Global health and beauty chain opens 1,000th store in PHL
AS Asia’s No.1 health and beauty retailer, Watsons celebrated an important milestone recently as it opened its 1,000th store in Philippines, adding to a total of 8,000 Watsons stores across 15 markets in Asia and Eastern Europe. The new store opening coincides with Watsons’ 20th anniversary in the Philippines, one of its fastest-growing markets.
Spanning almost 1,000 square meters, the new flagship store is located in The Block, SM City North Edsa in Manila. As the biggest store in the country, it showcases the most comprehensive array of health and beauty products in an engaging way that will take the shopping experience to the next level.
Dominic Lai, group managing director of
A.S. Watson Group, officiated the store-opening event. “This new flagship store is important in the nationwide expansion in this beautiful country as it’s a clear demonstration of Watsons’ determination to strengthen our connection with customers via seamless O+O platforms. The platform strategy is at the core of our business to create an integrated experience, to better serve customers anytime, anywhere.”
“Besides celebrating the 1,000th store opening, (this) marks Watsons’ 20 years of commitment to serving our customers in the Philippines. Over the years, we’ve been working to deliver our purpose to help customers look good, do good, feel great.”
Toward that end, Watsons has its first state-ofthe-art clinic powered by The Medical City that features virtual consultation and remote physical examination. Vaccination services for flu, HPV and pneumonia will be available at the clinic soon. The Watsons Supplement Finder is also available to support the pharmacy service and help customers get personalized recommendations on the best vitamins and supplements for them.
Teresita Sy-coson, co-chairman of SM Investments, congratulated Watsons on the double celebrations: “Our long-term partnership with Watsons has realized our promise of bringing the best-in-class health and beauty products to all Filipinos. It’s our pleasure to celebrate this remarkable milestone with Watsons and we will continue to work closely to raise the standard in health and beauty in the Philippines.”
In conclusion, Lai said: “Looking ahead, we’re committed to continuing our expansion in the Philippines, as well as the rest of the world. Besides bringing a pleasurable shopping experience to our customers, we want to engage our customers to do good to the community and the planet with us through our sustainability programs.”
To inspire its customers to live a sustainable lifestyle, Watsons offers over 1,500 Sustainable Choices products under Clean beauty, refill packs, better packaging and better ingredients for customers so that they can contribute to create a better world. Watsons has also mobilized customers to create a bigger impact with community programs such as sponsorship of free corrective surgeries for cleft children under Give-a-smile, targeted to empower 3,300 families in the Philippines by 2030; and the Alagang Pangkalusugan community medical outreach program will likewise be supporting 20,000 people with free medicines in the coming years.
The celebration activities will continue throughout the year as Watsons show appreciation to customers, partners and colleagues through the #Weloveyou1000ways campaign. There will be member-exclusive benefits and special offers, both offline and online to show the brand’s appreciation to loyal customers of Watsons Club.