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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Health and beauty retailer AS Watson (ASW) has launched a Technology Partnership Programme as part of a move to speed up its digital transformation globally. The program brings together a wide range of international technology providers and recognises them as…
Hong Kong-based retailer A.S. Watson Group said on Thursday it will spend $70 million over the next three years in big data technologies, including investment in a Canadian artificial intelligence venture company. A.S. Watson will consolidate its customer…
Watson Indonesia plans to open up to 20 new stores this year. Duta Intidaya, the local Watson’s rights-holder since 2006, will use about 65 per cent of the US$6.49 million raised in its recent IPO to fund the new stores, with the balance of the cash going to…
AS Watson Group has opened its 12,000th store worldwide – in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay. Perhaps fittingly, the store is a three-storey flagship, at 8000 sqft, the brand’s largest store in Hong Kong. Located on Yun Ping Rd, the new store features the latest…