In its first ever beauty trends report, Boots has set out predictions across skincare, makeup, and haircare for 2021. Focus on ‘ingredient-led skincare’ Boots reported the expert skincare category did extremely well in 2020, with brands, such as CeraVe, seeing sales increase by +321% . Active ingredients, like collagen, which is responsible for repairing skin, saw a ‘staggering’ +1,570% ...

Walgreens is partnering with Synchrony and Mastercard to launch a new credit card that connects with its myWalgreens loyalty programme. Offering ‘differentiated healthcare services and benefits to customers’ Walgreens announced it will launch the co-branded credit cards in H2 2020. The credit cards will be issued by Synchrony Financials, while there will also be a separate prepaid debit car...

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has appointed Rosalind Brewer as its new chief executive officer. She succeeds Stefano Pessina, who will transition into the role of executive chairman of WBA. Brewer recently served as COO of Starbucks Brewer will take on the role from 15 March 2021 and will also join the WBA board of directors on that day. She most recently served as Starbucks’ chief operati...