Boots to cut 4,000 jobs and close stores after dramatic fall in shopper numbers

Chain to shut optician branches and cut roles at head office and in stores with 7% of workforce to be laid offBoots is to cut 4,000 jobs – 7% of its workforce – as it closes 48 opticians outlets and cuts roles at its head office and stores.The company said it was accelerating a restructuring plan after sales at its main Boots stores dived 72% and sales at Boots Opticians dived 48% during the high street lockdown. As an essential retailer, Boots was allowed to continue to trade, but t