Kruidvat

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Kruidvat
Type Subsidiary of A.S. Watson Group
Industry Retail
Founded 1975
Headquarters Renswoude, Netherlands
Number of locations Approximately 1900
Area served Netherlands, Belgium
Key people Domanic Lai (Group Managing Director)
Products Pharmacy Health & Beauty
Owner(s) A.S. Watson Group
Parent Hutchinson Whampoa

Kruidvat is a Dutch retail, pharmacy, health and beauty chain which also has branches in Belgium. The first Kruidvat was opened in 1975 by Dick Siebrand. In addition to Kruidvat itself, Kruidvat Holding also owned ICI Paris XL and Trekpleister (nl) in the Netherlands and Belgium. It also holds 50% of Rossmann in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in addition to Superdrug in the United Kingdom. Kruidvat Holding was sold to the Hong Kong company A.S. Watson in 2002 for €1.3 billion. Kruidvat's headquarters is located in Renswoude with its main distribution centre in Heteren.

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