Boots (Shop)

Boots (Shop)

Boots is one of my favourite retail shops. It is one of the most famous and desired cosmetic chain-stores. BOOTS THE CHEMIST The first thing I discovered when I came to the UK years ago was the Boots store at Heathrow airport in duty-free. I entered the shop and I was very impressed ... Read review

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BOOTS - NO LONGER JUST "THE CHEMIST"

Advantages: Advantage points; Health and Beauty products; much more
Disadvantages: Can be expensive; poor customer service.

Boots is one of my favourite retail shops. It is one of the most famous and desired cosmetic chain-stores.

== BOOTS THE CHEMIST ==

The first thing I discovered when I came to the UK years ago was the Boots store at Heathrow airport in duty-free. I entered the shop and I was very impressed by how organised it was; I found everything - from beauty products, food and even baby clothes; all under the same roof. So I decided ...
...a Boots store and explore more!

When I settled in, I hit the shops, looking for Boots stores; I knew later that the shop is called "Boots the Chemist" and I found two of them near where I lived: one was a big store and the other was a lot smaller, with limited shelves and fewer products.

=== Quick information about the store. ===

Boots originally was founded in Nottingham by John Boot in 1849 ... more

karimkha 18.09.2008 (20.09.2008)
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THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS

Advantages: Huge range of products, fantastic and regular special offers, great loyalty scheme
Disadvantages: Sometimes over-priced, pharmacy is not as good as smaller pharmacies

Boots is one of my favourite shops, but it is also one of the most difficult shops on which to write an opinion, as it sells such a range of products, and is also a shop that just about everyone is familiar with. I’m going to give a general overview, and then explore in more detail some of my favourite things about Boots. My main experience of Boots is of its Bournemouth Town Centre branch, a good-sized branch on two floors, and its smaller Boots ...
...also visited many, many other Boots branches of all shapes and sizes – from tiny branches at train stations or in small towns to huge central London stores. If I had to pigeon-hole Boots, the best description I could come up with is that of a chemist, but it really is so much more than that. As well as being a pharmacy, it sells off the shelf medicines, health supplies, homeopathic remedies, make-up, toiletries, snack foods, diet products, sunglasses, ...

Pumpkin 18.12.2003 (24.12.2003) · Read full review
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W'ASDA he the HBOS who gotta BOOTS!!!

Advantages: Still available on High Street
Disadvantages: Not ethical anymore

'''Alliance BOOTS Retailer''' '''Title: W’ASDA he the HBOS who gotta BOOTS!!!''' Owned by: KKR New York Equity Firm and Stefano Pessina From July 1st 2009, shamed ex-banker Andrew Hornsby will take over as CEO of Alliance Boots. I was looking for a shocking headline for the last few days for this article and plumped for this one. Mad dogs and Englishman, the whole vision spells utter disaster for the Alliance Boots retailers who have been solvent ...
...just about visualise the Alliance Boots Chairman Mr. Stefano Pessina sifting through the three CV’s vacancy for the CEO Boots position, when he came to Andrew Hornsby he gleamed over his continental breakfast. “W’ASDA he the HBOS who gotta BOOTS!!!” – He continues “Ah yes, I like zis eh joka, he maka mia laff”. Hornsby is also a gaff merchant he went to the same school of gaffs as HRH Prince Philip, except Hornby was salaried at 500,000 GBP as CEO ...

1st2thebar 17.06.2009 · Read full review
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Boots . . . they don't sell those in here!

Advantages: Great products for everyday beauty needs!
Disadvantages: Some unknowledgable staff!

Boots are a large store and there is no doubt at least 1 in every town. They sell a large range of cosmetics, beauty products and have a large pharmacy as well. Boots also not only have an opticians but a photo processing department as well. ***ABOUT BOOTS*** Boots started off in 1849, when John Boot opened a herbalist shop in Nottingham. Since then boots has grown into a large store with their first pharmacist being appointed in 1884. Since 1849, ...
...range was introduced in 1939. Boots now not only have high-street stores, but they also have flagship & airport stores as well as local pharmacies as well. ***SO THEY SELL COSMETICS, BUT WHAT ELSE?*** Boots have a vary of different products, each of these are listed below, with some more information: * PREMIUM BEAUTY - This includes all the expensive brand names such as Estee Lauder, Clinique, Clarins, Origins and more popular, well known brands. ...

kiss_me2070 22.12.2008 · Read full review
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One of the best..

Advantages: Loyalty card, range of goods on sale
Disadvantages: High prices for some items

Boots is one of the most well known high street chemists. It's a familiar face in most towns, and has a pretty consistent range of goods and styles of stores. Boots has gimmicks that put them above some other chemist chains, such as their quality own brand ranges and their loyalty card, which incidentally is one of the best on the market. They also stock a wide range of goods, including sandwiches and snacks, and even cards, gift wrap and photo ...
...Another major selling point for boots is its own brand cosmetics ranges. Currently they have 4 ranges, No7, 17, Botanics and Natural Collection. No7 is a premium brand, very good make up, but prices are still reasonable for the quality. 17 is aimed at teenagers, and is cheap, but excellent quality for their prices. The Botanics range includes plant extracts. The natural collection is also aimed at teenagers with cheap effective products. Boots also ...

fuzzibear 05.04.2004 · Read full review
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They don't sell shoes

Advantages: wide range of goods, many special promotions, loyalty card scheme very tempting, good pharmacy, excellent levels of customer care
Disadvantages: some products overpriced

...the plane “Is there a Boots at this airport?” to the harassed morning of my wedding “Have we got time just to pop into Boots? Really, I mean quickly – you won’t even know I’m not there…” I’d like to wrap up Boots and post it to her now that she’s back in the US of A, but I can’t do that. Either she’s the biggest hypochondriac in the world (which she is) or Boots must have more to offer her than paracetemol and diabetic chocolate, which is all I’ve ...
...the States. Today in Boots I bought: Two packets of lemsip (buy one get one half price) Two packets of strepsils (same) Boots own range bubblebath, handwash and shower gel (three for two) A tub of vicks after reading an opinion earlier in the day, thanks to dougrad – see, Ciao works! A beard trimmer for New Husband who moans quite a lot that I haven’t bought him one yet – not sure what’s wrong with his legs, but there you go Today in Boots ...

molelover 17.10.2002 · Read full review
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I have been wearing glasses for about 15 years now and was originally a customer with Specsavers but about 4 years ago I changed to Boots because I felt that anytime I went in there, I was being rushed out of Specsavers, as they were just too busy. I am writing about my experience of my local Boots Optician in High Street, Falkirk. When the card came in from Specsavers for my regular eye test, I decided to find out from friends and family what they thought about other opticians and that's what made me choose Boots. I rang them up to make an appointment and was given a time for the following week. My first impression was good, they woman on the phone was professional, and polite. When I first went into the shop I was greeted and shown to the waiting area. I was taken into a side room for the eye test and this was where Boots excelled in ...

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