Hong Kong

City Food Drive 2019 Volunteer Day


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At the City Food Drive 2019 Volunteer Day, PARKnSHOP Hong Kong volunteer team partnered with Knorr volunteers to visit the Food Angel Shamshuipo Community Centre again. Volunteers prepared hot meals and distributed goodie bags to nearly 180 elderly, as well as participated in the healthy chair dance with them, together enjoying a wonderful morning!

PARKnSHOP and Knorr is also launching the 2nd round of fundraising activity – by donating 1% of sales proceeds to Food Angel for every Knorr product purchased in PARKnSHOP stores during 12 Aug to 8 Sep.

Gen Z Drives Global Sales for A.S. Watson
The digital native eyes on beauty stores rather than online


Posted in A.S. Watson Group • Latest news

Generation Z (Gen Z) were born between 1995 and 2009, they are a cohort that is more populous and influential on consumer spending than any generation before them and they are coming over age and driving retail trends.

Watsons and Prenetics Pioneer Revolutionary Personalised & Preventive Digital Healthcare with Partnership in Asia


Posted in A.S. Watson Group • Watsons • Latest news
A.S. Watson Group enters into an exclusive partnership agreement with Prenetics to launch Circle DNA at Watsons Hong Kong’s offline and online platforms for the first time。Malina Ngai, Group Chief Operating Officer of A.S. Watson Group (4th from left) ，Diane Cheung, Managing Director of Watsons Hong Kong (3rd from right) and Mr. Danny Yeung, CEO and Co-Founder of Prenetics (4th from right) have group photo with other guests

A.S. Watson Group announced that it has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with Prenetics, a leading genetics and digital health company in Asia and Europe. Watsons Hong Kong is the first market in Asia to launch Circle DNA in its network of over 240 stores, and it will also be available online at www.watsons.com.hk.

Upcycling Plastic Bottles


Posted in A.S. Watson Group • A.S. Watson Industry • Watsons Water •

Over 250 students from Kau Yan School set the world record title for the Largest Terrarium-Making Lesson on July 4. By leveraging up-cycling the disposed Watsons Water plastic bottle, each student created his/her own terrarium, giving new life to plastic bottles and helped reduce plastic waste with creativity.
Under the guidance of Mr. Eric Swinton, founder of V-cycle and Ms. Zoe Chan, founder of PuYu and registered horticultural therapist, students created their unique terrarium and learnt the basics of daily terrarium maintenance.

Give a Smile


Posted in A.S. Watson Group •

In June 2019, volunteers from A.S. Watson Group and Watsons China participated in Give a Smile medical mission sponsored by A.S. Watson in Yunnan, China. It’s was such a life-changing mission that helped the cleft children regain smiles and confidence. In all, 72 patients received free surgery carried out by global experts.
Watch the highlight video: http://bit.ly/2FQI6eH

Donation goes ONLINE!


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The annual PARKnSHOP Hong Kong partnership with Food Angel has moved up a gear, with customers now able to donate food items online as well as in stores, which Food Angel then uses to create nutritious cooked meals for people in need.

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


Posted in A.S. Watson Group • Latest news
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.