All Boots articles – Page 16
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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.
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NewsBoots sales slip in ‘challenging’ first quarter
Boots has recorded a drop in its first-quarter UK retail sales as Walgreen’s Boots Alliance’s US arm shored up sales.
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DataData: The top 30 retailers by UK store numbers
Tesco and the Co-op maintain the largest store networks, but discounters are showing the fastest growth.
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DataData: Top 30 retailers in the UK, according to shoppers
Amazon has been knocked off the top spot of customers’ favourite places to shop by M&S’ food division, according to exclusive survey data from OC&C.
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Future LeadersBe Inspired: Five ways women can get to the top
Retail Week’s biggest-ever Be Inspired conference took place yesterday, with the sold-out event featuring keynote sessions by retail leaders as well as skill-based masterclasses.
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VideoWatch: Boots' Christmas ad sees sisters take centre stage
Boots has unveiled its festive advert, which depicts two sisters and their relationship through the years alongside their use of the health and beauty retailer’s products.