New Clicks Holdings Limited

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Clicks Retail Group is a group of healthcare, beauty, music and lifestyle products retail chains and brands based in South Africa, including Clicks pharmacies. The company was founded in Cape Town by Jack Goldin in 1968 and now operates over 670 retail outlets in southern Africa. [1] In 2003, [2] its stock was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa. [3]

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Criticism

TRESemmé Advertisement

In September 2020, Clicks faced criticism after a TRESemmé advertisement posted on its website, showing dry and damaged black hair and fine white hair, was described as racist. [4]

Clicks stores were targeted and a number damaged by Economic Freedom Fighters protesters, while Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni called for all TRESemmé products to be removed from its shelves.

Clicks issued an apology, temporarily closed a number of its stores, suspended staff responsible for approving the advert, pulled all TRESemmé products, and pledged to fill the gap with locally sourced hair care brands. [5] [6]

Operations

Brands

New Clicks' brands include: [7]

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References

  1. "the man with the Goldin touch". 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. "Commentary of the group results". April 10, 2003. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. at the section titled "Capitalisation award with interim dividend option".
  3. "Directors' report". August 31, 2001. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  4. Burke, Jason (2020-09-07). "South African far left targets pharmacies in racism row over advert". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  5. "South African retailer Clicks to remove TRESemmé products from shelves over advert". Reuters. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  6. "Clicks takes drastic steps, clears shelves of hair product". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  7. “Corporate Profile”, New Clicks website