Incredible Connection
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Michael Glezerson and Michael David Smith[citation needed] |
| Headquarters | Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa |
Number of locations | 75[when?] |
Area served | Africa |
| Products | Consumer electronics |
Number of employees | 3,500[when?] |
| Parent | Pepkor |
| Website | incredible |
Incredible Connection, also sometimes referred to simply as Incredible, is a South African consumer electronics retail chain. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Sandton, Gauteng, Incredible Connection is a subsidiary of major South African retail holding company Pepkor.
History
[edit]In 1989, Australian entrepreneurs Michael Glezerson and Michael David Smith founded Software Connection, with the company's original store located in Sandton, Johannesburg.[citation needed]
In 1995, the first Incredible connection opened in the suburb of Woodmead, Johannesburg. [1]
On 15 December 1998, Incredible Connection was acquired by Connection Group Holdings Limited,[2] itself a subsidiary of JD Group Limited.[3]
In 2005, the company was operating a total of 34 stores.[4] This had increased to 78 by 2018.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Connection Group sheds software unit". Finance 24. 18 June 2002. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ↑ "Incredible Connection - Company Overview". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ "JD Group Incredible Connection". 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
Incredible Connection was founded in 1990 and was acquired by the Group in 2005 and trades out of 58 stores in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
- ↑ "Connection performs incredibly". Finance 24. 12 April 2005. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ↑ "Store Locator". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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