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Retail Asia12/01/2022

This will launch an extensive product range and offer free scheduled delivery. Amazon Singapore and Watsons entered a partnership to launch a wider range of beauty, health, and personal care products on Amazon.sg through a dedicated storefront. According to Amazon, Prime members will find products available on Watson’s storefront from various brands such as as […]

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Retail Asia21/01/2021

Hong Kong-based health and beauty retailer AS Watson has partnered with Grab to launch an online and offline collaboration across Southeast Asia. The partnership will allow customers to access more than 62,000 health and beauty products at Watsons stores via Grab services, expanding Watsons’ online reach in Southeast Asia. The service is available in six […]

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Retail Asia10/09/2020

Middle Eastern retail conglomerate Al-Futtaim is bringing Asian beauty retail brand Watsons to the Gulf in a partnership with AS Watson Group. The partnership marks AS Watson Group’s first franchise agreement in its almost 180-year of history and its first venture into the Middle East. The first Watsons flagship will launch in Dubai Mall on […]

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Retail Asia03/08/2020

Health and beauty retailer AS Watson has opened up its Moneyback loyalty program to help retailers in Hong Kong promote their businesses for free in preparation for an easing in the coronavirus pandemic. “The pandemic has hit every community hard in many aspects, and it is extremely challenging for retailers,” said AS Watson (Asia & […]

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Retail Asia06/07/2020

AS Watson Group is the first signee to the New Plastics Economy global commitment to reduce plastics waste. The firm has also taken up group membership with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to help address the environmental impact of the industry. Both moves are part of the company’s strategy to achieve its 2030 Group […]

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Retail Asia01/04/2020

Health-and-beauty retailer AS Watson recorded 7 percent growth last year despite the political unrest in its key Hong Kong market. “What’s worth mentioning is the growth of health and beauty in Asia which was significantly impacted by the social unrest in the second half of 2019,” said AS Watson Group MD Dominic Lai. “If you […]

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Retail Asia16/03/2020

AS Watson Group saw its health-category sales increase 11 percent last year with 1 billion shoppers purchasing health products from the brand globally. The figures reflect a global uptick in the vitamins and supplements industry, which is growing at a rate of 12 percent year on year internationally. Shoppers for health products visit a Watson’s […]

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Retail Asia29/11/2019

AS Watson Group is opening its 3800th Watsons store in China. The new outlet is located in Kunming, the largest city in Yunnan Province, and is designed to provide one-on-one beauty services to customers supported by the fully integrated digital experience. “Our extensive physical store network provides unique touchpoints in over 470 cities in China, […]

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Retail Asia03/09/2019

Health and beauty retailer AS Watson has gathered insight from its businesses around the world to compile an overview of what is driving Generation Z customers and how they can be attracted to its retail brands across the globe. “Generation Z is shaping up to have great spending power and they are the future of […]

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Retail Asia14/08/2019

AS Watson Group has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with genetics and digital-health company Prenetics in Asia and Europe. The strategic partnership involves the launch of Circle DNA, a comprehensive DNA test that delivers more than 500 reports from a single saliva sample. The concept focuses on prevention instead of treatment and is based […]

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Retail Asia30/04/2019

Don’t mention the so-called ‘Retail Apocalypse’ to AS Watson Group MD Dominic Lai. An ardent enthusiast in new-generation retail technology, he heads a company that has just celebrated its 15,000th physical store opening. And that network expansion is showing no signs of slowing, with a new store opening on average every seven hours for the […]

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Retail Asia25/04/2019

Global cosmetics company Shiseido and AS Watson, the health & beauty retailer, have collaborated to co-create an exclusive derma skincare range under the “D Program” brand. The new Urban Damage Care range has been successfully launched in Thailand and Taiwan and will soon be launched in other Asian markets with Watsons stores. The collaboration is […]

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Retail Asia05/04/2019

Hong Kong-based AS Watson has chosen its part-owned German subsidiary Rossmann for its next Asian market debut, South Korea. The German drug-store brand has confirmed it will begin selling products in South Korea on May 1, shipping direct from Germany. It will sell online only. Dirk Rossmann GmbH, named after its founder, is 40 per […]

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Retail Asia19/02/2019

South Korean beauty group Amorepacific and AS Watson have expanded their partnership to cover Asia and Europe. The partnership will enable Amorepacific to increase its product presence through Watsons-owned stores and online. Before this, the two had already partnered to launch Amorepacific’s botanical skincare brand Mamonde, haircare brands RYO and Mise-En-Scene across Asia. “AS Watson […]

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Retail Asia17/01/2019

International health and beauty retailer AS Watson Group says its use of predictive modelling technology is delivering successful product launches. The firm has worked in close partnership with brands to help them penetrate specific demographics or enter new markets. Recently this included Jeffree Star Cosmetics launching exclusively at ICI Paris XL in Europe, and in […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2019

Hong Kong-headquartered healthcare and beauty retailer Watsons is to launch in Vietnam. The first Watsons Vietnam store will open on January 17, in the lower floors of the high-profile Bitexco tower in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The store will take up at least one floor of a two-storey space recently vacated by Topshop. Teasing […]

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Retail Asia10/01/2019

Singapore’s Temasek Holdings is reportedly looking to quit its stake in Hong Kong-headquartered beauty products retailer AS Watson. Temasek spent US$5.6 billion to acquire a 25 per cent share of AS Watson in 2014 from Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison, which retains the majority stake. According to report, Temasek made the investment expecting the business to be […]

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Retail Asia17/10/2018

In a world where customer preferences are ever-changing and they always want to try out something new, loyalty is everything to retailers. That is why A.S. Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, is further investing in its loyal customers to give them unparalleled levels of rewards. Last month, the Group announced […]

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Retail Asia15/08/2018

International health and beauty retailer AS Watson has teamed up with L’Oreal to launch Colorlab by Watsons, a new concept makeup store in China. The first Colorlab launched in Shenzhen early this year as a trial, followed by more openings in Guangzhou and Shanghai. Now the company has revealed plans to roll out a further […]

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Retail Asia04/06/2018

Located on B2 of the Cheung Kong Center, the store, called CKC18, groups together four AS Watson retail brands in a way which makes each store appear independent, but connected. The 26,000sqft CKC18 is home to international food emporium Food Le Parc, health and beauty outlet WatsonsLab, a TechLife by Fortress and Bar 0001 by […]

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