The Sunday Times "Top 100 Best Companies to Work For" has rated The Perfume Shop (TPS) as one of the best places to work in UK. Ranked at 37th, TPS is one of a small number of retailers that made the top 50 in the 2012 survey released in early March. Among the staff of TPS being surveyed, 82% agreed that they love working for the company, while 80% felt a strong sense of family and 81% regarded that staff within the company are willing to help each other. This proves TPS to be a truly human-oriented employer, bringing more to the lives of customers, and also to its staff.
AS Watson Group (ASW) has just reached an important milestone when the total store number hit 10,000 just before the end of 2011. As the world's leading health, beauty and lifestyle retailer, ASW has been bringing more to the life of every customer across 33 markets. With its global expansion plan in place, AS Watson continues its strive to exceed customers' expectations in over 10,000 stores.
Nuance-Watson (HK) (NWHK) has won the "DFNI Product Awards 2011" in the "Best New Gifts & Electronics Product"category for its exclusive pre-launch of Yao Monster Headphones at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).
NWHK was the first ahead of all airport retail doors in Asia to officially launch the "Yao Monster" headphones at selected "Sound & Vision Enriching Life" stores and Fortress stores at HKIA. Co-developed by Monster, a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance headphones, and Houston Rocket Star Center, Yao Monster headphones feature the Chinese basketball superstar – Yao Ming to uniquely represent a fusion of technology and life and delivering perfect sound quality. The award recognises NWHK's persistent passion and commitment in growing the electronic category and offering HKIA's travellers true innovation and excitement of airport shopping.
The AS Watson Group (ASW), the world’s leading international health and beauty retailer, is gearing up for a double celebration. Last week, its flagship brand Watsons Your Personal Store opened its 1,000th store in Mainland China, one of its 33 operating markets. At the same time it is counting down to the opening of its 10,000th store globally before the end of the year.
Kruidvat recently won the Jury Prize of the Brain Cup 2011. The Brain Cup is a prize presented by the Netherlands Brain Foundation, which awards employers who make an extra effort to retain employees with brain damage during their employment.
Watsons Ukraine has been awarded No. 1 Choice in Ukraine’s Health & Beauty in the “No. 1 Choice of the Year” International Festival Contest*. The award is the first one since rebranding the chain to Watsons, and also the fourth victory of the same award in Watsons Ukraine’s history.
Watsons has been ranked 1st runner-up among other companies for its loyalty programmes in an Ukrainian consumer research, in which 12% of the respondents were Watsons Club members. With membership exceeding 1.5 million, such achievement proves Watsons successfully sustained consumers’ loyalty since its rebranding in March.
