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A difficult retail market for stationery and books in the mid to late 1990s and internal restructuring put the company under financial pressure. [6] This led to it and its remaining 130 outlets being sold to Edcon in 2002 for R130 million. [7]
Waltons then acquired McDowells in 1972. [9] By 1972, the Waltons chain had expanded to 96 department stores before Walton retired as executive chairman. Sir John severed his ties with the company in 1976, and his son John took over. Alan Bond bought Waltons in 1981, but the purchase became a financial disaster, with Bond losing $199 million in ...
The group's flagship company is Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC. [1] [2] With over 30,000 employees, Walton operates more than 1,000 retail stores under the brand name "Walton Plaza" and has an international presence in China, India, and the United States. [3] [4] The company has presence in consumer electronics, real estate, and retail sectors.
In philately, the Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog is the most recent encyclopedic catalogue of postal stationery covering the whole world. Despite most volumes not having been updated for over thirty years, the catalogue and the H & G numbering system are still widely used by philatelists and stamp dealers although the values given in the catalogue are out of date.
This is a list of notable shopping centres in South Africa with the aim of including all (and only) shopping centres with at least two anchor stores such as hypermarkets, supermarkets, department stores, or multicinemas, or which are otherwise notable.
This is a list of stationery topics. Stationery has historically pertained to a wide gamut of materials: paper and office supplies , writing implements , greeting cards , glue , pencil cases and other similar items.
Waltons can refer to: Waltons (department store), an Australian department store chain Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher, a contracts case involving the department store; Waltons (Canadian band) Residents in the Walton Well Road area of Oxford, England
Edcon Ltd was 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 by Sydney Press.