All Health & beauty articles – Page 118
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NewsMidcounties Co-operative profits up 35%
The Midcounties Co-operative has reported a 35% increase in trading profit to a record £26m.
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Clicks Group turnover up 14.7% to £881m
Health and beauty retailer and wholesaler Clicks Group posted a preliminary retail turnover increase of 14.7% year on year to ZAR9.7bn (£881m), and an increase in group turnover of 9% to ZAR13.3bn (£1.2bn) for the first half of its 2010/11 financial year ended February 28.“The results have been driven by ...
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NewsAlliance Boots in no rush to replace departed CEO Hornby
Alliance Boots is unlikely to appoint a successor to departed group chief executive Andy Hornby in the near future, following his sudden exit last week.
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GalleryPutting the super into Superdrug
Asking shoppers to ‘take another look’ and then getting them to love the Superdrug brand is what the refurbished Wimbledon store is trying to achieve. John Ryan reports
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NewsUpdated: Alliance Boots boss Andy Hornby to step down from business
Updated: Alliance Boots group chief executive Andy Hornby is to step down from the business, Retail Week has learned.
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Apoteket to roll out 100 vending machines selling non-prescription drugs
Leading pharmacy operator Apoteket expects to roll out about 100 vending machines selling non-prescription drugs and other healthcare items in the first half of 2011.A machine can hold up to 60 products and all will be located at convenience stores, shopping centres and major travel interchanges.Apoteket director of distribution and ...
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NewsVision Express hires chief to build brand
Optical specialist Vision Express has hired former Greene King and Sainsbury’s director Jonathan Lawson as its new chief executive.
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Walgreens sells its pharmacy benefit management business
Walgreens has sold its pharmacy benefit management business Walgreens Health Initiatives (WHI) to Catalyst Health Solutions for $525m (£450m), subject to certain adjustments. The transaction is structured as an acquisition of all the capital stock of WHI.Walgreens will retain and look to continue growing its speciality pharmacy and mail service ...
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NewsCrackdown on Channel Islands VAT loophole
Chancellor George Osborne is planning to crack down on cheap goods flooding into the UK from the Channel Islands.
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NewsPerfume Shop expands shop-in-shops
The Perfume Shop is to open more shop-in-shops in sister retailer Superdrug and will roll out a loyalty scheme later this year.
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NewsFormer Best Buy director says don’t hold back on international expansion
Former Best Buy international director Bob Willett has encouraged retailers to keep international on their agenda.
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NewsSuperdrug launches new shopfit as part of ‘take another look’ strategy
Superdrug is to unveil a new store format in southwest London on March 25 as part of its plans to encourage customers to “take another look” at the retailer.
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Celesio underlines commitment to DocMorris store network
Pharmaceuticals distributor Celesio has underlined its commitment to developing the DocMorris store network, as well as front-end sales, in order to reduce its dependency on prescription drugs and the associated price regulations.Chief executive Fritz Oesterle said: “We target a balanced portfolio by 2015, when about half of our income will ...
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GalleryFrasers: Northern star
Frasers, the Glaswegian House of Fraser flagship, has come to the end of revamping its ground floor. As John Ryan discovers, the results have been spectacular
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NewsAlliance Boots strikes deal with Carrefour
Alliance Boots has struck a deal with Carrefour that will see it develop the grocer’s global beauty operation.
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NewsLloydspharmacy appoints head of retail
Lloydspharmacy has appointed former Carphone Warehouse buyer Jeff Wemyss as head of retail.
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Shoppers Drug Mart sales up 3.9% to £6.56bn
Shoppers Drug Mart has reported full-year sales for 2010 of C$10.37bn (£6.56bn), up 3.9%. The retailer’s sales continued to grow in all regions of the country, led by strong gains in Western Canada and Quebec. Its capital investment and store development programme, which resulted in a 6.4% year-on-year rise in ...
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Walgreens to run campaign promoting private-label
Drugstore operator Walgreens is to run its first national advertising campaign promoting its private-label health and wellness products. The campaign will highlight the quality of its private labels and the customer service provided by its pharmacists, rather than just their affordability. The digital portion of the campaign is the result ...
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NewsCPI inflation rises to 4%
Consumer prices index (CPI) inflation rose to 4% in January, up from 3.7% in December.
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CVS revenues up 3.1% to £9.6bn
Pharmacy retailer CVS has reported revenues in its retail drugstore segment up by 3.1% to $14.9bn (£9.6bn) in its fourth quarter to December 31, as like-for-like sales rose 1.7%.The retailer’s pharmacy benefit management arm, however, experienced a revenue decline of 9.7% due to the termination of several large client contracts.President ...