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An advertisement for Boots from 1911. Boots was established in 1849, by John Boot. [7] After his father's death in 1860, Jesse Boot, aged 10, helped his mother run the family's herbal medicine shop in Nottingham, [8] which was incorporated as Boot and Co. Ltd in 1883, becoming Boots Pure Drug Company Ltd in 1888.
Boots forms the main part of the Retail Pharmacy International division of the company. The Boots brand has a history stretching back over 170 years [17] in the United Kingdom (UK) and is a familiar sight on Britain's high streets. [18] Stores are located in prominent high street and city center locations as well as in local communities.
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By 1926, John Boot had bought back the company and in 1927, renamed the Boots Pure Drug Company, it purchased a new 200-acre (81 ha) site at Beeston, outside of Nottingham, which became the Boots Factory Site. [3] Work began immediately and Owen Williams, an architect and engineer, was engaged to design a range of buildings on the site.
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Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James (born 11 March 1966) is a British businessman, who was formerly CEO of Dixons Carphone, [1] and is the current CEO of Boots UK. Early life [ edit ]
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