Boots UK news and archive

WBA appoints Anthony Hemmerdinger as MD of Boots UK and Ireland

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has announced the appointment of Anthony Hemmerdinger as managing director of Boots UK and Ireland, effective November 4, 2024. The company said in a release that this follows the announcement in July that Seb James would be stepping down in November after six years to pursue a new role in the healthcare sector....

Retail|Beauty

Boots own-brand becomes biggest Leaping Bunny-approved beauty range in the UK

Beauty and health retailer Boots has been named as having the biggest range of Leaping Bunny-approved own-brand beauty products on the UK high street. The Leaping Bunny programme from Cruelty Free International, the leading organisation working to end animal testing, is a globally recognised standard for assessing cruelty-free cosmetics and...

Business

Boots UK Q1 comparable retail sales increase

Boots UK comparable pharmacy sales increased 0.8 percent in the first quarter, while Boots UK comparable retail sales increased 9.8 percent compared to the year-ago quarter with growth across all categories and formats. Boots.com continued to perform strongly with sales growing 17.5 percent, representing over 19 percent of Boots total retail...

Retail

Boots to roll out 30 small-format beauty halls across the UK

Boots is to launch 30 new beauty halls across the UK, as part of its commitment to local high streets, with an innovative small-format design featuring brands Drunk Elephant, Fenty Beauty and MAC. The investment forms part of the health and beauty retailer’s multi-format store strategy and aims to provide customers with greater access to the...

RetailFeatured

Boots UK launches 400 health and beauty products on Deliveroo

Health and beauty retailer Boots UK is offering more than 400 products, such as cough and flu medicine to bestselling beauty brands like No7, The Inkey List and CeraVe on-demand in a partnership with Deliveroo. The deal with takeaway food delivery site, Deliveroo marks Boots first on-demand delivery partnership and will offer its customers the...