All Health & beauty articles – Page 139
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Alliance Boots launches Chinese joint venture
Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina confirmed his commitment to becoming a global leader at a celebratory ceremony for the retailer’s joint venture in China.
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Wal-Mart sets sights on in-store clinic empire
Wal-Mart wants to open 400 medical clinics, called The Clinic at Wal-Mart, in its stores by the end of 2010.
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Boots and TK Maxx in supply deal
Boots and fashion retailer TK Maxx have teamed up to generate supply chain efficiencies with deliveries to their stores on the Isle of Man.
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Boots and TK Maxx in supply deal
Boots and fashion retailer TK Maxx have teamed up to generate supply chain efficiencies with deliveries to their stores on the Isle of Man.
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Neal’s Yard hires ex-Carphone man as MD
Neal’s Yard Remedies has hired former Carphone Warehouse retail managing director Jonathan Hook to spearhead its UK and overseas expansion.
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White Company to implement K3 platform
The White Company has selected a technology platform from K3 to support its growth plans.
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Alliance Boots seals China partnership
Alliance Boots has completed the formation of its joint-venture company in China, Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Corporation (GP Corp), for approximately 41 million.
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Marks & Spencer in talks over Sephora shop-in-shops
Marks & Spencer has held talks with French beauty retailer Sephora about opening cosmetics and perfume shop-in-shops in the UK giant’s stores.
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Selfridges to smash record as luxury market holds firm
The boss of luxury department store group Selfridges has said the business will ride out this year’s economic turmoil after enjoying a record year in 2007.
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Retail Week League Tables 2007: Top 20 operating margins
Find out who made the grade over the past year in Retail Week’s annual scrutiny of the UK’s top retailers. By Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark
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E-tailer Chemist Direct challenges health and beauty mark-ups
High street retailers have been criticised for “shocking” mark-ups on hundreds of health and beauty products.
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The White Company has sparkling Christmas
Multichannel lifestyle retailer The White Company has revealed strong trading over Christmas. Sales in the 10 weeks to December 29 rose 12 per cent, giving a 7 per cent like-for-like uplift.
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Boots Christmas like-for-likes exude health
Alliance Boots is understood to have bucked the dismal Christmas trading trend to post healthy like-for-like sales in the final quarter of 2007.
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Dove sister brand seeks space to expand its spa and store format
Dove Spa, sister business to beauty brand Dove, is to accelerate its store openings in the UK, with the aim of having 75 stores by 2012.
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Ideal Shopping Direct sales rocket
TV and internet retailer Ideal Shopping Direct unveiled a sharp sales hike for the 17 weeks to December 30, 2007.
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Alliance Pharmacy controls cost of labour with scheduling system
Alliance Pharmacy has implemented a labour-scheduling system designed in partnership with Retail Answers.
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Lush Christmas sales climb
Ethical beauty retailer Lush Cosmetics has reported a bumper Christmas with like-for-like sales up 5 per cent in December.
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Ocado to push into general merchandise
Ocado, the home shopping business in which retailer John Lewis is a stakeholder, is to push into new categories including babywear and flowers.
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Where’s the festive spirit?
Running a first-class store operation during the Christmas period is a challenge. Charlotte Dennis-Jones takes a walk down Oxford Street with Itim Consulting partner Simon Puryerto give their verdict on which retailers are holding up best under the festive pressure this year
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Molton Brown opts for global till system
Molton Brown has rolled out an EPoS system to its global store estate to improve data visibility.