Boots
This coverage focuses on Boots’ operations and strategy within the UK retail and pharmacy landscape. Reporting highlights store developments, financial performance, leadership changes, healthcare initiatives, and marketing campaigns. With analysis of how Boots balances retail and health services, the insights support managers and executives evaluating its market position and strategic direction.
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Nov- 2025 -11 NovemberComment
Flexible working: the new norm retailers can’t afford to ignore
Flexible working changed during the pandemic and for many it offered a newfound sense of balance. But five years on, flexibility is under pressure. Across the sector, “return-to-office” mandates are on the rise. John Lewis is one example, now requiring its commercial teams to spend “at least three days a…
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7 NovemberPeople Moves
Boots names former John Lewis exec as customer and marketing head
Boots has announced the appointment of former John Lewis executive, Charlotte Lock, as its new senior vice president for customer and marketing. Lock joins the health and beauty retailer after serving as pan-partnership customer director at John Lewis from March 2022 to June 2025. Before that, she held several roles…
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Oct- 2025 -24 OctoberHealth & Beauty
Boots opens first standalone fragrance boutique
Boots has opened its first fragrance-only concept store in London and introduced more than 400 new perfume lines, including 20 brands new to its range. The Boots Fragrance boutique, located at Broadgate Central, features a curated selection of luxury and niche scents from international and independent perfume houses. The launch…
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13 OctoberHealth & Beauty
Unfabled raises £1.3m amid expansion into 737 Boots stores
Women’s health start-up Unfabled has raised £1.4m ($1.7m) in new funding and secured national distribution in 737 Boots stores. Founded in 2021 by chief executive Hannah Samano, a former Unilever innovator named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Unfabled develops supplements addressing cycle-related symptoms such as fatigue, cramps and…
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7 OctoberHigh Street
Boots to recruit more than 6,000 seasonal staff ahead of Christmas
Boots is hiring over 6,000 temporary staff across the UK to help meet demand during the Christmas period. The retailer said roles are available in stores, warehouses and customer service operations, with flexible and part-time positions offered. Recruitment includes around 4,000 Christmas customer advisors to support in-store shoppers, 1,000 customer…
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Aug- 2025 -29 AugustHealth & Beauty
Boots ‘well positioned’ for future growth amid Sycamore acquisition
The Boots Group has claimed it is “well positioned” for future growth as a private standalone company following the acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance by Sycamore Partners, completed in partnership with Stefano Pessina and his family, who have reinvested their full stake. As part of the separation, Walgreens, Boots, Shields…
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22 AugustComment
Retail media: Hugh Stevens on the data that powers the future
Retail media has emerged from the periphery of marketing strategy into one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving sectors in modern commerce. At the centre of that transformation is a growing recognition that first-party data—properly governed, connected, and activated—offers retailers and brands unprecedented opportunities to collaborate, personalise, and grow.…
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22 AugustHigh Street
Retail bosses urge chancellor to cut industry tax burden in Budget
More than 60 retail leaders have written to the chancellor ahead of the Autumn Budget, warning that rising costs are driving up prices and threatening jobs. Chief executives from companies including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Asda, Boots and Ikea signed the letter, which calls for a reduction in business rates for…
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6 AugustPeople Moves
Sainsbury’s announces leadership changes to drive Next Level strategy
Sainsbury’s has announced significant changes to its operating board in a bid to further strengthen leadership across customer experience, technology, commercial and sustainability, and support delivery and acceleration of its ‘Next Level’ strategy. The move sees Tracey Clements appointed to the operating board as chief retail, logistics and supply chain…
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5 AugustShopping Centres
Network Rail sees retail sales hit record £915m in 2024/25
Network Rail has reported that its 19 managed stations saw retail sales rise by a “record” 8.7% to £914.7m in 2024/25, driven by growth and convenience outlets. During the period, like-for-like sales rose 5.8%, with London Waterloo generating £107.5m and London Bridge £100.1m, making them the first two stations in…
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