All Health & beauty articles – Page 143
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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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Analysis
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.
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Rituals makes its UK debut
Dutch cosmetics chain Rituals opened its first UK store on Oxford Street last week.
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Opinion
King faces his toughest times
When Arabian royals come knocking to buy your company, doubts about them having deep enough pockets are probably the last thing that will enter your mind.
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Dutch cosmetics chain seeks to conquer UK
Cosmetics retailer Rituals is to open its first UK store at the east end of Oxford Street tomorrow.
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Analysis
A healthy obsession
With more than 20 years at the retailer behind him, Alex Gourlay knows Boots inside out. Jennifer Creevy talks to the pharmacist turned director about his plans for the next phase of growth under private ownership
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Boots revs up growth strategy as it chases global leadership
Health and beauty giant invests in better stores and more innovative services
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Boots unveils festive ad campaign
Alliance Boots will launch its Christmas TV ad campaign this Sunday, focusing on women looking gorgeous for their Christmas parties.
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Boots’ first beauty salon opens at Kingston shop
Alliance Boots has struck a deal with beauty guru George Hammer to open a salon on the first floor of its Kingston store.
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Fruits and Passion heads for London
Canadian health and beauty retailer Fruits and Passion is to open its first store in London early next year, following a UK trial in Manchester this summer.
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Alliance Boots insists profit fears misguided
Alliance Boots has rejected speculation that Government cuts to pharmacy payments will hit profits ( Retail Week Online , October 5) and said that it is trading ahead of expectations.
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NHS payment changes threaten Boots' profits
Health and beauty giant Alliance Boots faces a profits blow of as much as 80 million following a government decision to cut medicine payments to pharmacies.
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Perfume Shop overhauls store communications
The Perfume Shop is migrating its store communications to an electronic format following the roll-out of an intranet application. Store managers now receive about 15 messages a day through the system, in addition to one longer weekly message that provides a summary of the promotional and marketing activity taking place. ...
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Superdrug tests green health fascia
Superdrug has unveiled a new-format store as part of its£23 million investment to bring fashion-focused health services to the high street. The Superdrug Health pharmacy store in Brighton bears a green version of the retailer’s new pink fascia, which is being rolled out to 150 stores. The pilot store offers ...