Content about United Kingdom

October 25, 2012
Alliance Boots partners with British food personality on launch of fresh lunch options

According to published reports, Alliance Boots earlier this week partnered with Jamie Oliver, British chef and media personality known worldwide, to launch a "deli-inspired" lunchtime range of food called Jamie Does Lunch.

October 23, 2012
Boots No7 celebrates 77 years with redesign, new products

Boots No7 is celebrating its 77th anniversary with a reinvigorated brand image and new products for the U.S. market.

October 18, 2012
Somersets shaving line announces U.S. debut

Somersets, a line of shaving and skin care products from the U.K. that made its U.S. debut earlier this year at NACDS Marketplace, has officially announced its arrived in the United States.

September 25, 2012
Re-imagining the great American drug store

How do you transform a drug store into something else? Something new. Something no one has ever seen before. And what would it look like? 


September 25, 2012
Why Alliance Boots?

As the largest single purchaser of prescription drugs in the world, with a global pharmaceutical wholesale operation to match, in-house manufacturing capabilities in over-the-counter health and wellness and generic drugs, Walgreens-Alliance Boots will have a whole lot more influence on the pharmacy side of its business.


September 7, 2012
Elizabeth Arden, recording artist Nicki Minaj launch Pink Friday fragrance

Pop star Nicki Minaj is launching at retail in September her first fragrance, Pink Friday, in partnership with Elizabeth Arden.

July 25, 2012
Cleanlogic develops bath and shower collection

Cleanlogic has announced the introduction of its unisex bath and shower collection that ranges from cleansing to exfoliating to moisturizing to finishing.

July 25, 2012
Coca-Cola launches largest-ever Olympic Games activation

Coca-Cola has launched its Move to the Beat campaign across more than 100 countries, which marks the brand's largest-ever Olympic Games activation.

July 18, 2012
Diabetic test strip counterfeiter pleads guilty

Jacques Duplessis on Monday pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to sell approximately 6,000 boxes of counterfeit LifeScan One Touch diabetic test strips that he purchased from suppliers in China and England, announced U.S. attorney Zane David Memeger.

June 26, 2012
Heinz names new head of North America division

Heinz has named Dave Woodward EVP, in charge of Heinz North America, effective immediately.

June 21, 2012
False lashes are a true winner

False lashes a faux pas? No way! Thanks in large part to celebrities who have popularized false eyelashes and lash extensions, sales of false lashes have been, and continue to be, on the upswing — in a big way.


June 19, 2012
WAG Q3 call speaks to Boots alliance; many U.K. programs can be replicated in U.S.

The days of Walgreens quarterly conference calls focusing primarily on lost prescriptions from the Express Scripts pharmacy network soon may be over with the retail pharmacy's announcement early Tuesday morning that Walgreens and the U.K. pharmacy operation Alliance Boots would merge.

June 19, 2012
Walgreens, Alliance Boots to merge

Walgreens and Alliance Boots took the first step in creating what will be the first and largest global retail pharmacy player, the two companies announced Tuesday.

June 18, 2012
HealthNet launches consumer-driven medication management app

HealthNet on Monday released its PillManager mobile application across both Apple and Android platforms. The app allows consumers to track their own medication schedules and interact directly with their doctor or pharmacist for repeat prescriptions.

June 18, 2012
Mintel: American women most likely to use anti-aging face creams

American women lead the way in anti-aging facial skin care usage when compared with their counterparts in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, according to new research from Mintel.

June 13, 2012
Upsher-Smith to acquire biotechnology firm Proximagen Group

Upsher-Smith Labs on Wednesday announced that it has agreed to acquire Proximagen Group, a European biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for diseases of the central nervous system and inflammation.

May 22, 2012
Red Carpet Manicure at-home gel polish expands to Canada

Red Carpet Manicure, an at-home LED gel manicure and pedicure system, has announced that it is expanding to Canada with plans to launch the system at London Drug, Rexall and The Shopping Channel in June.

May 16, 2012
Nail care polishes up; the eyes still have it

Tracking all of the latest trends within beauty can be about as simple as herding cats, but there undoubtedly are some niches within beauty that are making waves at food, drug and mass.


May 15, 2012
GSK to buy up research and development company

GlaxoSmithKline is acquiring the remainder of a privately owned research and development company, GSK said Tuesday.

April 13, 2012
The Body Shop gives beauty a ‘pulse’

The Body Shop, which was acquired by L’Oréal in 2006, is looking to revamp its 2,700 global stores to its new store concept, dubbed “Pulse,” according to published reports.

April 11, 2012
Walgreens adds seasoned technology, sustainability vet to board

Walgreens on Tuesday evening elected Jan Babiak, a retired managing partner for Ernst & Young, to its board of directors.

April 4, 2012
Alliance Boots opens store No. 200 in Thailand

Alliance Boots has continued to expand its presence in the global marketplace by opening its 200th store in Thailand.

March 28, 2012
Report confirms strong connection between customer experience, loyalty

Customer experience is highly correlated to loyalty in both the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a new report by Temkin Group.

March 8, 2012
U.K.’s M Local earns major design award

Morrisons, the large U.K.-based supermarket chain, wanted to get closer to its customers. The result was M Local, its new 3,000-sq.-ft., freestanding, convenience food format.

February 29, 2012
Mintel: Beauty to see greater interactivity between virtual, real world

Driving innovation in the year ahead is beauty that’s “plugged in” and encompasses electricity and energy, according to Mintel Beauty and Personal Care, which also predicted that packaging will reflect the increase in interactivity between virtual and real worlds, making greater use of sound, video and QR codes. Enter Kinetique.

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