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Nadeem
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 Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:24 am Post subject: BOOT - BOOTS GROUP - Discussion Thread |
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| Discuss News & Views on BOOTS GROUP here |
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cashman
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Update on Trading Performance Q4 2005/06
Estimated sales growth
Q4 Full Year
Boots The Chemists
Total 3.3% 1.6%
- Health 5.8% 2.4%
- Beauty and Toiletries 2.8% 2.3%
- Lifestyle -2.5% -2.6%
Like for Like 2.2% -0.2%
Underlying Like for Like (before PPRS price deflation and 1.5% 0.3%
positive calendar impact)
Highlights
•Boots The Chemists (BTC) total sales up 3.3% in Q4 with key health and beauty
categories continuing to perform well, reflecting increased focus and investment
in the Building a Better Boots strategy.
•Dispensing +6.5% (underlying volume +4.4%)
•OTC healthcare +4.5%
•Cosmetics and Fragrance +10.4%
•Toiletries +2.1%
•Electrical and January sale -9.3%
•BTC gross margin, operating cost growth, and Group working capital for the full
year all anticipated to be in line with guidance.
•Areas in which performance is expected to be marginally ahead of guidance
include:
•Boots Opticians, where the restructuring programme delivered encouraging
second half sales and improved profit performance.
•Boots Healthcare International (BHI), where the closing month was better
than expected.
•The annual interest charge, which, at around £21m, is expected to be £12m
lower than consensus forecasts, as a result of BHI disposal proceeds and
good working capital management.
Chief Executive Officer, Richard Baker commented:
'In what has been a tough trading environment we have performed solidly in our
fourth quarter. We believe that the consumer environment is set to remain
challenging and that there will be continuing inflationary pressure on retail
costs.
'Our strategy of Building a Better Boots has helped deliver an encouraging
performance in our health and beauty businesses and we will continue with our
strategy of developing our expertise in these areas.
'This has been a year of enormous change, and it is pleasing that the core
business has remained focused and made good progress.'
Boots The Chemists
Boots The Chemists sales in the quarter increased by 3.3% in total and by 2.2%
on a like for like (LFL) basis.
Sales in the quarter benefit by an estimated 1% due to the timing of Easter
which added one additional trading day. The quarter also saw the annualisation
of price changes introduced through the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
(PPRS) on 1 February. Adjusting for these factors, underlying LFL sales growth
is estimated to be 1.5%. This result builds on the good performance in Q3,
whilst in part reflecting weaker comparatives in Q4 last year.
Other Group businesses
Sales in Boots Opticians were up 6.7% in the quarter reflecting the benefits of
the actions taken to improve the integration of this business with BTC. Sales
growth for the full year is anticipated to be -4.0% with a full year loss
expected to be in the region of £2m to £4m.
Boots Retail International is anticipated to report Q4 sales growth of 31%, on a
comparable basis, reflecting the recent expansion into new markets.
Boots Healthcare International
The disposal of BHI was completed on 31 January 2006. Operating profit for the
ten months to 31 January 2006 is expected to be £85m. |
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PKQ
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Boots planning in-store GP services
Retail giant Boots looks set to add GP surgeries alongside its other range of healthcare services.
Around a dozen of its larger stores are expected to open surgeries as part of the Government’s drive to provide better access to healthcare. A number of supermarkets could also open surgeries as part of the move, which has drawn some criticism from doctors’ leaders.
Boots already provides diagnostic tests for sexually transmitted diseases for the NHS, and hosts an NHS walk-in centre in Birmingham but pulled out of providing dentistry and chiropody services in 2004. |
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