Thailand: UK-based pharmacy and beauty products retailer Boots Retail to expand in Thailand.

Section: Business News - Boots Retail (Thailand) Limited, the UK-based pharmacy and health and beauty retailer, plans to accelerate its local store expansion, increasing the number of outlets by about 70% to 250-300 over the next four or five years, the Bangkok Post reports.

Paul Millar, the new managing director of Boots Retail (Thailand), says the recent political turmoil has not dented his company's enthusiasm for the Thai market. Instead, Boots plans a70% increase in the number of outlets over the next five years.

Paul Millar, the newly appointed managing director, on August 30 said the company would move more aggressively than it had been in the Thai market …