All Health & beauty articles – Page 92
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AnalysisIn focus: August Retail Sales from the BRC
August UK retail like-for-likes jumped 1.8%, according to British Retail Consortium-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Retail Week takes a category-by-category look at the performance.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are retail’s green shoots appearing?
These last few summer months brought good sales for many as the sun shone on retailers as well as holidaymakers. As today’s rise in retail sales offers futher good news, Retail Week takes a look at how each sector is performing.
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NewsAugust UK retail sales up 1.8%, showing further signs of a consumer-led recovery
August UK retail sales jumped 1.8% on a like-for-like basis against last year when it slipped 0.4%, indicating continuing positive consumer sentiment.
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GalleryStore gallery: Space NK gives its Chelsea shop a high-quality makeover
Cosmetics and beauty retailer Space NK has unveiled a revamp at its store in the Duke of York Square shopping development in Chelsea.
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NewsAlliance Boots starts supplying British military bases through NAAFI agreement
Alliance Boots has begun supplying the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI), enabling British troops to buy their health and beauty essentials on military bases around the world.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: Boots casts 'real' women for new ad to appeal to diverse customer base
Boots’ Ta Dah! campaign promoting its No7 cosmetics range uses, for the first time in the retailer’s history, ‘real’ women.
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NewsRetail sales estimates revised dramatically upwards as economy improves
Retail sales estimates for the next six months have been revised dramatically upwards as the uptick in the economy gains momentum.
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OpinionComment: What the recent positive economic data says about a retail recovery
In recent weeks, our newspapers have been awash with positive indicators suggesting the difficult economic climate is starting to improve.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Will Walmart acquire Hong Kong’s Park n Shop?
Hong Kong-based conglomerate AS Watson has confirmed it is conducting a strategic review of grocery retail business Park n Shop (PnS).
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OpinionComment: BRC's Helen Dickinson - How we're stepping up a gear on business rates
The BRC has been banging the drum for a business rates freeze for several years now. We’ve worked hard with campaign partners but we’ve reached a point where we felt a rethink was needed.
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NewsLloydspharmacy parent Celesio's profits surge more than 50%
Lloydspharmacy’s parent company Celesio recorded a 55.6% pre-tax profit surge in its first half, in a performance that was “in line with expectations”.
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InterviewQ&A: Boots boss Alex Gourlay on his new role at Walgreens
Alliance Boots chief executive of health and beauty Alex Gourlay will take up his new role at Walgreens as executive vice president and president of customer experience and daily living in October. Retail Week speaks to him about his move.
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AnalysisIn the news: Boots' incoming UK and Ireland health and beauty boss Simon Roberts profiled
After a decade at Boots, Simon Roberts has been given his chance to lead the UK health and beauty business as Alex Gourlay heads to Walgreens.
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NewsBoots boss Alex Gourlay to take key role at Walgreens
Alliance Boots health and beauty chief executive Alex Gourlay has been appointed to sister retailer Walgreens to lead its customer experience division, entering into new phase after a 30-year career at the retailer.
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NewsBoots launches new TV ad celebrating 'real' women
Boots today airs its new TV advert for its No7 own brand make up as part of a marketing campaign featuring “real” women selected through holding castings on the street.
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GalleryIn pictures: Tesco unveils new format Extra store in Watford
Tesco has reopened the much-anticipated Extra store in Watford, which it is billing as a “brand new shopping and leisure destination”.
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AnalysisIn focus: July retail sales figures from the BRC
UK retail like-for-like sales jumped 2.2% in July, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Retail Week finds out how each of the individual categories performed.
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NewsHeatwave and sporting triumphs drive best July sales in seven years
Retailers experienced their best July in seven years in a “golden month” driven by warm weather and booming consumer confidence.
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NewsConsumer confidence in July soars to highest level since 2010
Consumer confidence in July rose to its highest level since April 2010 as consumers felt more positive about the economy and their finances.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Top Christmas gifts predicted by retailers
Christmas success of course means stocking the right products. Retail Week looks at some of the lines that retailers hope will end up under shoppers’ trees.