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- 2024 -10 JuneNews
Today’s news in brief-10/6/24
Labour has pledged to overhaul the business rates system if it wins the upcoming general election. The party aims to create a fairer system that supports small businesses and high streets while ensuring that large multinationals and tech companies pay their fair share. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves highlighted the need…
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10 JuneHealth & Beauty
WBA delays Boots IPO amid sale talks
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has reportedly postponed plans for a possible Boots IPO as talks of a potential sale continue, according to Bloomberg. It is understood that WBA is currently weighing alternative options for the UK health and beauty retailer, having engaged in “informal” talks with potential buyers such as…
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May- 2024 -14 MayNews
Today’s news in brief-14/5/24
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is intensifying efforts to sell the Boots chain, engaging advisers for preliminary discussions with potential buyers. No formal sale process has started, but the chain, valued around £7bn, remains of interest. Previously, in 2022, WBA halted sale plans due to market instability, which affected financing. Despite…
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14 MayHealth & Beauty
Boots owner steps up talks with potential buyers for chain
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), the owner of Boots, has reportedly stepped up efforts to secure a potential buyer for the high street chain. According to Bloomberg, the US company is now working with advisers to hold early discussions with potential bidders. Sources added that no formal sale process for the…
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Apr- 2024 -18 AprilNews
Metrocentre to welcome trio of retail brands
Metrocentre’s Green Mall is set to welcome specialist kitchenware brand ProCook, footwear retailer Clarks, and lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. ProCook is set to open a 3,326 sq ft space in Metrocentre’s Lower Green Mall later this year. The kitchenware brand will stock a wide range of high-quality cookware, knives, tableware,…
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Mar- 2024 -25 MarchShopping Centres
Cribbs Mall to welcome Sweaty Betty store
Cribbs Mall has announced that Sweaty Betty will be opening a new 1,714 sq ft store at the West Country shopping centre. The activewear retailer’s arrival comes as the shopping centre experienced a bumper 2023, with over 110,000 sq ft of leasing activity that took the occupancy rate to nearly…
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19 MarchHigh Street
Primark trials ‘sold’ stickers as anti-theft deterrent
Primark UK has started trialling a new anti-theft measure, which sees checkout staff at some of the fashion retailer’s branches seal up paper carrier bags with blue “sold” stickers. This measure means that any customers carrying bags without the stickers will be stopped at the door by store security guards. …
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Feb- 2024 -29 FebruaryHigh Street
Half-term boost fails to save Feb footfall
Half-term failed to save footfall figures in February as it declined by -2.2% across UK retail destinations for the second consecutive month, largely driven by a drop in footfall of -3.5% in high streets, according to the latest figures from MRI Springboard. MRI said the start of the month was…
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5 FebruarySupermarkets
Issa brother mulls sale of Asda stake
One of the Issa brothers is reportedly planning to offload his stake in Asda and instead focus on EG Group’s petrol station business, The Telegraph has reported. Reports said that Zuber Issa has approached buyout specialists and retailers to explore a sale of his 22.5% stake in Asda, only three…
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Jan- 2024 -5 JanuaryNews
Today’s news in brief-5/1/24
Asda and Usdaw have signed a collective bargaining agreement, enabling the union to represent hourly-paid employees in convenience stores and Leon restaurants acquired from EG Group. Usdaw will negotiate on pay, hours, and holidays annually for employees across 356 convenience stores and 77 Leon restaurant sites. Asda’s Chief People and…
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