Article: A brief history of Alliance Boots.(Alliance Boots: New Leadership, New Directions)(Company overview)

1849

* Boots opens its first store, selling herbal remedies, in Goose Gate, Nottingham.

1851

* Maison Thomas is founded in Agen, France (pharmaceutical wholesale).

1870

* The Boots business begins to develop under the management of Jesse Boot.

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