Boots plans expansion despite profit fall

BOOTS is planning more store openings in Ireland in the coming year, despite seeing both its Irish-based profits and revenue fall in its latest financial year.

The company, which operates 55 shops here, said yesterday that its Irish operations generated revenues of £235 million (€269m) during the year to the end of March.

While up by 1.1% on a constant currency basis, this figure was down on a like-for-like basis by 3.9%.