Retail

Boots Irish stores raked in €475m in sales last year

Costs also rose substantially, leaving firm with €48 million in profit

Boots: UK firm had 92 stores in Ireland at the end of August 2022, compared to 90 in the same period the year prior

Boots, the British pharmacy chain, had sales of €475.5 million in its Irish stores in 2022, up 9.7 per cent on the €433.3 million in made in 2021, new accounts show.

The break down of its sales was 12.9 per cent in its pharmacy business, and 87.1 per cent through its retail business, including health and beauty products.

Boots’ costs also rose substantially through the year. Cost of sales, which rose from €220.2 million to ...