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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 28 May 1964 |
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| Headquarters | Croydon, England |
Number of locations | 796 (as of December 2017[update])[1] |
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| Revenue |  £1.53 billion, up 12% on 2022. (2023) [2] |
| Pre-tax profit of £111.6m (2023) [2] | |
| Owner | A.S. Watson Group |
| Parent | CK Hutchison Holdings |
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| Website | 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[3][a] 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.
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.
- ^ "Superdrug Stores plc: Annual Report and Financial Statements". Companies House. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Superdrug profit surpasses £100m as store sales soar - Retail Gazette". 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Superdrug Stores plc persons with significant control - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "AS Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 8 August 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
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