About: Edcon

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dbo:abstract	Edcon Limited was a retail company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its subsidiaries included Edgars, a department store with 203 branches. In 2020, the Competition Tribunal approved the sale of the Edgars division to Retailability (pty) Ltd, and Jet to The Foschini Group. (en)
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dbp:caption	A Boardmans storefront in Canal Walk mall in 2016, two years before the brand was discontinued. (en) A CNA book and stationery store. (en) A Jet clothing store in Cape Town. (en) Edgars is the primary and original brand of Edcon. (en)
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dbp:foundation	1929-09-06 (xsd:date)
dbp:founder	Eli Ross (en)
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dbp:parent	Bain Capital (en)
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dbp:revenue	R28.7 billion (en)
dbp:services	clothing retail, homeware retail, stationery retail (en)
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rdfs:comment	Edcon Limited was a retail company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its subsidiaries included Edgars, a department store with 203 branches. In 2020, the Competition Tribunal approved the sale of the Edgars division to Retailability (pty) Ltd, and Jet to The Foschini Group. (en)
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