This approach uncovered perhaps her best investment ever, a U.K. retail chain called Alliance Boots.

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One display offers an exploded view of the armor's constituent elements, from shin guards and boots to chain-mail sleeves and the shoulder guards that rest against the warrior's back like folded wings.

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In 2004 Trevisani invested in Boots, the beloved British chain of drugstores, but soon sold that position.

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"Unlike Totnes, Bakewell has a number of chain stores in the town such as Boots, Thorntons, and The Outdoor Company", it said.

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"We thought they could distribute Boots products through the Alliance chain, " she says, adding that Alliance also had a healthy balance sheet.

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Yet with little pause for reflection, his reward has been a very lucrative continuing career, first as chief executive of Alliance Boots, the chemists' chain, and now in charge at Gala Coral, the leisure and bookmaker chain.

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Walgreen this summer purchased a 45 percent stake in Alliance Boots with plans to buy the entire chain within the three years as part of global expansion plan.

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Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG), the largest drug store chain in the U.S., and his Alliance Boots announced that they would form a strategic partnership that would likely lead to a merger.

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