Founded by John Boots, the pharmacy, beauty and health retailer has been a mainstay of the British high street for 175 years. Boots’ pharmacy-led outlets provide optician and hearing care services and digital photo printing. It sells clothing, food and drink, alongside its many beauty and health products. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Boots and the health and beauty sector.
Boots has been sold to Wittington Investments, the holding company of the Weston family based in Canada for $8.9bn.
M&S is making a play in a highly competitive market. With a sale of Boots also on the cards, beauty retail looks poised for big changes, believes George MacDonald
A $9bn sale of health and beauty giant Boots could go ahead as early as next week.
Boots has become the latest retailer to launch on TikShop as it looks to bring customers even more ways to shop its beauty ranges online.
Boots has launched a new brand platform and campaign designed to reflect the retailer’s role for its customers.
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