How they do it at Boots

Boots the Chemists has long been a permanent fixture of Britain's high streets. The company of which it is now just a division, The Boots Company plc, is still headquartered in Nottingham where it started life; and the group combines high profits with a public profile generally more redolent of Robin Hood than of the Sheriff of Nottingham. In the City of London, it has recently acquired a similar reputation for hitting its targets. The century-old $15 bn Boots Company hovers toward the high