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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Aug- 2018 -29 AugustClothing & Shoes
YNAP to launch first own-brand footwear collection
Yoox-Net-A-Porter Group (YNAP) has announced that its own-brand label for mens fashion, Mr P., which will launch this September alongside the brand’s first foray into footwear and accessories. YNAP said the Mr P.’s footwear line will provide a range of designs that form the “building blocks of every man’s…
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28 AugustEconomy
Amazon named ‘most reputable UK retailer’ in consumer survey
Amazon, Boots and John Lewis have topped the 2018 UK Retail RepTrak ranking of the most reputable retailers, the Reputation Institute has announced. The research was based on 5,175 individual ratings from the UK general public and based on an assessment of 50 nominated companies. Amazon’s reputation significantly improved since…
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15 AugustHealth & Beauty
Superdrug launches in-store Botox and filler service
High street health and beauty store Superdrug has launched an in-store Botox and fillers service at its flagship on the Strand in London. It is the first high street store to offer such a service and the scheme launched in conjunction with its Skin Renew Service. The service was established…
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8 AugustHigh Street
‘Misleading’ Sports Direct ad reprimanded by ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a Sports Direct ad for “misleading” customers about the original price of a product, and warned the firm to make its delivery charges to online customers clearer. The sportswear retailer’s website was found to be promoting a pair of Karrimor walking boots for…
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3 AugustAdvice
How to future proof your SEO strategy in a voice search world
By 2020, 50% of all searches will be done via a virtual assistant or voice search device. In 2015, the year of Comcast’s survey, this prediction seemed almost far-fetched. Not so today. Mobile and voice search are currently the top two SEO search terms [Buzzsumo]. Voice search in particular has…
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Jul- 2018 -23 JulyGovernment
Committee finds retailers ‘poor’ at regulating fur sales
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has found that retailers, local authorities and Trading Standards have been “poor at enforcing regulations around the sale of real fur”, following its recent inquiry. The committee also said that Brexit would provide an opportunity for the UK to improve its system of…
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6 JulyM&A
Boots owner reacts to Amazon threat with investment in Chinese firm GuoDa
Walgreens Boots Alliance has reacted to a tanking share price in the wake of Amazon’s entry to the pharmacy market by acquiring a stake in Chinese pharmacy firm GuoDa. Boots’ share price plummeted by 10% last week following the announcement Amazon had acquired medicine delivery company Pillpack. In what is…
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4 JulyUncategorized
Former Amazon finance VP returns to Asda as CFO
Asda has appointed Rob McWilliam as chief financial officer (CFO), replacing Alex Russo as he leaves the business to take on a new role at Wilko. McWilliams initially began working with the group again in January 2018 on a consultancy basis, supporting the development of a new ‘Asda Strategy’. However,…
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4 JulyPeople Moves
Wilko appoints former Asda CFO as finance chief
Family business Wilko has appointed Alex Russo, a former Asda CFO as its new chief financial officer and executive board director. Russo held the Asda post for five years, but has also held senior roles at Tesco, Kingfisher and Boots, in the UK and abroad, gathering more than 20 years’…
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Jun- 2018 -29 JuneEconomy
Boots shares plunge 10% following Amazon medicine service acquisition
Shares in the parent company of pharmacy chain Boots, Walgreens Boots Alliance, have plummeted by 10% this morning following news that Amazon has acquired medicine delivery company Pillpack. The American startup made $100m last year and will now see Amazon take over late next year, with the price of the…
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