HIGH street retailer Boots reported a cooling in sales growth after disappointing summer weather stalled demand for suncare products.
The group said like-for-like sales at Boots The Chemists grew by 3.3 per cent over the past three months, down from the 4.4 per cent seen in the previous quarter.
Margins were also lower as customers welcomed the company's Lower Prices You'll Love promotion and bought fewer higher margin seasonal products.
Chief executive Richard Baker described the performance as encouraging and said the company had made substantial progress during the first half - a period in which like-for-like sales grew by 3.8 per cent.
Progress for the full financial year will now depend on the Christmas period, when Boots will recruit 4,500 workers and invite head office workers to help on the shop floor.
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