All Health & beauty articles – Page 140
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Health professional
Eight months ago, Boots UK stores director Simon Roberts took on the job of integrating 2,300 Boots and Alliance stores. Jennifer Creevy finds out how he’s getting on
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AnalysisTesco: The people’s choice
Tesco has been crowned the nation’s favourite once again in Retail Week’s annual consumer poll. Charlotte Dennis-Jones asks how the grocer continues to hold its customers in thrall
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Superdrug names new chief exec
Health and beauty giant Superdrug has announced that internal candidate Jeremy Seigal will replace outgoing chief executive Euan Sutherland with immediate effect.
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Fragrance Shop picks MD
Former Music Zone boss Steve Oliver has been named managing director of Fragrance Shop, the 103-store perfume specialist.
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John Lewis like-for-likes swell at Easter
John Lewis department stores achieved bumper sales lifts this Easter compared with last year.
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Ethical cosmetics launches soar
Shopper interest in ethical cosmetics led to 2,260 product launches in core categories last year.
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Tesco in-store chlamydia test to be launched
Tesco has joined forces with a London Primary Care Trust (PCT) to offer a free chlamydia-testing kit at a London store later this month.
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2028: A Retail Odyssey
Personalised products, refrigerated packaging and automatic grocery deliveries. These are just some of the retail trends forecast for the next 20 years. Charlotte Dennis-Jones reports
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Superdrug on hunt for successors as it parts with two top executives
Health and beauty giant Superdrug has been dealt a double blow this week with the departure of two senior executives.
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Bunny Tears opens doors in New York
A new ethical cosmetics store called Bunny Tears has opened on New York's Fifth Avenue.
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Walgreens widens clothing range to halt falling profits
Pharmacy giant Walgreens is to extend its clothing offer in an effort to broaden its range of private-label goods. The US’s biggest healthcare retailer will introduce the Casual Gear collection in most of its 6,000 stores on April 1.
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What does the downturn mean for retailers?
If any retailer remains doggedly optimistic about consumer spending, it’s time to think again. As Katie Kilgallen discovers, in an exclusive poll by ICM for Retail Week, the facts speak for themselves.
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Boots to integrate its Alliance store estate
Alliance Boots has restructured its UK and Ireland store estate to integrate 900 Alliance Pharmacy shops into the Boots portfolio.
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Lloydspharmacy renews EPoS contract with Vista after audit
Lloydspharmacy has signed a three-year renewal contract for EPoS maintenance services with Vista Retail Support.
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John Lewis hires ex-Figleaves chief for online
John Lewis has appointed former Figleaves chief operating officer Robin Terrell as managing director of its John Lewis Direct online arm.
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Alliance Boots snaps up duo to fortify marketing
Health and beauty giant Alliance Boots has strengthened its marketing team for Boots with two appointments.
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Less is more
Boots is on a mission to reduce shrinkage to new lows with integrated security systems. Head of loss prevention Robert Jennings talks Joanna Perry through the project
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RWC08: Rose braces for two-year downturn
Sir Stuart Rose said that M&S is braced for a downturn that will last until at least 2010 at the Retail Week Conference today, though he hopes that the UK economy can avoid full-blown recession.
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RWC08: Pessina puts Europe at heart of Alliance Boots strategy
In a wide-ranging speech at the Retail Week Conference in London today, Stefano Pessina, executive chairman of Alliance Boots, said that rolling out the Boots brand and name across Europe, as well as improving the store portfolio in the UK, would be at the core of the retailer’s strategy.
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Liberty pre-tax losses sink to £6.4m
Luxury department store Liberty has posted a pre-tax loss of 6.4 million, largely as a result of the cost of rolling out its Liberty of London brand.