All Alliance Boots articles – Page 5
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Analysis
Tech & Ecomm: Watch – Anthony Roberts on tech strategy and personalisation
The Walgreens Boots Alliance CIO on the importance of using personal data correctly and the impact technology has on the retailer’s strategy.
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InterviewQ&A: Walgreens Boots Alliance's global CIO Anthony Roberts
Ahead of Retail Week’s Tech & Ecomm conference, we talk to one of the speakers about the challenges he faces, cyber security and Apple Pay
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NewsRetail Diary: EBay puts icing on the cake and Morrisons' Strain does a Brucie
Ecommerce giant eBay swaps the web for water as it turns 20 and Morrisons finance boss Trevor Strain borrows a line from Sir Bruce Forsyth.
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NewsTesco, Superdrug and Boots to be given access to NHS medical records
High street pharmacies Tesco, Superdrug, Boots and Lloyds will be given access to patients’ medical records in a bid to ease pressure on family doctors.
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AnalysisWhat does Apple Pay’s UK arrival mean for retailers?
Apple has revealed that its long-awaited mobile payment system Apple Pay will finally arrive in the UK next month, but what does this mean for retailers?
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NewsApple unveils retailers signed up to contactless Apple Pay scheme
A host of leading retailers – including Marks & Spencer and Boots – are among those set to adopt Apple’s new Pay system when it launches in the UK next month.
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OpinionAnalysis: Boots restructuring – the reasons behind the job losses
Boots today became the latest business giant to reveal plans to cut jobs as it aims to tackle the shifting retail environment.
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NewsBoots to cut 700 jobs and up focus on omnichannel
Boots plans to cut 700 back office roles as part of a major restructuring plan to make its business “fit for the future”, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsBoots revives annual UK staff bonus scheme after strong performance
Walgreens Boots Alliance has reinstated an annual bonus scheme for UK Boots staff after it was put on ice last year, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsWalgreens Boots Alliance to close 200 US stores as part of cost-saving initiative
Walgreens Boots Alliance has revealed plans to close 200 stores in its US retail pharmacy division as part of a three-year cost-saving initiative.
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NewsHouse of Fraser and John Lewis execs among New West End Company's new board members
New West End Company has named John Lewis’s retail director and House of Fraser’s chief operating officer as among a group of industry heavyweights to join its board.
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NewsOracle Retail Week Awards 2015 winners revealed
Former Kingfisher group chief executive Sir Ian Cheshire won the coveted Outstanding Contribution to Retail accolade at last night’s prestigious Oracle Retail Week Awards.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Stefano Pessina says Walgreens Boots is committed to high street
The boss of Walgreens Boots Alliance has said that despite the rise of the internet, high street stores remain important for the newly merged group.
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AnalysisRetail Week Live: Eight things to take away from this year’s conference
Retail Week Live offers attendees a wide variety of valuable content, here are just eight ways you can benefit from being involved.
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NewsBoots creates new director of retail role to replace director of stores Karl Crane
Boots director of stores Karl Crane is to step down and his role will be absorbed by a new director of retail position.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Bringing retail’s biggest names and innovations together
Retail Week Live will feature the biggest names in retail and a start-up campus showcasing the latest thinking in retail technology.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Miliband boycotts Boots after Pessina comments
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the war of words between Boots boss Stefan Pessina and Labour’s Ed Miliband.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Aldi, Stefano Pessina, Scottish retail sales and Morrisons
Retail news round-up on February 5, 2015: Aldi to open 70 stores this year, Vince Cable criticises Pessina, Scottish retail sales rise, Morrisons denies profiting from cut-price milk
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NewsLord Stuart Rose and Sir Charles Dunstone warn against EU exit
Top retailers spoke out this week on the case to remain in the EU as the industry’s involvement in the political debate widened ahead of the general election.
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NewsLord Rose on Labour row: ‘Let’s air the policies and have a good debate’
Lord Rose argues Labour should stop personal attacks on Boots boss Stefano Pessina and instead focus on a debate around policies.