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RSS bootsBoots opts for Nortel networking solution
News Boots Company, owner of Boots the Chemists and six other operating companies, has turned to Nortel Networks to connect its disparate, increasingly global workforce. Boots - traditionally a user of 3Com networking equipment - is using Nortel's... [25 Nov 1999]
Boots Transforms Information Flow to Empower Staff and Strengthen the Brand
White Paper Based in Nottingham, Boots Group PLC (www.boots-plc.com) is the United Kingdom's largest pharmacy and health and beauty retailer and one of its best known brands. With retail competition intensifying, Boots needed to refocus on its core retail... [27 Apr 2005]
Boots Kicks Goals With IBM and SAP
White Paper Boots Healthcare Australia wanted to improve the performance of its pharmacy sales team that services about 3000 pharmacies throughout the country. Boots selected IBM Business Consulting Services to implement the mySAP Customer Relationship... [10 Jul 2004]
Boots brings shutters down on online photoshop
News K chemist chain Boots has decided to close its online digital photo service after demand proved to be "substantially lower" than forecast. In addition Boots will take a £10m hit in costs related to the closure. [25 Sep 2001]
Boots Prescribes Its Opticians, Kyocera Mita ECOSYS Technology
White Paper Boots offers full eye examinations for both NHS and private patients; spectacle dispensing; and contact lens fitting. Boots places a great deal of emphasis on suppliers working to stringent cost targets, and the extremely low overall running costs... [02 Oct 2004]
Boots to in-source 100 IT jobs back from IBM
News Boots is set to bring 100 IT jobs back in-house after renegotiating its £710m outsourcing contract with IBM. But Boots announced its intention to scale back and renegotiate the outsourcing deal with IBM earlier this year, less than halfway through... [15 May 2006]
Boots to renegotiate £710m IBM outsourcing deal
News High-street pharmacist Boots is in discussions to renegotiate a £710m IT outsourcing contract with IBM less than halfway into the 10-year contract. Boots initially signed the deal back in 2002, aiming to save £130m over 10 years with IBM managing... [14 Mar 2006]
The McCue Interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Boots
Comment Health and beauty chain Boots has become one of the most familiar names on UK high streets - a long way from the small herbal remedy shop it started out as under Sir Jesse Boot back in 1871. More recently the company has been facing fierce... [25 Apr 2007]
Boots aiming to shave £30m off annual IT costs
News Health and beauty retailer Boots is aiming to cut the cost of running its IT operations by a third after completing a £300m, three-year modernisation programme. Boots' current total annual IT budget is around £130m - split between £100m of 'keeping... [25 Apr 2007]
Boots axes IT chief
News High-street health and beauty retailer Boots is axing the role of IT director as it comes to the end of a major, multi-year IT transformation programme. The decision means current IT director Rob Fraser will leave the company this week and Boots... [02 Aug 2007]
Boots Ups Stockfile Accuracy 10 Percent, Reduces Workload 15-20 Percent With Symbol Solutions
White Paper Boots employs around 70,000 people and sells its products in more than 130 countries. Boots has to look closely at all other operating costs to ensure it can compete effectively, and, as is the case with every retailer, there were costs associated... [02 Jul 2008]
Boots signs £26m outsourcing deal top up
News Health and beauty retailer Boots has extended its outsourcing contract with Xansa by another two years in a £26m deal. Xansa will also take responsibility for the Boots Advantage Card service, which will use the company's offshore capabilities. [29 Sep 2005]
Boots Wellbeing Combines mySAP Retail, mySAP BI, mySAP CRM for Web Site Driven by Customer Knowledge
White Paper Boots Wellbeing is a joint venture between the Boots Company plc and Granada Media plc. The company's business-to-consumer e-commerce Web site - Wellbeing.com - offers a line of beauty, baby, nutrition, healthcare, and gift products. [21 Oct 2004]
Boots home shopping benefits from Logica software
News Logica has won a contract with Boots The Chemist to automate its forthcoming home shopping delivery service. A spokeswoman for Logica said this is the first home shopping venture undertaken by Boots. The UK retailer has decided to introduce a home... [14 Oct 1998]
SureMark Gives Boots a Boost
White Paper Boots is one of Britain's biggest retailers, with a huge high-street presence and a reputation for high standards and quality customer service. Boots originally considered printers from three manufacturers, one of which was the IBM SureMark 4610. [24 Feb 2004]
