South Africa gets a new affordable retailer - and more stores are coming

South Africa gets a new affordable retailer - and more stores are coming

Well-known retail brand Clicks is taking its offering deeper into South Africa’s townships with the launch of a new store format designed to bring everyday health, beauty and personal-care products closer to where people live. The retailer opened its first KwaMakhi store in Tembisa on Thursday 27 August, marking a new push into communities that are often underserved by traditional formal retail. The new concept is aimed at competing not only wit…

Clicks launches new retailer to rival major SA grocery stores, sparking mixed feelings online

Clicks Group launches KwaMakhi, a compact discount store in Tembisa, focusing on affordable essentials for the township economy amid a debate on Black ownership.

Clicks Launches KwaMakhi Stores to Take on Shoprite and Boxer

Clicks has opened the doors on its first KwaMakhi stores, a new retail format designed to compete more directly with the likes of Shoprite and Boxer in South Africa’s township economy. The first outlet launched in Tembisa, northeast of Johannesburg, marking Clicks’ boldest move yet into a market long dominated by informal traders and value-focused […] The post KwaMakhi Stores: Clicks Launches New Retail Brand to Rival Shoprite and Boxer first ap…