To celebrate its seventh anniversary, Watsons is offering many events and activities until Aug 31, exclusively for Watsons members.

Get a free ice cream at the Watsons roving ice cream cart outside Ngee Ann City on July 9, 10, 23 and 24, and Aug 6, 7, 20 and 21. Be creative and build your own terrarium on July 22 from 6.30pm to 9pm at the Watsons Head Office. It is limited to 50 members only on a first-come-first served basis.

Join Watsons for its Members’ Night Out on Aug 5 on Terra Rooftop Bar for a pampering session. Enjoy a free manicure, make-up session and a pint of beer. It is limited to 50 members on a first-come-first-served basis.

Check out Watsons’ Facebook page for RSVP details of all events, which will be released soon.

ONLY FOR THE ELITE

Get the best benefits at Watsons by being a Watsons Elite Member. The Elite membership is an additional tier of Watsons membership to reward the most loyal customers.

Elite Members get perks such as shopping a day in advance and being in the priority queue at selected stores at the Watsons Member Sale. They also get exclusive merchant offers and free gift sets. Elite Members earn 10 times the points for the first purchase made on their birthday month, four times the points for purchase of Watsons branded products and 300 bonus points with a minimum spend of S$300 nett per calendar month.

Watsons Regular members need to fulfil the qualifying criteria within a certain period on an annual basis to be an Elite Member. To qualify for Elite membership for 2017, spend S$1,000 at Watsons from now to Dec 20, 2016.

The best thing in life starts at 50

Members aged 50 and above get extra perks. Watsons members will automatically be upgraded to the Jubilee Card upon turning 50, as long as their card is fully activated.

Watsons Jubilee Card members enjoy discounts of 10 per cent on all products on their birthday month. They also get a 10-per-cent discount for prescription medicines, pharmacy medicines and health products, and a 5-per-cent discount for other purchases.

Till the end of September, members get an additional 5-per-cent discount on products from the following brands — Blackmores, Medix, DHC, Neutrogena, Ebene, Ocean Health, Excellence, Physiogel, Polident and Tiger Balm.

From now to July 31, be one of the top Jubilee Card spenders and stand to win a pair of A Reserve tickets to Glitz & Glamour. The musical, held from Aug 11 to 21, features popular classical Chinese songs and will provide a nostalgic evening of entertainment.

MEMBERSHIP AT JUST s$5

It is easy to be a Watsons member. For S$5, you get lifetime membership. The Watsons Member Card has been recently awarded Asia’s Top Brand for Retail Loyalty Card 2015 by Influential Brands. Watsons members can shop, earn and redeem points to enjoy rebates on their purchases at any Watsons store islandwide and enjoy Watsons’ yearly merchant offers.

Other membership perks include saving S$1 with every 20 points redeemed; getting five times the points for the first purchase on their birthday month and getting two times the bonus points on Watsons branded products.

To sign up for membership, visit any Watsons stores or watsons.com.sg.

SHOP TO WIN

Watsons is the merchant of the week for the TODAY Shop to Win weekly draw.

Until Sunday, spend a minimum of S$30 with a maximum of two same-day receipts on Watsons products and stand to win S$10,000 in the TODAY Shop to Win weekly draw.

What’s more, when you spend at least S$30 at participating merchants until Aug 28, you get a chance to take home S$30,000 cash in the TODAY Shop to Win grand draw.

Your chances of winning are doubled if you are a MeClub member.

Visit todayonline.com/shoptowin for details.