Boots expects sales growth to continue
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Boots PLC "like-for-like" sales for the month of June 1999 increased 4.1%. The improvement in sales comes after a period of slower sales for the company. Boots experienced a "moderate" April and a "poor" May. It is now rebounding for the month of July. Boots' like-for-like sales during the first quarter of 1999 increased by 0.9%. New space raised total growth to 3.7%. The group's overall sales increased 3.7% over the same period in 1998.
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"Like-for-like" sales for month of June 1999 increases 4.1%
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 1999
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Boots increases profit 1.3%, plans job cuts
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Boots Co. posted a 1.3% rise in its pretax profits for the 1998 year. Boots reported 560.6 million pound sterling (869.3 million euros) in pretax profits before exceptional charges. The figures were higher than what most analysts had predicted. Boots is the largest retail pharmacy chain in Great Britain. The company also said it would downsize jobs in order to reduce costs.
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Posts 1.3% rise in pretax profits for 1998 year
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 1999
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Boots PLC
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Boots PLC posted a 2.9% increase in same-store sales for the quarter ending September 30, 2003. This was lower than the 3.3% average that some analysts had forecasted.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2003
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