Savers (UK retailer)

Savers Health & Beauty (founded in 1988 as Savers Drugstores) is a discount chain of over four hundred stores based in the United Kingdom, retailing a variety of health, beauty, household goods, medicines, and fragrances.

For the discount store chain of the United States, see Savers.
Savers Health & Beauty Ltd
TypeSubsidiary of A.S. Watson Group
IndustryRetail
Founded1988 (1988)
HeadquartersDunstable, Luton England
Key people
Dominic Lai (Group Managing Director), Doug Winchester (Managing Director)
ProductsHealth & Beauty Products
OwnerA.S. Watson Group
ParentCK Hutchison Holdings
Websitewww.savers.co.uk
Savers, North End Road, Fulham, London (2015)

History

The company gradually expanded throughout the 1990s, before acquiring the one hundred 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, the Hong Kong based conglomerate in July 2000.

Subsequently, A.S. Watson acquired Kruidvat BV, the owner of the Superdrug chain. 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.

The company is based in Dunstable near Luton; the home office building doubles as one of A.S. Watson large distribution centres in the United Kingdom, serving Savers, Superdrug, and The Perfume Shop. Customer service operations are based at Superdrug's head office in Croydon, London, and the company's registered office is Hutchinson House, Battersea, London.

As of 2019, Savers operates over four hundred stores.[1]

References
  1. "About Us". Savers. Retrieved 17 February 2016.


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