Boots is to close 300 of its retailers over the next 12 months.
The knowledge comes on the similar day mom or father agency Walgreens Boots Alliance reported Boots had “sturdy” retail product sales and recorded growth.
Whereas the affected outlets haven’t been launched, the company said it’s going to “consolidate” branches which could be shut to at least one one other. Following the closures there shall be 1,900 Boots branches inside the UK.
It’s recognized there usually are not any “proposed” job losses as employees shall be offered work at shut by Boots retailers and a overwhelming majority of closing outlets are inside three miles of each other.
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Walgreen Boots Alliance on Tuesday reported Boots had growth of 13.4% inside the third quarter of its financial yr, as compared with the yr sooner than, and elevated market share, for the ninth consecutive three month interval.
Total Boots UK product sales grew 10.2%. The rise in on-line product sales outpaced the rise in footfall, signalling a switch to on-line, away from bricks and mortar retailers.
Gross sales on Boots.com have been up 25% over a yr up to now and accounted for 14% of all retail product sales. On the similar time footfall elevated 7% from the third quarter closing yr to this yr.
However the mom or father agency did scale back its yearly earnings forecast as a result of it said shoppers have been cautious of their spending and are looking for further price attributable to extreme inflation.
It’s merely over a yr since Wallgreens Boots Alliance abandoned plans to advertise the UK chain of pharmacies.
Earlier this month Sky Information learnt the finance boss of Boots, Michael Snape, resigned in Could after slightly below 5 years as chief financial officer on the Nottingham-based agency.
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