A.S. WATSON GROUP OPENS ITS WORLDWIDE 15,000th STORE IN KUALA LUMPUR

(Kuala Lumpur, 26 March 2019) The world’s largest and fastest growing international health & beauty retailer A.S. Watson Group celebrates an important milestone as it opens its 15,000^th store.   Dominic Lai, Group Managing Director of A.S. Watson Group (middle) is joined by two Watsons Malaysia Elite members (3^rd from left and 1^st from right) , together with Malina Ngai, Group Chief Operating Officer of A.S. Watson Group (4^th from right), Alan Heaton, Group Finance Director of A.S. Watson Group (3^rd from right), Ann Lau, Group People Director (Asia) of A.S. Watson Group (2^nd from right), Rod Routley, Regional Managing Director (Asia) of A.S. Watson Group (4^th from left), Caryn Loh, Managing Director of Watsons Malaysia (2^nd from left) and Nur Rashmeen, Store Manager of Central i-City store (1^st from left) at the opening ceremony of the A.S. Watson Group 15,000^th Store Opening Event.

For the fourth year in a row, A.S. Watson’s new store opening continues to be at an average speed of one store every seven hours across its 25 markets in Asia and Europe.

The worldwide 15,000^th store opening of A.S. Watson coincides with its 500^th store opening of Watsons in Malaysia, one of the fastest growing countries for beauty and wellness products. Watsons is the flagship retail brand of A.S. Watson with over 7,200 stores in 13 markets in Asia and Eastern Europe.

In the Philippines, Watsons has 752 stores now and growing in partnership with SM Retail Group.