In 1920 Louis Liggett, the head of the United Drug Company, one of the largest pharmaceutical firms in America, made an offer to purchase the company for £2.25 million and the sale was agreed. In 1933 the company was sold to a group of British financiers for just over £6m, with John Boot, Jesse’s son, as chairman and managing director.
1930s: In 1933, 1000th Boots store opened in Galashiels, Scotland. Opening of the D10 factory was at the Beeston site. Its revolutionary development has continued and remains Boots premier manufacturing facility today. In 1935 Boot's famous No7 range of cosmetics was launched, in an art deco livery of blue and yellow. To support the new brand, Beauty Parlours were introduced in a number of stores, including Regent Street in London. In 1936, First overseas retail store opened in New Zealand.
Post-War Regeneration and new development, 1945-1968: Since the first retail company had been formed in New Zealand in 1936, and over the next 30 years manufacturing businesses were established in India, Pakistan, Australia and Canada. In 1956, the first self-service Boots stores opened in London.
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