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English translation: health and beauty shop/store

23:44 Dec 22, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Retail
English term or phrase: drugstore
I would like to continue a thread from a KudoZ question posted in DE>EN
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1684660
Three UK nationals contributed answers or comments to this question but all have been based in Germany for several years. They were of the opinion that UK shoppers would be comfortable with the term ‘drugstore’ to designate a shop selling health and beauty products but not having an in-store pharmacy.
I am interested in the opinions of UK-resident native British English speakers. What is the generic term for this type of retail outlet as used by the companies who operate them, the staff who work in them and the customers who patronise them?
Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:15
Selected answer:health and beauty shop/store
Explanation:
I'm Irish and would be quite happy with "shop" and "store" at a stretch ....

Searching for a health and beauty shop? Then this is the right place with a big selection. Here you will find Boots,...
www.ciao.co.uk/Health_Beauty_Shops_11956_3 - 41k - 20 Dec 2006 - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-12-23 04:00:22 GMT)
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visa card accepted mastercard accepted american express card accepted discover card accepted pay with paypal.com. Alternative Health & Beauty Store ...
www.naturallydirect.net/ - 49k - Cached - Similar pages
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David Hollywood
Local time: 01:15
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3health and beauty shop/store
David Hollywood
4chemist's
Nedra Rivera Huntington
3 -1Drugstore
airmailrpl


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Drugstore


Explanation:
Results 1 - 30 of about 38,400 English pages for health and beauty products "drugstore " site:uk.

amazon.co.uk - Review - AMAZINGLY...AMAZON
Drugstore.com is their partner for health and beauty products Ashford.com is their partner for luxury items like watches, perfumes, leather accessories. ...

BizRate.com Circle of Excellence Award
Drugstore.com www.drugstores.com (Health & Beauty Supplies). ... With an index of more than 30 million products from more than 55000 stores, Shopzilla uses ...
www.bluenile.co.uk/articles/bizrate_article_20050913.asp
www.ciao.co.uk/amazon_co_uk__Review_5066145

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 01:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Good evening Brazil! Unfortunately, I don't think Google is going to prove conclusive on this question about UK usage.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  juvera: Drugstore in the UK is a chemist: it has an in-store pharmacy. Your quotes: 1. chemist stores chain, 2. coming from the USA, 3. ?
12 hrs
  -> site:uk.
disagree  Ian Wrentmore: Nope. This is a US term - and not used in the UK on the high street.
3 days 23 hrs
  -> and on the low street??
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
health and beauty shop/store


Explanation:
I'm Irish and would be quite happy with "shop" and "store" at a stretch ....

Searching for a health and beauty shop? Then this is the right place with a big selection. Here you will find Boots,...
www.ciao.co.uk/Health_Beauty_Shops_11956_3 - 41k - 20 Dec 2006 - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-12-23 04:00:22 GMT)
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visa card accepted mastercard accepted american express card accepted discover card accepted pay with paypal.com. Alternative Health & Beauty Store ...
www.naturallydirect.net/ - 49k - Cached - Similar pages

David Hollywood
Local time: 01:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  juvera: Of course there are few and far between, as you can get these products at the chemists', in department stores, supermarkets, etc.
8 hrs
  -> thanks juvera :)
agree  cmwilliams (X): yes, 'drugstore' isn't used in the UK.
8 hrs
  -> thanks cmw :)
agree  Erika Reed (X)
14 hrs
  -> thanks ereed :)
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chemist's


Explanation:
I am not a UK native, but have worked with primarily British nationals for 12 years. They, without exception, use this term. Furthermore, it is found in all teaching materials for students learning English.

Boots is probably the UK's biggest chemist's: http://www.boots.co.uk/homePage/BootsHome.html

"Health and beauty shop" is what they put on their Web site, but I have never heard a person-on-the-street use this term.

Nedra Rivera Huntington
United States
Local time: 21:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your note in the AtA box: "A drugstore would always have a pharmacy". Presumably this is a reference to the USA? As a UK resident I am only familiar with 'drugstores' from American fiction.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Armorel Young: Yes, but Boots shops always have a pharmacy, and as a UK resident I would always expect to find a pharmacy in a chemist's shop
2 hrs
  -> I'd say you're right, but as an American, I would always expect a drugstore to have a pharmacy, hence my choice! Happy holidays.
neutral  juvera: Agree with Armorel. The point is, that the question specifically asks for the term for shops selling beauty products but WITHOUT a pharmacy. / Sometimes it happens to me too. :-)
3 hrs
  -> Yes, you're exactly right. I was focusing too much on term and not on explanation. Have asked asker for clarification.
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