Our Group today

We are a leading international pharmacy-led health and beauty group with two core business activities, pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing and pharmaceutical wholesaling.

Pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing

Alliance Boots, including our associates and joint ventures, has pharmacy-led health and beauty retail businesses in nine* countries, each business focused on helping people look and feel better.

We, together with our associates and joint ventures, operate more than 3,200* health and beauty retail outlets of which over 2,900* have a pharmacy. In Europe we are the clear market leader in pharmacy with outlets in the UK, Norway, Republic of Ireland, The Netherlands, Italy and Russia and we also have pharmacies in Thailand. Our associates and joint ventures operate pharmacies in Switzerland, China and Italy. In addition a further 26* Boots outlets operate on a franchised basis in the Gulf.

Pharmaceutical wholesaling

Our pharmaceutical wholesale businesses, together with our associates and joint ventures, supply medicines, other healthcare products and related services to over 135,000* pharmacies, doctors, health centres and hospitals from over 370* warehouses in 15* countries. In addition, our associates themselves have associates in a further two countries.

Products

Both our Divisions are increasingly seeking to enhance their customer offering through accelerating the development of differentiated products.

* Figures stated are as at 31 March 2008, are approximate and include associates and joint ventures.

“We are a leading international pharmacy-led health and beauty group”