Rotol Group secures SEA Master Franchise for Slim Beauty House

Japan’s leading beauty spa brand, Slim Beauty House signed a memorandum of understanding with Rotol Group to set up Slim Beauty House Malaysia. The Master Franchisee signing ceremony on January 12 paved the way for the company to be the spa brand’s headquarters for Southeast Asia (SEA).

Rotol Group was represented by founder Datuk Seri Garry Chua. The company is Malaysia’s leading specialist in architectural wall coating, painting and high-rise exterior building maintenance. It also houses Rotol Food-Chain (M) Sdn Bhd and Chakri Group of Restaurants (M) Sdn Bhd.

At the ceremony, Garry was announced as the Chairman and a shareholder of Slim Beauty House Malaysia. The Japanese Spa brand was represented by its CEO Saito Nishizaka.

No 1 In Japan

Slim Beauty House began 43 years ago with an acupuncture and moxibustion clinic. Since then, the award-winning brand has seen some 440,000 satis ed diet customers walk through its doors. Today it has over 60 outlets in Japan.

Touted as Japan’s No 1 beauty spa brand, the company owns slimming spa salons and sells aesthetic and slimming products. It also manages the Slim Beauty House Academy training school and is known for its academic publications.

The beauty brand is favoured by its customers because it promotes the true beauty of women using oriental aesthetic treatments which are gentle on the body.

The company said on its website: “Our belief is that true beauty is created not by symptomatic treatment (supplementing what is lacking) but by improving or preventing the problems by addressing them from the root cause.”

Based on this philosophy, the concept of yin and yang, the ve elements and the latest in aesthetics technology, Slim Beauty House has developed pressure point stimulations and meridian massages that connect pressure points. It also o ers cupping and cup drainage procedures that help the body temperature to rise in order to promote fat-burning.

The company is actively engaged in R&D to develop health supplements based on the Chinese philosophy of qi, blood and water.

Now In Sea

According to Garry, revenue in the beauty and personal care market is expected to amount to close to RM3 billion this year. The wellness industry, meanwhile, is expected to continue to post doubledigit growth in the coming years.

“Slim Beauty House can play a major role in the country helping men and women reduce weight or keep their weight in check. In the last three years, working from home has caused many employees to put on weight,” he said.

“In Malaysia, more than 20% of our 33 million population is diabetic and obese. Diabetes is also a problem for many in Southeast Asia. Looking at the services Slim Beauty House has to o er in the slimming and aesthetics category – the best of Japanese technology – I am con dent it can add more value to this industry.”