Watsons resumed a warehouse in Kyiv after being destroyed by rocket attacks

At the end of July, the company resumed the Kyiv Hub with goods for the chain’s stores, which had been completely destroyed at the beginning of the war.

At the beginning of March, Watsons’ warehouse in Stoyanka village near Kyiv was destroyed by rocket fire. And from that moment the company began to work on restoring not only logistics, but also warehouse infrastructure, building several supply chains in parallel. For some time, the stores worked without resupply. And at the end of April, the company resumed logistics work as they say “from the wheels”: directly from Europe, from distributors and a small hub in Lviv.

On July 26, the company opened the new warehouse and made the first shipments already from the Kyiv hub to 39 stores. Shipments are planned every day so that every store in Ukraine will receive the first pallets from the Kyiv hub in the shortest possible time. In the future, shipments are planned on a weekly basis.

“Of course, it will require some time to cover whole network with all agreed assortment for this period, but anyway this is a huge step on a way for business stabilization,” in company says.

About Watsons

Watsons Ukraine is a part of international company A.S. Watson Group, the world’s largest health and beauty retail chain. Currently the chain has over 16 000 stores and 1400 pharmacies in 26 markets in Asia and Europe. The leading Watsons Ukraine network consists of about 319 stores and 12 pharmacies in more than 100 cities. More than 2,790 employees serve about 3 million customers every month.

During the war the company continues to work and support the economy of Ukraine. Currently there are over 300 Watsons stores and pharmacies working all over the country. In addition, every day Watsons collects humanitarian aid for TRO, AFU, charitable foundations, maternity homes, volunteers, internally displaced people and others in need. The company made it possible to recalculate all points from Watsons Club cards to help AFU. As for the employees, the company retained all jobs with corresponding payments.