All Boots articles – Page 15
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NewsBoots owner suffers 'most difficult quarter'
Boots owner Walgreens Boots Alliance has slashed earnings guidance following the “most difficult quarter” since its creation in 2014.
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VideoWatch: Boots boss Seb James on winning back beauty relevance
Boots UK boss Seb James talks about his ambition to make the retailer the UK leader in beauty personalisation and building its brand portfolio.
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InterviewInterview: How Seb James will give Boots a makeover
With a new store format, an array of new brands and a team of in-store beauty experts, new boss Seb James is giving Boots a facelift
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NewsBoots poaches Aldi director to bolster marketing team
Boots has snapped up Aldi’s marketing director Adam Zavalis as its new director of brand and communications.
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NewsWalgreens Boots Alliance and Microsoft unveil partnership
Walgreens Boots Alliance and Microsoft have formed a partnership that they claim will revolutionise healthcare delivery.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail's biggest hires, fires and feuds in 2018
There have been many entrances and exits in the retail sector in the past year. Here is a snapshot of 2018’s most important hires and fires.
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NewsBoots hires Tesco convenience boss as chief operating officer
Health and beauty giant Boots has appointed Tesco veteran Tracey Clements to run its UK and Ireland business, Retail Week can reveal.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven of the best retail moments of 2018
’Tis the season to be jolly, and Retail Week is celebrating by unwrapping the most light-hearted and affirming retail moments of 2018.
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NewsBoots website crashes following No7 Christmas deal demand
Boots’ UK website has crashed during the vital Christmas trading period after the retailer launched a pre-Christmas deal on its own-brand No7 gift set.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Who's won retail's Christmas ad battle?
The battle for the best Christmas ad is well and truly underway. Two advertising supremos sift the turkeys from the crackers.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Which Christmas ads are hitting the mark?
As John Lewis releases its much-awaited Christmas campaign, we debate which of this year’s crop of festive ads has hit the mark.
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NewsBoots unveils the mother of Christmas adverts
Boots has launched its Christmas advert, which focuses on a mother-daughter relationship and includes a reworking of a Robbie Williams classic.
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AnalysisRetail Reimagined: Welcome to the beauty store 2.0
In the latest instalment of our Retail Reimagined series, Grace Bowden explores the beauty store 2.0.
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NewsBoots' fourth quarter sales fall as beauty stutters
Boots has recorded declines across its beauty and pharmacy sales, which Walgreens Boots Alliance attributed to “lower prescription volume and a decline in UK pharmacy funding”.
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AnalysisBoots tackles the world's most advanced beauty market
In South Korea, there are entire streets devoted to beauty retail. Does new kid on the block Boots stand out from the crowd? John Ryan reports from Seoul
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OpinionReality bites: Only 15 women are on our Power List
Every year that I put together the Retail Week Power List, I wait for the accusations of sexism. “Where are all the women?” come the cries. I agree: where are all the women?
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NewsWBA profits jump despite Boots sales drop
Walgreens Boots Alliance recorded a rise in its second-quarter profits driven by strong sales growth across its US subsidiaries.
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NewsMajor retailers back sustainability and equality drive
A swathe of top retailers including John Lewis, M&S and Sainsbury’s have signed up to an action plan aimed at driving sustainability, development and equality.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is your loyalty scheme still relevant?
Loyalty has long been at the heart of retail, but as pressure mounts and competition hots up, retaining existing customers has climbed up the agenda.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: New jobs for Baldock and James
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Alex Baldock moving to Dixons Carphone to replace Seb James, who will become president and managing director of Boots.