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All of Boots Opticians' laser eye surgeries were bought by Optical Express in late 2004. [ citation needed ] On 29 January 2009, it was announced that Boots Opticians were to merge with Dollond & Aitchison , forming a chain of 690 stores and 5,000 staff after Boots purchased a controlling share in D&A. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In May 2019, the company was ...
The Boots brand has a history stretching back over 160 years and is a familiar sight on Britain's high streets. Boots stores are located in prominent high street and city centre locations as well as in local communities.
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.
By 1926, John Boot had bought back the company and in 1927, renamed the Boots Pure Drug Company, it purchased a new 200-acre (81 ha) site at Beeston, outside of Nottingham, which became the Boots Factory Site. [3] Work began immediately and Owen Williams, an architect and engineer, was engaged to design a range of buildings on the site.
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Non-trading company (from 2010 business fully integrated into Boots Opticians) Industry: Ophthalmic and dispensing opticians: Founded: 1750: Defunct: 2015 () Fate: Acquired by Boots Opticians. Headquarters: Nottingham, England, UK
On Monday 4 April 1955, Boots acquired 3,675 sq ft of land for the research centre for £30,000, from Nottingham City Council. [30] Construction was underway by November 1957. [31] The £750,000 seven-storey Chemical Sciences Research Laboratory had been built by February 1958, [32] and opened on Tuesday 22 September 1959, with 24 laboratories.
Boots expanded the BCM business into Vitre, France (BCMC - BCM Cosmétique) and Dietzenbach, Germany (BCMK - BCM Kosmetik) with each factory focusing on particular portfolios. As well as manufacturing Boots' own brands of products, BCM would undertake contract manufacturing work for third party pharmaceutical and personal care companies.