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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Jun- 2019 -28 JuneHealth & Beauty
Boots sees sales decline in Q3
Retail sales at Boots UK declined 2.6% in its Q3 results ending 31 May 2019 while pharmacy sales increased 0.8%. The health and beauty chain’s sales had an impact on its parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance’s overall performance, as it saw sales of $2.8bn (£2.2bn) – a decrease of 7.3%…
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May- 2019 -29 MayHealth & Beauty
Boots could close up to 200 stores
Boots owner Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA) have plans to close up to 200 underperforming stores, according to Sky News. The health and beauty retailer which employs more than around 56,000 people, saw profits fall by more than 18% last year. The potential closures would see just under 10% of Boots’…
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24 MayAnalysis
Pivoting on experience to revive the UK high-street
It’s no secret that it’s a troubling time for the UK high-street. The recent news that Boots might be considering store closures globally following “its most difficult quarter” since the retailer’s formation is the latest brushstroke of a much larger picture. Global Data, the market research firm, points the reason…
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14 MayHealth & Beauty
Boots profits slump by almost 20%
Profits at Boots UK stores fell by 18.3% last year as sales also struggled. For the year ending 31 August the company, which is owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, reported profits of £317m and revenues of £6.8bn, a fall of 2.3% compared with the previous year. The fall is also…
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Apr- 2019 -30 AprilAdvice
Why DTC brand Harry’s needs to think like a publisher
Last week, direct-to-consumer (DTC) shaving brand Harry’s teamed up with Boots in a move to widen its distribution channels and routes to market. The idea isn’t new – I took a similar approach more than 20 years ago for Sky, distributing set top boxes and subscriptions through retail and shopping…
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4 AprilHealth & Beauty
Boots facing possible store closures
Health and beauty retailer Boots may be forced to close some of its stores after parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance experienced a “disappointing quarter”. In its Q2 results, the company’s international retail pharmacy results showed that sales decreased 1.2% on a constant currency basis, mainly due to a 1.3% decline…
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Mar- 2019 -28 MarchAnalysis
Who are the most impulsive online shoppers in the UK?
The debate rages on as to whether the high street is finished or not, but the exponential rise of online shopping cannot be questioned. The ease in which you can locate an item and have it delivered to your door the next day has meant more and more people now…
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Feb- 2019 -28 FebruaryHealth & Beauty
Boots reveals plans to cut 350 head office jobs
Health and beauty retailer Boots has announced it is looking to cut 350 jobs from its Nottinghamshire headquarters as part of a restructuring plan. Approximately 2,500 staff are employed at the office and the company said it was looking to reduce its costs by 20%. A 45 day consultation process…
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26 FebruaryAdvice
How effective are retailers at engaging the UK’s student market?
The word student has a few connotations, and those don’t tend to be associated with spending power, often the opposite. Living in sub par accomodation and shopping at second hand stores may be true for some, but now, if it’s second-hand it’s vintage, and if it’s vintage you can buy…
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8 FebruaryPeople Moves
Former Aldi boss to head up Boots marketing team
Boots has appointed Adam Zavalis as director of brand and communications, and will join the business on 25 February 2019. Zavalis has been the UK marketing director for Aldi since 2013, where he has was “integral” to the development of its marketing strategy, as well helping to develop “award winning…
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