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In 1869, the Hong Kong Dispensary was appointed to dispense to the Governor of Hong Kong and the Duke of Edinburgh. The company began trading under the name A.S. Watson & Company in 1871. By 1886, the company had constructed its first factory in Hong Kong, on Stanley Street , registered as a limited company and had also completed its first ...
Watsons (Chinese: 屈臣氏; Jyutping: Wat 1 san 4 si 6) is a Hong Kong health care and beauty care chain store in Asia and Europe.It is the flagship health and beauty brand of AS Watson, which is majority owned by CK Hutchison Holdings.
Taste is a chain supermarket in Hong Kong owned by AS Watson, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. It opened its first branch in Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong in 2004, but most of the branches are opened based on the re-decoration of Park'n Shop, Taste's sister company. [1] Its main customers are middle-class families.
Gourmet is a supermarket in Hong Kong owned by AS Watson, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. [1] [2] Its main customers are middle-class families. Its retail products are similar to those in ParknShop and Taste. There are now stores in the basement level of Lee Tung Avenue, at 88 Caine Road, and in Lab Concept in Admiralty.
ParknShop operates more than 200 outlets in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China. The first ParknShop store opened in Stanley, Hong Kong in 1973. For a decade the store remained a local retailer until the mid-1980s when it began to expand outside Hong Kong. ParknShop is a member of the AS Watson Group, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited.
Great Food Hall is a supermarket founded in 2000 in Hong Kong. It is owned by AS Watson, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. It has a branch in Pacific Place, Admiralty, which was opened in 2000 based on the re-decoration of Park'n Shop, Great's sister company. [1] [2] Its main customers are middle-class families.
The Rossmann family owns 60% of the company. The Hong Kong–based A.S. Watson Group owns 40%, which was taken over from the Dutch Kruidvat in 2004. [6] [7] [8] The product range includes up to 21,700 items and can vary depending on the size of the shop and the location.
In 1965, Hutchison International under the leadership of Sir Douglas Clague gained a controlling interest of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. He pursued an aggressive path of diversification, acquiring A.S. Watson, Davie, Boag and Co. Ltd., Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd., and China Provident Co. Ltd. A decade later, however, the conglomerate ...