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Truworths is a Cape Town-based, South African clothing retailer, with 728 stores in South Africa, and 49 elsewhere in Africa. [2]Founded as The Alliance Trading Company in 1917, Truworths sells clothing under a number of different brands, including Truworths Man, UZZI, and LTD, [3] employs over 11,000 people, and generates over R18 billion in annual revenue.
In March 2020, TFG announced that, during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the company would cease to pay rents for its retail locations during the resultant lockdowns in South Africa. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] During the course of 2020, TFG acquired the chain of Jet stores from an ailing Edcon , further expanding their footprint as a retail conglomerate.
Office Holdings is a fashion retailer owned by the South African company, Truworths. It operates the "Office" chain of footwear standalone stores in the UK, Ireland and Germany, along with concessions in Las Vegas, New York City, and Chicago, US. Office Holdings also owns Offspring; a casual shoe and trainer retailer in the UK. [1]
Mr Price Group is a cash-based fashion-value retailer, and is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.Established in 1985, the retailer has 2,900 stores which are mainly in South Africa, as well as online channels.
Woolworths operates 218 full-line stores and 430 food stand-alone stores in South Africa, [when?] with 64 stores throughout the rest of Africa. [when?] Woolworths sells clothing and accessory items under several brands, namely Studio W, RE: and Edition, with the Group's Australian brands Country Road, Witchery and Trenery also represented.
Beaufort West was the first town to be established in the central Karoo. The town was founded in 1818 and initially named Beaufort after Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, who was the father of Lord Charles Henry Somerset, then governor of the Cape Colony. [5]