With a history dating back to 1841, AS Watson Group (ASW) is one of the longest-standing and most established companies in Hong Kong for over 180 years.

ASW is the largest international health and beauty retailer in Asia and Europe with over 16,500 stores in 29 markets around the world. We are also the largest health and beauty retailer in Benelux region, with over 1,700 stores trading under the names of Kruidvat, Trekpleister and ICI PARIS XL in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. ASW runs the gamut from health & beauty, luxury perfumeries & cosmetics to food, electrical & electronics and the fine wine. Every year, over 5.5 billion customers shop in our stores, and the number of our loyal members has exceeded 170 million worldwide.

ASW employs over 130,000 staff and we are a subsidiary of the renowned multinational conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings which has four core businesses – ports and related services, retail, infrastructure and telecommunications in over 50 countries.