Hong Kong, 2018-Jan-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group (ASW), the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, hosted the first ever retail-themed Big Data Hackathon in Hong Kong. The 36-hour non-stop Hackathon attracted over 110 professionals in technology and data science to solve real-life business problems in retail and recommend how to…
HONG KONG, 2018-Jan-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group (ASW) announces the appointment of Kulvinder Birring as Chief Executive Officer of Watsons China, effective from 1 January 2018.
Kulvinder joined ASW in 2005 as Asia Regional Finance Head before assuming business leadership roles since 2007 in Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia prior to his appointment as…
A.S. Watson Group launches its first ever Technology Partnership Programme to support the acceleration of its digital transformation
HONG KONG, 2017-Dec-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group (ASW), the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, announces the launch of its first ever Technology Partnership Programme to build a network of technology expert partners to…
A.S. Watson Group hosts Project LOL Elderly Visit 2017
Hong Kong, 2017-Dec-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group organised the Elderly Visit, a highlighting volunteer activity under Project LOL philanthropy programme, with the support of 950 volunteers from the Group’s business units and 29 business partners to visit more than 1,800 singleton elderly in…
Watsons and PARKnSHOP Win Six “Top 10 Retailer” Titles in Asia Markets
HONG KONG, 2017-Aug-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group (ASW) has won the “Top Ten Retailer in Hong Kong – Gold Award” in the Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500 Awards 2017 organised by Asia Retail Publishing. The Group’s flagship brand Watsons was ranked…
A.S. Watson Group recognised for its commitment and achievement in implementing green practices within workplace
Hong Kong, 2017-Jul-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — For three consecutive years, A.S. Watson Group (ASW) and its retail brands in HK were awarded the Green Office Label in the Green Office Awards Labelling Scheme (GOALS) organised by World Green Organisation…
A.S. Watson Group Hong Kong Student Sports Awards held a successful 12th award presentation ceremony
A.S. Watson Group Hong Kong Student Sports Awards held a successful 12th award presentation ceremony
Hong Kong, 2017-May-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group Hong Kong Student Sports Awards (HKSSA), Hong Kong’s only territory-wide school sports awards, held the 12th award presentation ceremony at Queen Elizabeth Stadium today. With the participation of 85% of all…
A.S. Watson Group supports FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix – Hong Kong 2017
Hong Kong, 2017-May-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix – Hong Kong 2017 presented by A.S. Watson Group is back this year from 21 to 23 July at the Hong Kong Coliseum. The four prominent teams competing in this…
Hong Kong, 2017-Mar-09 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group (ASW), one of the largest retail employers in Hong Kong, hosted a global award presentation yesterday (March 5th, 2017) to present the best the best store awards to the winning stores of its Hong Kong operations and its 24 operating markets in Asia and…
HONG KONG, 2017-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group (ASW), the largest international health and beauty retailer in Asia and Europe, announced today ( February 1, 2017) a partnership with Toronto-based Rubikloud as part of its investment in big data capabilities. The Group will invest USD 70 million (approximately HKD540 million) in the coming…
A.S. Watson Group wins “International Award” at the 2016 Hong Kong Business Awards
HONG KONG, 2016-Dec-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — From a local dispensary to the largest international health and beauty retailer in Asia and Europe, A.S. Watson Group’s 175 years of global accomplishment was recognised by business leaders at the Hong Kong Business Awards…
A.S. Watson Group won “Sustainable Business Award” for the second straight year
HONG KONG, 2016-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group is being recognized once again, for our commitment and concerted efforts in forging a sustainable business development, by winning the “Sustainable Business Award” for the second straight year.
The “Sustainable Business Award 2016” is…
HONG KONG, 2016-Apr-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group (ASW) received three silver awards in the website stream category under the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2016 today, including the ASW corporate website, the Group’s flagship local philanthropy programme ‘Hong Kong Students Sports Awards’ website, and the new CSR programme ‘Project LOL’ website, which participated…
HONG KONG, 2016-Apr-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — To celebrate the 175th anniversary of A.S. Watson Group (the “Group”) and to support the Government’s “Appreciate Hong Kong” Campaign, the Group launched a philanthropy programme “Project LOL” (the “Project”). “Elderly Day 2016” (the “Visit”) held today is a large-scale volunteer activity under the Project, a volunteer team…
Mrs. Carrie Lam, GBS, JP, Chief Secretary for Administration, Hong Kong SAR Government congratulated the A.S. Watson Group at its 175th Anniversary cocktail on being one of the longest-standing companies in Hong Kong, and on its world-leading position in retail.
Hong Kong, 2015-12-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — 175 years ago, a small dispensary opened in…
ESSEX, England, 2015-11-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — On 23 November, A.S. Watson Group (ASW) reached a significant milestone in its global retail business, with the worldwide 100 million loyalty members recruited in its health and beauty brand Superdrug in the UK.
Superdrug’s Lakeside store hosted celebrations to mark such remarkable milestone in ASW’s history. Group…
Hong Kong, 2015-8-12— /EPR Retail News/ — A.S. Watson Group (the “Group”), a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited(“CK Hutchison”), reached a new milestone today with the opening of its flagship Watsons store on Yun Ping Road in Causeway Bay, marking the Group’s 12,000th retail store in the world.
Spanning over 3 storeys and covering an…
HONG KONG, 2015-7-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — In the latest 14th Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Asia Pacific Conference, A.S. Watson Group was honored with the ECR Recognition Award in the Digital category, in recognition of its outstanding achievements in digital and eCommerce. Organised by the ECR Asia Pacific Council, GS1/ ECR Hong Kong and co-organised…