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Comment & OpinionHealth or Hype: Joe Wicks podcast interrogates anxiety
Produced in partnership with private healthcare provider Bupa, it’s surprisingly thoughtful
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NewsBoots owner agrees $9bn sale to Weston family
The deal includes Boots’ retail operations in the UK and Ireland, Boots Opticians, its No7 Beauty Company, and its Thailand and franchised businesses
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NewsBoots launches hunt for 6,000 Christmas recruits
The health & beauty retailer is promising opportunities for people at all stages of their careers
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NewsSimple Online Pharmacy rapped by regulator over weight-loss pill ads
Ads for prescription-only medicine are by banned under the Committee of Advertising Practice Code
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NewsASA flags ‘widespread breaches’ in mushroom supplement ads
The ASA’s latest Pulse Report has identified ‘widespread likely breaches’ of advertising rules in mushroom supplement marketing
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NewsBoots celebrating 30 million items recycled in packaging return scheme
The Recycle at Boots scheme rewards shoppers with £5-worth of Advantage Card points when they return five eligible packaging items and spend £10 in store
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NewsBoots’ owner ‘close to securing £7bn deal to sell the retailer’
A deal to sell Boots to the Weston family could be reached as soon as next week, according to reports
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NewsGrape Tree grows sales by more than 22% as store expansion pays off
Profits grew 40% as the health and wellness retailer was able to capitalise on demand for organic food and the backlash against UPFs
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Category Report‘Holistic’ personal care goes beyond functionality
Which categories are pushing premiumisation most successfully? And how is that shaping what sits on retailer shelves?
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NewsMorrisons begins pharmacy sell-off as cost-cutting continues
Morrisons hopes to have sold dozens of pharmacies by early next year as part of its cost-cutting turnaround plan
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InterviewsHow Here We Flo is taking the shame out of period care
Susan Allen and Tara Chandra are on a mission to tackle the stigma around period care
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Comment & OpinionHow health ingredients are moving into the mainstream
As food differentiation shifts from reformulation to functional ingredients, a wave of consolidation is following close behind, says Tom Cunningham, director of M&A at Lincoln International
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NewsHere We Flo period care ads censured by ASA
The watchdog concluded that Flo’s ads were likely to mislead
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NewsPet health and premium food to drive global petcare growth, analysis shows
Consumers’ growing awareness of nutrition’s effect on health will help boost the global industry to hit $645bn (£477bn) by 2035, according to analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence
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NewsRegulator ‘very concerned’ by MedExpress weight-loss prescription investigation
Exclusive investigation reveals MedExpress approved a Mounjaro prescription for a patient with a BMI of 22.5 after unverified weight data was submitted, prompting concern from the pharmacy regulator
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NewsBoots launches major brand campaign including 60-second TV and cinema ad
The multi-channel campaign aims to inspire confidence in customers and capitalise on the level of trust enjoyed by the 177-year-old retailer
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Analysis & FeaturesThe growing concern over GLP-1 marketing to new mums
Online mumfluencers are dropping heavy hints about ‘medically supported weight loss’ – but doctors warn some adverts are ‘irresponsible’
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NewsHolland & Barrett joins Breakout Wellness UK to back challenger brands
H&B will offer 10 challenger brands advice and product development support through a new partnership with Breakout Wellness UK
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Partner FeaturesHow sports nutrition suppliers can power up their sales online
Discover how one sports nutrition supplier has outpaced the competition to deliver revenue growth of 19.2% with the use of an optimised e-commerce strategy.
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Comment & OpinionThe high-growth category no one talks about
One in three people will experience incontinence, yet stigma – not distribution or innovation – remains the category’s biggest barrier to growth, says Jenna Duguid, senior sales director at Procter & Gamble UK