“Not many companies today can claim that
their core business activity benefits from
the cumulative experience of trading in the
19th, 20th and now 21st centuries.”
We're immensely proud of our long and successful business history, which has
developed in the face of an ever-changing economic, social and political climate
in the United Kingdom (UK) and worldwide.
In July 2006 the Boots Group Plc merged with Alliance Unichem Plc to create Alliance
Boots, an international pharmacy-led health and beauty group. As Alliance Boots
we have a combined international network of approximately 3,000 retail outlets
across 17 countries and a wholesale and distribution network that serves over
125,000 customers, including a large number of independent pharmacists.
- Boots
now has over 1450 stores across Great Britain.
- We are recognised as experts
in Health & Beauty
- We employ over
68,000 people in the UK and overseas.
- We dispense over 85 million prescription
items each year, this equates to
one every 9 seconds of the working week.
- Internationally,
we have presence in 12 overseas countries,
covering
Asia, Europe, USA, and Australasia.
Boots Internationally
In our overseas markets, Boots
works in partnership with local
retailers
to bring the best of our products to you. Some of our current
partnerships include:
- Alshaya in
the Gulf
- Sokos in Finland
- Bjorn Magnusson in Iceland
- Spar Kjop
in Norway
- Migros in Switzerland
- Unichem and Amcal
pharmacy in New Zealand
- Etos in Netherlands.
Boots products are
also available in the in the USA and
Asia |