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AS Watson Group (ASW), the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, hosted the first-ever ASW Technology Partner Day event in Hong Kong and announced to continue with its Technology Partnership programme in order to build a network of technology expert partners which helps accelerate digital transformation.

AS Watson Group today announces a global, long-term partnership with Operation Smile, a charitable organisation providing corrective surgery to children born with facial disfigurements. The “Give a Smile” campaign will target to fund surgery for around 1,000 children with cleft palate or cleft lip by the end of 2019, giving them new smiles and fresh hope for a brighter future.

In a world where customer preferences are ever-changing and they always want to try out something new, loyalty is everything to retailers. That is why AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, is further investing in its loyal customers to give them unparalleled levels of rewards. Today, the Group announces it is rolling out new VIP loyalty programmes worldwide to enhance customer connectivity and plans to extend to all of its 24 markets by early 2019.

To support Operation Smile which provides free and corrective surgery to children with cleft conditions, AS Watson Group and its business units launch Give a Smile Global CSR Campaign and organise different activities to educate employees and customers about cleft conditions as well as raise funds for the cleft children, giving them new smiles and fresh hope.