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Company Profile
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Edcon (Pty) Ltd is the leading clothing, footwear and textiles (CFT) retailing group in
South Africa trading through a range of retail formats. The first Edgars store was opened on
6 September 1929 in Joubert Street, Johannesburg. Since then, the Company has grown to ten retail brands
trading in over 1000 stores in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho.
Edcon's retail business has, through recent acquisitions, added top stationery and houseware brands
as well as general merchandise to its CFT portfolio. Defined by the target markets served,
all retail business is structured under two divisions: Department Stores Division,
including Edgars, CNA, Boardmans, Prato, Red Square and Temptations, serving middle and upper
income markets and Discount Division including Jet, Jet Mart, Jet Shoes, Legit and Blacksnow,
serving middle to lower income markets. Edcon Financial Services provides credit facilities and
financial services products to the Group's over 4 million cardholders.
We have over 20,000 employees who consider us the best retail company to work for.
(Deloitte/Financial Mail Best company to work for survey)
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- Edcon is a multi-brand retailer with a dominant sub-Saharan footprint.
- Customers spread across the entire formal consumer spectrum of southern Africa.
- 31% share of formal clothing, footwear and textile market (RLC).
- Stores in all major locations - shopping malls, city centres and high streets.
- World-class credit, information technology and distribution systems.
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