Transformation from colonial chemist to global health and beauty retailer : A S Watson

Foreword / by Ian Francis Wade -- Foreword / by Dr. Andrew C.F. Chan -- 1841-1896 : the birth of A.S. Watson - initial public offering and opium substitutes -- 1897-1941 : the end of the Qing Empire - turbulent sailing in Republican times -- 1942- 1981 : Japanese occupation and post WWII era - diversification and privatization -- 1982-1988 : New leadership - the first leg of geographical expansion -- 1989-1998 : overheating economy- the Asian economic crisis -- 1999-2001 : Y2K, SARS and dual springboards into the UK - powwow and savers -- 2002-2003 : a quantum leap for the continent and the UK- Krudivat, Superdrug -- 2004-2006 : Dirk Rossmann Gmbh, enlarging the beauty business portfolio - : Marionnaud and the Emerging Markets -- 2007-2021 : organic growth - one crisis after another -- The three Britons who changed the destiny of AS Watson -- Li Ka Shing - "wangdao" and from good to great -- ASW business model and prosperity strategies -- Consumer trending, e-commerce, and new retail - delighting the millennials & gen Z -- Temasek, India and the post COVID-19 Era.