Savers Health and Beauty Limited, trading as Savers, is a discount chain of more than 500 stores, owned by A.S. Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Ltd, which is part of the

A.S. Watson Group AS Watson Group (or AS Watson or ASW) is the world's largest international health and beauty retailer by number of stores, with over 16,500 stores in 28 markets, primarily in Asia and Europe. A member of CK Hutchison Holdings, ASW operates the ...

. It is a value retailer selling a variety of health, beauty, household goods, medicines and fragrances.

History

The company gradually expanded throughout the 1990s before acquiring the 100-strong Supersave chain of drugstores from GHEA. The company grew to 176 stores before being sold to A.S. Watson, the retail and manufacturing arm of

CK Hutchison Holdings CK Hutchison Holdings Limited () is a Hong Kong–based and Cayman Islands–registered multinational conglomerate corporation. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutc ...

, the conglomerate based in Hong Kong in July 2000. Subsequently, A.S. Watson acquired Kruidvat BV, the owner of the chain

Superdrug Superdrug Stores plc (trading as Superdrug) is a health and beauty retailer in the United Kingdom, and the second largest behind Boots UK. The company is owned by AS Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Limited which is part of the A.S. Watson Group. ...

in 2002. Following this, many Savers stores were converted to the Superdrug format. Some of those Superdrug stores were later re-converted back into Savers stores, including a branch at

Holywell, Flintshire Holywell ( ; ) is a market town and community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies to the west of the estuary of the River Dee. The community includes Greenfield. In 2011, it had a population of 8,886. Etymology The name Holywell is literally ' + ' ...

. The company is based in

Dunstable Dunstable ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north. Dunstable is the fou ...

near Luton; the home office building doubles as one of A.S. Watson's large UK distribution centres serving Savers,

and

The Perfume Shop The Perfume Shop Limited is a United Kingdom perfume retailer founded in 1992 and owned by A.S. Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Ltd, which is part of the A.S. Watson Group. The A.S. Watson Group acquired The Perfume Shop in 2005. The company is b ...

. Customer service operations are based at Superdrug's head office in

Croydon, London Croydon is a large town in South London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive ...

, and the company's registered office is Hutchinson House,

Battersea, London Battersea is a large district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the Battersea Park. His ...

References

External links

Savers website
* 1988 establishments in England 2000 mergers and acquisitions AS Watson British companies established in 1988 British subsidiaries of foreign companies Companies based in Luton Discount shops of the United Kingdom Retail companies established in 1988 {{UK-retail-company-stub