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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.
John Boot (October 1815 – 30 May 1860) was an English chemist and retail businessperson who was the sole founder of Boots the Chemists. Originally working in agriculture, he was forced by ill health to change careers and set up a shop to sell medicinal herbal remedies at Goose Gate, Nottingham .
Rayne was holder of a Royal Warrant to Queen Mary, Queen Mother, and Elizabeth II, also supplying the shoes worn by Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, and Princess Anne on their wedding days. [ citation needed ] It created the shoes worn by Elizabeth Taylor in the film Cleopatra , as well as supplying footwear to many other film stars, from ...
Florence Anne Boot, Lady Trent (1863–1952) was a Jersey businesswoman and philanthropist. She assisted her husband, Jesse Boot , in running Boots chemists after their marriage in 1886. Florence was responsible for diversifying the firm's retail offering to include perfume, cosmetics, stationery, books, and other general merchandise and also ...
Jesse Boot sold his controlling interest to American investors in 1920. Boot offered his close friend and business associate John Harston, the opportunity of going into business with him, but Harston declined, feeling the venture was not worth investing in. Boot was a great benefactor to the City of Nottingham.
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On 29 January 2009, it was announced [6] that Boots Opticians were to merge with D&A, forming a chain of 690 stores and 5,000 staff after Boots purchased a controlling share in D&A. The company had denied several months previously that it was in financial trouble.
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