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BOOTS UK LIMITED

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Founded

1968-03-11

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https://www.boots.com

Articles

1166 Articles

Category

Pharmaceutical Preparations

Drugs, Drug Proprietaries, and Druggists' Sundries

Miscellaneous General Merchandise Stores

Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores

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Articles

Boots mulls £7bn London IPO

2024-01-05 (proactiveinvestors.com)

Boots mulls £7bn London IPO

The owner of Boots could be considering a £7 billion London listing for the high street pharmacy company, reviving exit talks two years after a planned sale...

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Boots announces store closures 'from January' and shares full list of locations

2023-12-27 (birminghammail.co.uk)

Boots announces store closures 'from January' and shares full list of locations

The pharmacy giant and chemist retailer will swing the door shut on a number of sites as we head into the New Year after Christmas.

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Shoppers cry ‘it’s a mess’ as FOUR Boots stores set to close in just one city...

2023-11-07 (thesun.co.uk)

Shoppers cry ‘it’s a mess’ as FOUR Boots stores set to close in just one city...

MAJOR health retailer Boots has announced it will close at least four of its branches in a single city – and shoppers are raging over it. The four stores are due to close in Plymouth and resi...

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Boots UK to consolidate number of stores in close proximity to each other - Latest Pharmacy News | Business | Magazine - Pharmacy Business

2023-06-28 (pharmacy.biz)

Boots UK to consolidate number of stores in close proximity to each other - Latest Pharmacy News | Business | Magazine - Pharmacy Business

Boots UK has unveiled its plan while announcing the Q3 result on Tuesday (27 June), to close 300 stores in 'close proximity to each other' over the next year. `` Evolving the store estate in this way allows Boots to concentrate its team members where they are needed and focus investment more acutely

Read more
Boots to Expand Offer With New, Online Marketplace

2022-09-06 (wwd.com)

Boots to Expand Offer With New, Online Marketplace

Boots is the latest British retail giant to embrace the marketplace model with plans to launch a new online platform in spring 2023.

Read more
Mukesh Ambani Close To Having Boots In His Bag, Makes Binding Offer

2022-06-09 (outlookindia.com)

Mukesh Ambani Close To Having Boots In His Bag, Makes Binding Offer

If the deal goes through, it will be the largest cross-border acquisition by Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance. The consortium was in talks with global financial biggies to fund the deal, according to the report

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Sales plummet at Boots due to coronavirus pandemic

2021-01-08 (nottinghampost.com)

Sales plummet at Boots due to coronavirus pandemic

Boots' parent company sold its Alliance Health business earlier this week

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Boots’ parent company sells wholesale business Alliance Healthcare

2021-01-07 (thepharmacist.co.uk)

Boots’ parent company sells wholesale business Alliance Healthcare

WBA is selling the wholesaler arm of its business to US wholesale company AmerisourceBergen Corporation for $6.5bn

Read more
Why Walgreens will invest $300 million in ecommerce and digital healthcare

2019-04-04 (digitalcommerce360.com)

Why Walgreens will invest $300 million in ecommerce and digital healthcare

Overall, Walgreens will invest over $1 billion over the next several years in various ways to grow a retail business anchored in digital healthcare.

Read more

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