A.S. Watson has opened a Watsons Play Glam concept store at Tuen Mun Town Plaza, Hong Kong. Digitising in-store and increasing shopper interaction The grand opening of Watsons Play Glam was on 20 th January. It operates approx. 418 sq m / 4,500 sq ft, carrying more than 15,000 products from 7,100 health and beauty brands. The store has various customer interactive experience zones, a stron...

Steve Ager is set to join the business in June. Commercial director for Boots UK &ROI Ager will report into Boots MD Seb James and Annie Murphy, chief commercial officer for Walgreens Boots Alliance. He joins Boots from Dixons Carphone, where he was group commercial officer. Prior to that Ager spent 30 years with Tesco, including as president of Tesco China and commercial director of p...

A.S. Watson has announced expansion plans for Superdrug and Savers in the UK. 80 new stores between Superdrug and Savers The Grocer reports that Superdrug and Savers plans to open 80 new stores between them this year – around 30 and 50 respectively. However, A.S. Watson is planning to close some of its existing Superdrug stores and reopen them as Savers. Around 20 Superdrug stores are set t...