Passed my degree - miracle! Real life's been getting in the way alot so not been around! x
Passed my degree - miracle! Real life's been getting in the way alot so not been around! x
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Ive been thinking about writing an op on Boots for months, but theres just a million and one things to say about it, so Ive been holding off. But since Ive been gone for such a long time I might aswell come back with some big ops!
"Boots The Chemist" is one of the best known retail names in the UK, providing health & beauty products that "enhance personal wellbeing." This covers everything from home essentials like toothpaste and deoderant to high end makeup products from Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent.
Boots employ around 75,000 people and their products are sold in 130 countries worldwide. As well as retailing, they have international sales and marketing operations and also develop and manufacture
their own products. They have loads of their own ranges, such as No7, 17, and Natural Collection to name just a few.
Boots stores can be found in all major towns and cities in the country, and in several smaller ones too. The stores range from massive ones where you can have laser eye surgery and develop your photos to teeny tiny ones in train stations and airports where you can pick up sandwhiches and essentials like plasters and lip balm.
We all know how it works, but Ill describe it anyway. To shop in Boots, you enter the store, browse the shelves and take what you want to the till to be paid for. If you have an Advantage card, you can collect 4p for every pound you spend, which can later be redeemed on products in the store. The products you can buy with your points have an asterisk nest to their price tag on the shelf. If youre buying something from a beauty counter, you can get advice on your purchase from the counter assistant and pay for your goods at that particular counter.
Boots started out as a chemist, and has grown and grown and now you can buy everything from electrical good like hairdryers and shavers to products that enhance your sex life. There are currently rumours that Boots are looking into introducing a line of sex toys.
Many of the products in Boots cost more than they do in other places, but depending on how much you spend in there, this can be worth in because you reap more benefits from your Advantage points. Its all about how you see it. Some people would rather buy their things from cheaper plaes and skip the Advantage points alltogether.
At the till, you can buy gift cards, which are the new version of gift vouchers, you select an amount and its charged onto a swipe card that you give as a gift, then the recipient can use as much or as little of it as they like and save the rest of the value for another time. You can also top up your mobile at the till, as long as you have an electronic top up card, available from your network provider.
Boots have a website, www.boots.com, formerly www.wellbeing.com where you can buy all their products online. There are usually special offers online too and you can get your Advantage points by logging your card number and redeeming them at the Advantage card machines found instore.
Boots has machines similar to ATMs in its stores where Advantage card holders can check their points balance and browse through special offers. You can print off vouchers to use instore.
In Boots you can buy skincare products of all kinds and for all skin types as well as cosmetics and personal hygeine products, family planning products, first aid and vitamins, as well as perfume and home goods and gifts.
Boots sells food such as sandwhiches with dozens of fillings, sushi, salads and pasta, along with a wide variety of drinks and healthy options and snacks. There is a meal deal system where you can buy a meal for a reduced price.
From experiene I can say that boots stores are kept clean and tidy and she shelves are replenished regularly. Staff are usually polite and helpful.
I couldnt possibly list everything that is sold in Boots because Id be here forever. I go to Boots all the time and buy most of the things I need, like shampoo and makeup and skincare. Holiday essentials like goggles, swimming caps and special shampoo, hair dye and handwash, you can even buy iPods and their accessories, as well as DVD players. Boots is much more than a chemist!
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Advantages: Skin feels relaxed and the warm cloth feels pleasant Disadvantages: Gliding the cloth on the skin gives an artificial impression of make-up being removed
Mar 21st, 2005
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