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Weston family buys Boots in £7bn deal
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The Weston family, the billionaires behind Primark, have agreed to buy high street chemist Boots in a deal valued at around £7 billion. The acquisition brings the pharmacy chain back under British ownership after years under US parent Walgreens Boots Alliance, and lands at a sensitive moment for the UK high street.
Why now: News of a major £7bn takeover of a familiar high street brand by one of Britain's best-known retail families broke recently.
Evidence
- £6.7bn deal announced to buy Boots' 1,800 UK and Ireland stores · Sky News
- Boots sold for £7bn to family behind Primark · The Telegraph
- Billionaire Weston family to buy Boots in $8.9bn deal · Financial Times
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