Boots may be next iconic high street store to vanish

Boots may soon get the boot off British high streets as the pharmacy chain’s American owner begins takeover talks.

Walgreens Boots Alliance, which bought Boots in 2014, is reportedly in takeover talks with US private equity giant Sycamore Partners.

Sycamore, however, is understood to be seeking separate ownership of Boots, meaning the 175-year-old brand would go up for auction.

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