Walgreens Boots Alliance

Boots secures £4.8bn full buy-in with Legal and General for pension scheme

Boots has announced that Legal and General Group has agreed a £4.8bn full buy-in with the Boots Pension Scheme. According…

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Walgreens Boots Alliance appoints chief information officer

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has appointed Neal Sample as its new executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO), effective…

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Boots appoints ex-Asda COO as retail director

Boots has appointed Asda’s former chief operating officer Anthony Hemmerdinger as its executive retail director, according to Retail Week. Hemmerdinger…

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Walgreens pulls £5bn Boots sale

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has announced its decision to keep its Boots and No7 Beauty Company businesses under its existing…

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CD&R rules out offer as Boots deadline hits

Walgreens Boots Alliance has reportedly set today (24 February) as the deadline to receive offers for the UK health and…

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Bain Capital and CVC eye Boots takeover bid

Buyout firms Bain Capital and CVC Capital Partners have reportedly joined forces in an attempt to launch a takeover bid…

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Boots owner mulls £10bn sale of chain

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is reportedly in talks with Goldman Sachs to discuss the potential disposal of the UK chemist…

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Boots owner sees Q4 sales surge 12% to $34bn

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), the owner of Boots, has seen its sales for the Q4 period ending 31 August 2021…

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Walgreens Boots Alliance launches No7 Beauty Company

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has announced the launch of No7 Beauty Company, a consumer-led beauty business. The new business launches…

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Boots UK sees Q2 profits fall 9.2% as sales drop by almost a fifth

Boots UK has revealed that gross profits decreased 9.2% for the second fiscal quarter ended 28 February reflecting lower retail…

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