AS 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.
Watsons, as the number one health and beauty retailer in Thailand, celebrates the grand opening of its 333rd branch to mark a new milestone of the brand. The new flagship store at Siam Square, the renowned shopping landmark in Bangkok, enjoys a spacious sales floor area of over 5,700 square feet, is the largest Watsons retail store in Thailand, offering customers a one-of-a-kind shopping experience.
Watsons Taiwan recently stood out amongst over 2,000 online store operators in the keen competition and took the Yahoo! Supermall’s top honor – “Super Golden Store Award” for the third year in a row, in recognition of its innovative brand strategy and diversified services.
As an innovator in the Health & Beauty business in the market, Watsons Taiwan recently unveiled its highly anticipated online store and launched the brand new TV commercial “Everyone should have TWO Watsons” as a part of their online store promotion campaign. The popular TV commercial received overwhelming response in the market, impressing both customers and the advertising industry with its new light-hearted and innovative ideas, and brought Watsons 3 top local advertising awards, namely, The 2014 4A Creative Award – Silver Award of Best TVC Ad by The Association of Accredited Advertising Agents of Taipei R.O.C., The Times Asia-Pacific Advertising Awards – Bronze Award of TV/Cinema Film by Want Want China Times Media Group and the LONGXI Creative Awards – Bronze Award of Broadcast-TV & Paid Internet Film by Long Xi Creative Awards Limited.
With an accelerated development pace of unveiling over one new store in every two days, Watsons China is pleased to announce that its store number topped 2,000 in November, marking a significant milestone in its business development.
