Health & Beauty
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Jun- 2019 -28 June
Boots sees sales decline in Q3
Retail sales at Boots UK declined 2.6% in its Q3 results ending 31 May 2019 while pharmacy sales increased 0.8%.…
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17 June
Superdrug profits slide in 2018 amid ‘challenging times’
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has reported pre-tax profit of £88.3m for the year ending 29 December 2018, down from…
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May- 2019 -29 May
Boots could close up to 200 stores
Boots owner Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA) have plans to close up to 200 underperforming stores, according to Sky News. The…
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14 May
Boots profits slump by almost 20%
Profits at Boots UK stores fell by 18.3% last year as sales also struggled. For the year ending 31 August…
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Apr- 2019 -4 April
Boots facing possible store closures
Health and beauty retailer Boots may be forced to close some of its stores after parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance…
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Mar- 2019 -20 March
Superdrug launches in-store consultations on breast cancer checks
Superdrug has announced its partnership with charity CoppaFeel! to offer a no touch consultation on how to carry out a…
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Feb- 2019 -28 February
Boots reveals plans to cut 350 head office jobs
Health and beauty retailer Boots has announced it is looking to cut 350 jobs from its Nottinghamshire headquarters as part…
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14 February
Fragrance Shop to open 15 new ‘Sniffbars’
The Fragrance Shop has announced it is to open 15 new ‘Sniffbars’, which will allow customers to smell a wide…
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Jan- 2019 -25 January
L’occitane launches same day delivery across UK
French beauty retailer L’occitane has partnered with retail delivery startup On The Dot to launch its same day delivery service…
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22 January
Ousted Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe dies
The founder of beauty brand Deciem has died, the company announced in a statement on Monday (21 January). Brandon Truaxe,…
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