveils first London ‘H&Bean’ cafe
UK-based wellness retailer Holland and Barrett has started trialling its first London-based H&Bean cafe concessions at its Victoria Street street store. The news comes after the group trialled the takeaway service at its flagship store in Birmingham in November. The new H&Bean cafe concession will offer a brand-new range of…
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17 July
Mike Jatania enters exclusivity with Body Shop over rescue deal
Businessman Mike Jatania’s consortium, Auréa Group, has officially entered into an exclusivity agreement with the administrators of The Body Shop, FRP Advisory. It is understood from a statement that Auréa’s management team will be led by former Molton Brown and Erno Laszlo CEO Charles Dento, following the competitive bidding process. …
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15 July
Sephora to open at Birmingham’s Bullring centre
Sephora UK is continuing its retail expansion across the UK with the announcement of a new store at Hammerson’s destination in Birmingham city centre Bullring later this year. The success of the beauty retailer is largely due to the brand’s commitment to retail innovation by creating “unique and diverse” retail…
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11 July
Holland and Barrett losses widen despite surge in revenues
Holland and Barrett has reported that pre-tax losses widened from £59.6m to £65.3m following a rise in administrative expenses, despite seeing its revenues increase 11% to £806.1m during the year ended 30 September. Gross profits also rose by 7% to £475.7m, while distribution and operation costs decreased to £253m that…
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