All Health & beauty articles – Page 135
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Consumer confidence plummets again
Consumers are becoming increasingly nervous, with consumer spending growth expected to slow to just 0.5 per cent next year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
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Alliance Boots buys 25% of Athos Farma in Brazil
Alliance Boots has made its first foray into South America with its purchase of a 25 per cent stake in a Brazilian pharmaceutical wholesaler Athos Farma.
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Nose for the job
The Perfume Shop chief operating officer Jo Walker is so passionate about her job that she hardly ever takes a holiday. Jennifer Creevy asks why scents mean so much.
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Retailers rethink business travel
More than half of retailers say they have changed the way they consider business travel out of concern for the environment, a survey has revealed.
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Decathlon sets sights on 40 stores in UK growth assault
French sportswear retailer Decathlon is preparing to reignite its UK expansion with aggressive plans to ramp up its store portfolio.
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July sales volumes plummet
The Summer Sales have bought no respite for beleaguered retailers as they reported plummeting sales volumes in July.
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Space NK to open in US Bloomingdale’s stores
Health and beauty retailer Space NK has struck a deal with US department store Bloomingdale’s to open concessions in the US.
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Boots shakes up teams to push brands
Health and beauty retailer Boots has restructured its trading and marketing operations and set up a team to push its own-label and exclusive brands.
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The Perfume Shop launches Supermodel campaign
The Perfume Shop has this week begun its first sponsorship campaign with US show Make Me A Supermodel.
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Boots UK rejigs marketing and trading teams
Boots UK, the UK health and beauty arm of Alliance Boots, has restructured its marketing and trading teams as part of its ambition to become the world’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer.
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Boots slammed over supplier terms
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has named and shamed Alliance Boots as one of the worst payers to small suppliers.
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Ocado to expand beyond food
Ocado is to expand beyond food into areas such as clothing and health and beauty as it notches up sales of 1 billion.
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Medicine man
With his passion for organic produce, Jonathan Hook was the natural choice to head Neal’s Yard Remedies. He tells Jennifer Creevy why the retailer has a strong future
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Walgreens slows growth to curb expenditure
Walgreens is to scale back its drugstore growth in an effort to reduce its capital expenditure by about US$500 million ( 251.2 million) over the next three financial years.
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Consumer spend to slow to 0.5% next year
Consumer spending growth in the UK will slow to just 0.5 per cent next year as households face high energy and food prices and falling property values.
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Shop price rise for June stays below inflation
June shop prices were 2.5 per cent higher than last year but below overall inflation, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
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Bags of passion
Having launched Liberty of London’s standalone store, Tamara Salman tells Amy Shields about her aims for the luxury accessories brand’s expansion
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Inside Westfield London
20 years in the making, the UK’s most eagerly awaited shopping centre is finally taking shape. Tim Danaher gets a preview of Westfield London as it gears up for its opening in October