All Health & beauty articles – Page 60
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AnalysisRetail's Christmas: Premium, promos and polarisation
With a slew of retailers including Tesco, M&S, John Lewis and House of Fraser updating today, much has been learned about the golden quarter. Retail Week picks out the key trends.
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NewsRetail sales 'muted' in December as non-food slumps
Retail sales edged up in December despite a “stark” contrast in the fortunes of grocery and non-food operators.
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NewsSuperdrug offers spray tans and blow dries in new format
Superdrug is pushing into experiential beauty with its new store format, which will offer a range of services including a barber shop and hair salon.
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NewsBoots pharmacy staff raise patient safety fears
Some Boots pharmacy staff claim they are under too much pressure and that mistakes could be made as a result.
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DataRetail league table: Christmas trading 2017
Find out how retailers have performed during the critical Christmas 2017 trading period, with our league table comparing like-for-like sales.
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AnalysisWho will be retail’s winners and losers in 2018?
Who will thrive in 2018 and who will flounder? Retail experts share their tips for the year ahead.
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GalleryStore gallery: L’Occitane’s store for a new shopper
Beauty brand L’Occitane has opened a new Regent Street store that aims to attract a younger shopper than its current mid-40s demographic. John Ryan reports.
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NewsBoots sales slip in ‘challenging’ first quarter
Boots has recorded a drop in its first-quarter UK retail sales as Walgreen’s Boots Alliance’s US arm shored up sales.
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NewsDebenhams warns on profits as Christmas sales fall
Debenhams’ Christmas like-for-like sales dropped despite increased promotional activity in what boss Sergio Bucher called a “challenging” period.
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NewsRetailers face ‘fight to survive’ in 2018, experts warn
UK retailers face a “fight to survive” next year as they face into a “perfect storm” of operating headwinds and lingering Brexit uncertainty, experts have warned.
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NewsShop price deflation ‘coming to an end’, BRC warns
A run of shop price deflation stretching back more than four years is about to come to an end, new figures have warned.
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Analysis
Analysis: What does the Budget mean for retail?
Has Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Budget retailers craved? Or has he left the industry high and dry?
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Budget 2017: Business rates to switch to CPI from April
The Government will base business rates increases on the CPI index rather than RPI two years earlier than planned, it revealed in today’s Budget.
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NewsRetailers urge Chancellor to deliver 'shoppers' Budget'
Retail leaders have urged Chancellor Phillip Hammond to deliver “a shoppers’ Budget” and put a lid on “inexorable” rises in costs such as business rates.
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NewsHolland & Barrett revs up for 'aggressive' EU expansion
Holland & Barrett’s chief financial officer Chris Keen said its new owners L1 Retail have ‘taken the shackles off’ its international expansion ambitions.
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NewsChristmas spending to rise almost 2%, Deloitte forecasts
Shoppers are expected to increase their Christmas spending by 1.8% this year.
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OpinionOpinion: As M&A activity slows, don’t forget the float
Despite the rush for retail consolidation sparked by Tesco’s move for wholesale titan Booker, 2017 has been a relatively slow year for mergers and acquisitions.
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NewsBlack Friday UK retail sales set to hit £10bn
UK shoppers are set to spend £10.1bn over the seven-day period around Black Friday as more retailers participate to shore up sluggish sales.
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VideoWatch: Boots' Christmas ad sees sisters take centre stage
Boots has unveiled its festive advert, which depicts two sisters and their relationship through the years alongside their use of the health and beauty retailer’s products.
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GalleryStore gallery: Aesop unveils new London flagship
Body Shop stablemate Aesop has opened its 200th store and largest shop in Europe to date, a stone’s throw away from London’s affluent Sloane Square.