Retailers offered foothold in Boots
30/06/2005 - 08:32:27High street retailer Boots said today it was looking to bring in other companies to take up excess space at some of its biggest stores.
The health and beauty retailer, which has a number of large sites in town centres, confirmed it was considering the space-sharing plan following a pilot scheme that has seen Travelex money exchange bureaux open in some shops.
A spokesman said: “We think there is an opportunity there because we have very central prime sites…we have 19 million customers a week and there’s a chance for other retailers to take advantage.”
Some of Boots stores in the UK are much larger than those in Ireland, a legacy from the 1970s when the retailer bought big sites as part of a drive to become a department store chain.
