A.S. Watson Group
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The A.S. Watson Group (or A.S. Watson & Co. or ASW) is the world's largest Health & Beauty retailer, with over 9,400 stores in 33 markets worldwide serving over 25 million customers per week.
The group operates the world's largest portfolio of retail formats, retail brands and has the largest geographical presence. The company boasts a global family of 98,000 staff and company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hong Kong Conglomerate Hutchinson Whampoa.
Founded in 1828 the A.S. Watson Group has evolved into the international retail and manufacturing business it is today.
The company is the largest Health and Beauty retailer in Asia, with Watson's (Your Personal Store), operating over 2,200 stores and over 900 pharmacies in 11 Asian markets including; Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia and Turkey.
The company is the largest perfume and cosmetic retailer in Europe with over 1,600 stores under three different retailers including Marionnaud, which alone operates in 16 different markets, ICI Paris XL
in the Benelux and The Perfume Shop
in the UK and Ireland.
, Superdrug
and The Perfume Shop
to the list in 2011.
The group operates the world's largest portfolio of retail formats, retail brands and has the largest geographical presence. The company boasts a global family of 98,000 staff and company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hong Kong Conglomerate Hutchinson Whampoa.
Founded in 1828 the A.S. Watson Group has evolved into the international retail and manufacturing business it is today.
The company is the largest Health and Beauty retailer in Asia, with Watson's (Your Personal Store), operating over 2,200 stores and over 900 pharmacies in 11 Asian markets including; Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia and Turkey.
The company is the largest perfume and cosmetic retailer in Europe with over 1,600 stores under three different retailers including Marionnaud, which alone operates in 16 different markets, ICI Paris XL
ICI Paris XL
ICI Paris XL is a perfume shop chain founded in the late 1960s in Belgium. The name ICI Paris XL means 'This is Paris' and was derived from the train trips that were undertaken by the founders on the their way to buy perfume from the famous French capital Paris...
in the Benelux and The Perfume Shop
The Perfume Shop
The Perfume Shop is a United Kingdom perfume retailer founded in 1992. The company was acquired by the world's largest health and beauty retailer, A.S. Watson Group in 2005. The company is based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, with two distribution centres: one in Dunstable which serves The...
in the UK and Ireland.
Health and Beauty
- Watson's (Your Personal Store)
- KruidvatKruidvatKruidvat is a Dutch retail, pharmacy, health and beauty chain which also has branches in Belgium. The first Kruidvat was opened in 1975 by Dick Siebrand. In addition to Kruidvat itself, Kruidvat Holding also owned ICI Paris XL and Trekpleister in the Netherlands and Belgium...
- Trekpleister
- Rossmann
- SuperdrugSuperdrugSuperdrug Stores PLC is Britain's second-largest beauty and health retailer behind Boots. Superdrug - part of the AS Watson Group which in turn is part of the Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa - is a UK based company with over 890 stores, which since 2006, includes the Republic of Ireland...
- Savers (UK)Savers (UK)Savers Health & Beauty is a discount chain based in the UK retailing a variety of health, beauty, household goods and medicines, alongside a range of fine fragrances....
- Drogas
- Spektr
- Nuance-Watson
Customer reward and loyalty programmes
The A.S. Watson Group currently looks after 42 million customers in its global database of loyalty programmes, adding KruidvatKruidvat
Kruidvat is a Dutch retail, pharmacy, health and beauty chain which also has branches in Belgium. The first Kruidvat was opened in 1975 by Dick Siebrand. In addition to Kruidvat itself, Kruidvat Holding also owned ICI Paris XL and Trekpleister in the Netherlands and Belgium...
, Superdrug
Superdrug
Superdrug Stores PLC is Britain's second-largest beauty and health retailer behind Boots. Superdrug - part of the AS Watson Group which in turn is part of the Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa - is a UK based company with over 890 stores, which since 2006, includes the Republic of Ireland...
and The Perfume Shop
The Perfume Shop
The Perfume Shop is a United Kingdom perfume retailer founded in 1992. The company was acquired by the world's largest health and beauty retailer, A.S. Watson Group in 2005. The company is based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, with two distribution centres: one in Dunstable which serves The...
to the list in 2011.