Boots Estate
The Boots Estate features a range of listed buildings and staff
enjoy a staff restaurant, coffee and snack shops, newsagent, branch
of Boots and bank situated within beautifully landscaped grounds.
The landscaped grounds include the Millennium Garden which features
a herb garden (with some plants that Jesse used in his original
herbal remedies) in the shape of a goose foot - harking back to
Jesse's original shop on Goosegate in Nottingham. The Boots Museum
is now closed (due to cost cutting) and historical items are in
storage. The Head Offices are adorned with some interesting artefacts
from old stores and feature two 'shops' where new displays and advertising
are trialled. Over the summer months staff work hard to create Christmas
displays in the second of the two shops hidden from view with only
certain staff permitted access. The plans for Christmas - a major
trading time for any retailer - start to take shape in September
and late Summer as stores gradually move shelving and displays ready
for the massive increase in products and stock. Stores are therefore
in a state of flux for almost half the year, although the Company
makes great efforts to keep disruption to a minimum to its customers
and is very much focused on customer navigation of its stores. The
Head Office site also features its own trial suite where new products
are sampled and tested by consumers before the final decision is
made to launch a product. However Boots also develops and produces
a range of products for major names.
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