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Greg Hingston, Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Hong Kong, HSBC (left), and Dominic Lai, Group Managing Director of A. S. Watson Group (right), introduce the conversion arrangement between RewardCash and MoneyBack points

HSBC Partners With A.S. Watson To Enable Instant Points Conversion Between Rewards Programmes

Posted in All markets • Asia • News • Latest news • All brands • A.S. Watson GroupMonday June 10th, 2019

: Greg Hingston, Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Hong Kong, HSBC (left), and Dominic Lai, Group Managing Director of A.S. Watson Group (right), introduce the conversion arrangement between RewardCash and MoneyBack points

: Greg Hingston, Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Hong Kong, HSBC (second left), Dominic Lai, Group Managing Director of A.S. Watson Group (second right), Amy Kam, Head of Cards and Personal Lending, Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Hong Kong, HSBC (left), Jacqueline Cheung, Customer Director, MoneyBack of A.S. Watson Group (right)

Two-way Exchange Available on Mobile Apps Free-of-charge, Extending Redemption Capabilities and Benefits of Both RewardCash and MoneyBack Points

HSBC and A.S. Watson Group (ASW) today announced a first-ever partnership that enables instant bilateral conversions between HSBC Credit Card RewardCash (RC) and ASW’s MoneyBack Points (MB Points). The interoperable rewards conversion programme will allow customers to exchange RC for MB Points, or vice versa, broadening the usability of rewards on both platforms.

Masahiko Uotani, Representative Director, President and CEO of Shiseido Company, Limited (left) and Dominic Lai, Group Managing Director of A.S. Watson Group

Shiseido Strengthens Strategic Partnership with A.S. Watson Group
Co-creating a Sustainable Future Through Beauty Innovations

Posted in All markets • Asia • Hong Kong • News • Latest news • All brands • A.S. Watson GroupWednesday May 29th, 2019

: Masahiko Uotani, Representative Director, President and CEO of Shiseido Company, Limited (left) and Dominic Lai, Group Managing Director of A.S. Watson Group

Global cosmetics company Shiseido Company, Limited (Shiseido), and A.S. Watson Group (A.S. Watson), the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, entered a strategic alliance to form a 3-year plan to strengthen their strategic partnership and co-create beauty innovations to better meet the customers’ surging demand for Japanese-beauty products.

A.S. Watson Implements Proactive Plastic-Reduction Measures with its Retail Brands
Go Green and Make a Better Living Environment Together

Posted in News • Latest news • All brands • A.S. Watson Group • PARKnSHOP • Watsons Water • Asia • Hong KongThursday May 16th, 2019

: 90% of fresh produce sold at PARKnSHOP are imported products

: “Green Point Smart Water Bottle Reverse Vending Machines” of Watsons Water

: Instore collection boxes are placed in Watsons stores to collect plastic containers of personal care or bottled water of any brands

According to the Waste Statistics for 2017 in “Monitoring of Solid Waste in Hong Kong” published by the Environmental Protection Department*, the average daily quantity of municipal solid waste disposed by Hong Kong people was 10,733 tpd, in which 20% of them (nearly 2,124 tpd) were plastics. A.S. Watson Group (ASW) puts environmental protection in high priority on its social responsibility agenda. It has been driving energy-efficiency, reduction of waste and greenhouse gas emissions to minimise negative impacts on the environment. Since 2014, ASW has taken the proactive step to ban the use of microplastic in its rinse-off own brand cosmetics/personal care scrub products development. The company is also committed to further extend the ban and targets to end the sales of all rinse-off cosmetics products / personal care products containing microplastics by the end of 2019. Its retail brands also proactively implement plastic-reduction measures, striving to strike a balance between product excellence and environmental protection, creating a greener environment.

PARKnSHOP Hong Kong x Food Angel “City Food Drive 2019”

Posted in All markets • Asia • Hong Kong • News • A.S. Watson TV • All brands • PARKnSHOPTuesday May 14th, 2019

PARKnSHOP Hong Kong and Food Angel have marked the 6th anniversary of their collaboration to run the annual City Food Drive, delivering nutritious meals to people in need and promoting Smart Food recipes to minimise waste.

Watsons Loyalty Programme Goes International
Greater Bay Area Becomes Asia’s First Region to Enjoy “Watsons One Pass©”

Posted in All markets • Asia • Hong Kong • News • Latest news • All brands • A.S. Watson Group • WatsonsFriday May 10th, 2019

: 8 million of Watsons members in the Greater Bay Area are entitled to the Watsons One Pass© member privilege, enjoying local Watsons members’ benefits and earning points when traveling.

According to a large-scale consumer survey* conducted with 14,000 consumers in 7 Asian regions, the frequency of Asian traveling to other Asian countries every year is 1.7 times on average. Among all, Hong Kong people travel 2.2 times yearly, ranking second across Asia and are preceded only by Singaporean, who travel 2.7 times per year. Hong Kong is not only one of the hottest traveling destinations in Asia but also the most popular tourist hotspot among thousands of customers in the Greater Bay Area, 70% of which choose Hong Kong as their favourite traveling hotspot.

Malina Ngai, Group Chief Operating Officer of A.S. Watson Group (right) and Kazushige Akao, Shiseido Group Director, Corporate Officer, Chief Strategy and Insights Officer (left) are excited about the successful launch of co-created derma skincare products

Shiseido and A.S. Watson Group Co-Create Derma Skincare Range For D Program

Posted in All markets • Asia • Hong Kong • News • Latest news • All brands • A.S. Watson GroupTuesday April 9th, 2019

: Urban Damage Care range under derma skincare brand d program

: Malina Ngai, Group Chief Operating Officer of A.S. Watson Group (right) and Kazushige Akao, Shiseido Group Director, Corporate Officer, Chief Strategy and Insights Officer (left) are excited about the successful launch of co-created derma skincare products

: Malina Ngai, Group Chief Operating Officer of A.S. Watson Group (right) and Kazushige Akao, Shiseido Group Director, Corporate Officer, Chief Strategy and Insights Officer (left) visit the derma skincare zone in the newly launched 15,000th store of A.S. Watson in Malaysia

: Customer receives professional skincare recommendation from d program beauty advisor in Watsons store

Global cosmetics company Shiseido Group and A.S. Watson Group (ASW), the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, jointly announce the co-creation of the exclusive range, Urban Damage Care, under derma skincare brand d program (d プログラム). The range has been successfully launched in Thailand and Taiwan and is planning to expand to other Watsons Asian markets in the near future.

: 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

: Dominic Lai, Group Managing Director of A.S. Watson Group (4th from left) officiates the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Group’s 15,000th Store, accompanied by 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 (3rd 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)

: Celebrities in Malaysia perform a fashion show at the 15,000th Store opening ceremony, featuring the 15,000th store special edition uniform and also the benefits of being a customer of Watsons

: A Muhibbah Dance performance shows the colourful and exotic culture of Malaysia, the host country of A.S. Watson Group’s 15,000th store

The world’s largest and fastest growing international health & beauty retailer A.S. Watson Group celebrates an important milestone today as it opens its 15,000th store.

Press Release and Appendix: A.S. Watson 10 Years Challenge (in pdf)

CK Hutchison’s Audited Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2018 (in PDF)

Posted in All markets • Asia • Hong Kong • News • Latest news • All brands • A.S. Watson GroupWednesday March 20th, 2019

CK Hutchison’s Audited Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2018(in PDF)

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