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Massmart Holdings Limited is a South African firm that owns local brands such as Game, Makro, Builder's Warehouse and CBW.It is the second-largest distributor of consumer goods in Africa, the largest retailer of general merchandise, liquor and home improvement equipment and wholesaler of basic foods. [4]
Makro expanded to Asia with its first store in Thailand in 1989. Operating as Siam Makro, the company is a joint venture between Charoen Pokphand and SHV Holdings. In 1994, Siam Makro planned to be listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand to fund an expansion programme. [3] The South African stores were subsequently in 1990 exchanged for a ...
Over the years, the plastic chair has undergone some modifications: the curve of the back has become more inclined and upholstery is now glued to the plastic shell. [1] The Eames plastic armchair immediately became an iconic design and eventually the chair was used in schools, airports, restaurants, and offices around the world.
Variants of the one-piece plastic chair designed by Canadian Douglas C. Simpson in 1946 went into production with Allibert Group and Grosfillex Group in the 1970s. [2] Other sources name the French engineer Henry Massonnet from Nurieux-Volognat with his "Fauteuil 300" from 1972 as the inventor of the monobloc. [3]
[3] [10] By mid-2011, only 92 research chairs had been established, [2] though they accounted for an outsized proportion of the country's total research output – comprising 1.5 per cent of all active researchers in South Africa, they produced 4.5 per cent of national research outputs. [11] By 2015, the number of research chairs had grown to ...
[1] The company is now the largest consumer electronics and IT retailer in South Africa and the African continent. On 15 December 1998, Incredible Connection was acquired by Connection Group Holdings Limited and now operates as subsidiary of that company, [ 2 ] itself a subsidiary of JD Group Limited . [ 3 ]
Metro Pakistan, formerly known as Metro-Habib and Makro Habib, is a Pakistani supermarket chain stores operator based in Lahore. [2] It is a subsidiary of German chain Metro Cash & Carry and Thal Limited. Metro opened its first store in 2007. [3] It operates 10 supermarkets, in total, in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, and Multan. [4]
On 23 December 2008 the SARCC was renamed the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, and in subsequent months other assets were transferred to PRASA. PRASA was officially launched in March 2009 and combined the assets of Metrorail, Shosholoza Meyl, Autopax and Intersite Property Management Services under this new organisation.