They realised it was not all "muddy boots and dirty hands" - with planning, costing, design and many other talents involved.
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Within three years, Walgreen plans to acquire all of Alliance Boots.
All the best boots come from the American West and Mexico, and for the most part, buyers have two choices, just as they would for suits or shirts: off-the-rack or bespoke.
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January's a pleasant time to get to know her, little black dress with biker boots and all.
But Tim Harford, who works at the World Bank and writes a regular newspaper column, never seems to take off his boots at all.
The ski valets open lockers, pull out boots (which are dried overnight), and help guests put on all their equipment from boots to gloves.
To rock the bargain boots or go all out for a pair of Uggs?
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But for all the talk of more boots on the ground, negotiating with moderate Taliban and beefing up Afghan security forces, danger will persist unless the Afghan people see more of a peace dividend.
At the time of the acquisition, Mr Sarrazin and his side-kicks were desperate to reassure Kleinwort that heavy Teutonic boots would not be trampling all over their precious merchant bank.
We women journalists all remember Cindy Crawford in her thigh high boots (typical attire in our offices) driving the Cadillac Catera.
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They banned camouflage and military boots and opened up the competition to all comers, who were allowed to use mass-produced blades.
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But I certainly am not persuaded that going in with boots on the ground is the answer in all these cases, or even in most of these cases.
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For example, the amazing foresight of the pension fund of Boots, a British retailer, which moved all its assets into bonds in 2001 to miss the worst of the equity slump, is now inviting criticism.
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So it was very funny for us to watch, but it was very sad for him because, apart from wearing the big clown boots, there was nothing interesting about him at all.
After the computer boots up, simply log into your Google account and all your apps, e-mail, calendar appointments and contacts load instantly.
As it stands, so to speak, they all walk around on what appear to be little stubs where their boots ought to be.
The whole point of wearing boots is that they should be set apart and admired by all!
After all, if the bad guys are on the run without risking legions of boots on the ground, what's not to like?
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To start her show, Madonna emerged from a giant glitter ball to sing first number Hung Up, dressed in an all-purple ensemble of jacket, velvet pedal pushers and knee-high boots.
Our boots are made exactly the same way as a pure custom, all handmade, the same number of man hours, the hand stitching, the inlays, the tooling, but I do more at a time, buy more skins at a time, so I can do it for less.
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Don long trousers, sturdy boots, a hat and a surgical mask (these are distributed to all visitors by park guides at the beginning of a tracking expedition) and prepare yourself for some sweaty, steep climbing through often-dense vegetation.
Ryan creates all the designs, sources all his own leathers, mainly from Italy and the US, and has his boots painstakingly handmade by a team of fastidious Mexican bootmakers, 16 people whose total production is 8 or 9 pairs a day.
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The necessary skills overlapped most of all in Finland, which explains why Nokia, a company that grew up producing rubber boots and paper, could become the world leader in handsets.
They stock more than a dozen shells in different levels of stiffness for all ability skiers, different lasts for wider or narrower feet, as well as many complete boots with stock liners for those wanting only orthotics.
It gives you the time you need to browse all kinds of seafood (naturally) and produce, noodle shops, tiny cafes and cooking-supply shops, in addition to boots, baubles, baskets, plates, picks (of the tooth variety) and pottery, all at reasonable prices.
Mr. GARY MILLER (Owner, Miller Dry Goods): You know, we carry a lot of work boots, you know, that have to be waterproof and frocks that are fire retardant, like all of this stuff, all of these Carhartt products right there.
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