{"id":845069,"date":"2025-11-28T17:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=845069"},"modified":"2025-11-28T17:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:18:14","slug":"57-year-old-south-african-retailer-hits-1000-store-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/845069\/57-year-old-south-african-retailer-hits-1000-store-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"57-year-old South African retailer hits 1,000 store milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Clicks has opened its 1,000th store, with a new location in Omni Square, Bassonia, as the group looks to add 200 more in the medium term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it first opened in Cape Town in 1968, Clicks has now grown to 1,000 stores and over 780 pharmacies across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, and Lesotho. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, more than half of South Africans live within five kilometres of a Click Pharmacy, and the group is aiming to reach 1,200 stores over the medium term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new store offers a full-service pharmacy, a Beauty Hall, enhanced Health Elevation service, and a redesigned customer experience focused on convenience, value and accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re committed to meeting our customers\u2019 needs and making health, beauty, and everyday essentials accessible to everyone,\u201d said Bongiwe Ntuli, Managing Executive of Clicks Retailers SA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cAs a value retailer, we\u2019ve stayed true to our heritage, value is part of our DNA, and our \u2018feel good, pay less\u2019 promise has remained unchanged for 57 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bassonia was chosen for the milestone store as it serves a growing community with a mix of families and young professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its central location also makes it easy to access the retailer\u2019s total offerings in a single step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store is larger than a typical Clicks outlet, featuring wider aisles and an upgraded layout for a smoother and more enjoyable shopping experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customers can also collect chronic medication, fill acute prescriptions, purchase over-the-counter items, and shop for skincare and daily essentials in a single trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The retailer stated that the layout enables seamless movement between health, beauty, baby, and convenience items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expanded Beauty Hall also offers more space for customers\u2019 favourite brands, while the pharmacy provides knowledgeable staff and access to both preventative and curative health products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store also features digital touchpoints, including screens highlighting promotions and a dedicated fragrance counter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group added that sustainability is central to the store\u2019s design, with energy-efficient lighting and refrigeration, eco-friendly fittings and biodegradable paper pharmacy bags. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pharmacy stock is delivered by UPD using electric vehicles to reduce environmental impact, and many beauty and personal care products are cruelty-free or sustainably formulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Clicks said that each store creates roughly 20 in-store positions, along with five support roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This milestone also coincides with 30 years of ClubCard, which now has 12.8 million active members and is South Africa\u2019s most widely used retail loyalty programme.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Clicks has reached the 1,000 store milestone, with the group looking to open hundreds of new stores in the coming years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":843641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[4268],"class_list":["post-845069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-clicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845069"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845075,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845069\/revisions\/845075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}