Boots The Chemist
 | | On 31 July 2006, Boots Group and Alliance UniChem merged to form Alliance Boots. Boots the Chemist is the United Kingdom's (UK's) leading Health and Beauty retailer. We have approximately 1,500 stores in the UK and Irish Republic where we serve around 8 million customers every week. We develop and sell our own-brand health and beauty products, a number of which are leaders in their respective markets. Within this area you can find out more about Boots The Chemists, boots.com, Boots Manufacturing and Boots Retail International. Boots the chemist is a familiar part of everyday life for people in this country, our stores are mostly located on the nation's High Streets; but, in line with modern shopping trends, we are rapidly increasing our presence in Edge of Town retail parks, where we have opened 48 new stores over the last three years. During 2005/06, Boots the chemist own-brand and exclusive products - such as our marketleading No7 cosmetics and Soltan suncare ranges - accounted for around 35% of our total sales. Another hugely important contributor to our business is the Boots Advantage Card. With almost 15 million active cardholders, the Advantage Card is used in around 70% of BTC sales. Boots the Chemist internet business is performing well. We've improved our online customer experience and order fulfilment. Boots.com sales are now bigger than the largest Boots store. The website's new search functionality has helped our online shoppers to find products more easily and improve visitor conversion. Did you know that 8% of Boots the chemist customers visit boots website before coming into our stores? |
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