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 15,000th store.   Dominic Lai, Group Managing Director of A.S. Watson Group (middle) is joined by two Watsons Malaysia Elite members (3rd from left and 1st from right) , together with Malina Ngai, Group Chief Operating Officer of A.S. Watson Group (4th from right), Alan Heaton, Group Finance Director of A.S. Watson Group (3rd from right), Ann Lau, Group People Director (Asia) of A.S. Watson Group (2nd from right), Rod Routley, Regional Managing Director (Asia) of A.S. Watson Group (4th from left), Caryn Loh, Managing Director of Watsons Malaysia (2nd from left) and Nur Rashmeen, Store Manager of Central i-City store (1st from left) at the opening ceremony of the A.S. Watson Group 15,000th 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 15,000th store opening of A.S. Watson coincides with its 500th 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 already 752 stores. In the province of Bulacan there are twenty (20) stores including stores inside SM City San Jose del Monte, SM City Marilao, SM City Baliwag, and SM Center Pulilan.