Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
Former Selfridges owners buys UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina The Canadian family that once owned Selfridges department store has bought UK pharmacy and beauty retailer Boots for $8.9bn (£6.74bn). Wittington Investments, the holding company of the Weston family that controls the Loblaws grocery chain and Drugmart pharmacy chain in Canada, will own Boots’ UK and Irish retail operations and opticians chain, the No7 beauty brand and a franchise arm in Thailand.
Read in depth: Business
Etsy restricts AI-generated patterns and recipes under new seller rules
Sellers must show real results for instructional downloads and disclose AI use in permitted artwork as Etsy tightens its marketplace rules.
Telegraph begins redundancy consultation as Axel Springer sets out AI-led expansion
Telegraph Media Group has begun consulting staff over job cuts while outlining plans to reorganise the publisher, expand abroad and develop new revenue streams. It has not...
Sources and context
The GuardianSource headline and summary supplied via NewsData.io. First collected by NewsJaws on 2026-10-08. This is an automated news brief, not original NewsJaws reporting. Dates reflect the source publication. Feed delays may apply.