Superdrug
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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 A.S. Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Ltd which is part of the A.S. Watson Group. It was acquired as part of the buyout of Kruidvat BV in October 2002. The A.S Watson Group is itself part of the Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1964; 60 years ago (1964) |
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Number of locations | 796 (as of December 2017[update])[1] |
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Services | Prescriptions, health checks, threading, laser hair removal, piercing |
Revenue | £1.20 billion, up 2.3% on 2016. (2017) |
Pre-tax profit of £92.9m (2017) | |
Owner | A.S. Watson Group |
Parent | CK Hutchison Holdings |
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Website | www |
Superdrug trades from nearly nine hundred shops across the United Kingdom and Ireland, and also serves Denmark, Finland and Sweden online. The company employs over 14,000. Besides offering health and beauty products online and in shops, there are pharmacies with consultation rooms in over 220 shops, and a further 19 contain nurse clinics. It maintains links with sister companies also owned by A.S. Watson Group: Savers and The Perfume Shop.