All Health & beauty articles – Page 102
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OpinionComment: Closing the wrong stores can lead to a click-and-collect disaster
For the avoidance of doubt, I’m a practicologist not a proctologist.
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NewsOptical Express to close 40 stores
Optical Express is closing 40 stores after filing an intention to appoint an administrator to one of its subsidiary companies.
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Walgreens to close 76 USA Drug-affiliated stores
Walgreens is to close its 76 USA Drug-affiliated stores by November as part of its acquisition of LaFrance Pharmacy.The closures will be in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. The programme comes after Walgreens announced the $438m (£269.9m) LaFrance acquisition in July.Walgreens spokesman Jim Graham said: “Our decisions about store closures are ...
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NewsSuperdrug drives pharmacy with new healthcare director appointment
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has appointed former Lloydspharmacy director Steve Gray to the newly created position of healthcare director.
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OpinionBlog: Vision Express conjures up the perfect fit
Magic tricks are not what you expect from a standard check up at the opticians but that’s what Vision Express did when it waved its wand to find me a pair of glasses that do not make me want to hide in the shadows.
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NewsHolland & Barrett moves closer to omnichannel ambitions
Holland & Barrett is driving its omnichannel ambitions as it prepares to improve its loyalty card offer, refresh its website and develop a mobile-optimised site.
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Walmart launches health food programme
Walmart has launched a health food programme with HumanaVitality, a subsidiary of the Humana healthcare company.The Vitality HealthyFood scheme offers members an incentive to purchase healthier foods by offering a 5% discount on items awarded Walmart’s ‘Great For You’ symbol.The scheme is due to begin on October 15.Shoppers can join ...
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NewsRetailers must globalise to survive, says Alliance Boots chairman Pessina
Alliance Boots chairman Stefano Pessina said it is critical that retailers react to the growing need to be global.
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NewsBoots boss warns discounters pose hypermarket threat
The high street discounters’ move into branded products will threaten the viability of hypermarkets, warned Boots boss Ken Murphy.
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OpinionComment: Hamleys deal opens the door to overseas growth
This week’s acquisition of Hamleys, which famously describes itself as the “finest toy shop in the world”, paves the way for the retailer to test that claim on a truly global scale.
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NewsWalmart boss Cheeseright: 'Low price is our best loyalty scheme'
Asda’s everyday low prices stance means it does not need to launch a loyalty card, according to Walmart boss David Cheesewright.
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NewsOnline sales slump to five-year low in August
Internet retail sales slumped in August as the Olympics distracted Brits from online shopping, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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InterviewQ&A: Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina
As health and beauty retailer and wholesaler Alliance Boots acquires a 12% stake in chinese chain Nanjing Pharmaceutical, Retail Week speaks to the group’s chairman Stefano Pessina about his plans for the business and what’s next in his quest for global domination.
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NewsLloydspharmacy profits plummet
Lloydspharmancy’s pre-tax profits plummeted by 45% from £104.7m to £57.2m in 2012 as sales remained flat at £1.76bn.
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NewsAlliance Boots strikes £56m deal with Chinese pharmaceutical giant
Health and beauty retailer and wholesaler Alliance Boots is to buy a 12% stake in one of China’s biggest pharmaceutical companies for £56m, as it extends its global leadership credentials.
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OpinionBlog: The Body Shop finds its catwalk feet
Sitting front row at London Fashion Week as a guest of The Body Shop, fascinated by the sky high heel-less heels that the models wore as they elegantly strutted down the catwalk, I couldn’t believe my luck.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers’ evolving communications strategies
Retailers’ evolving communications strategies have sparked reviews of the creative agencies they work with.
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NewsHarvey Nichols hunts for Beauty Bazaar locations
Harvey Nichols is already eyeing further locations for Beauty Bazaar, the specialist boutique that will make its debut in Liverpool in November.
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NewsFood price inflation flat as it 'bottoms out'
Shop price inflation edged up 0.1%, while food price inflation remained flat in August, despite fears that food prices are set to soar due to a difficult harvest in the US this year, said the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Nielsen Shop Price Index.
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NewsVision Express to open Oxford Street flagship
Vision Express will next month launch a new flagship store on Oxford Street which the optical retailer will use to trial new ranges and multichannel initiatives.