Boots, one of the UK’s biggest retailers, is planning to shut hundreds of stores across the country, delivering a fresh blow to the battered high street.
The pharmacy and beauty chain, owned by US group Walgreens, is examining around 200 closures as it battles dwindling shop footfall caused by more people shifting online.
The closure plans come just two weeks after Boots reported profits had dropped by 18% to £317m last year while sales inched down 2% to £6.8bn.
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