Incredible Connection

Incredible Connection

Founded	1995; 31 years ago (1995)
Founder	Michael Glezerson Michael David Smith^[citation needed]
Headquarters	Marlboro, Gauteng, South Africa
Number of locations	75^[when?]
Area served	Africa
Products	Consumer electronics
Number of employees	3,500^[when?]
Parent	Pepkor
Website	incredible.co.za

Incredible Connection is a South African consumer electronics retailer. Founded in 1995, and headquartered in Marlboro, Gauteng, the company has operations across Africa, with a total of 75 stores.^{[citation needed]} Incredible Connection is owned by major South African retail investment and holding company Pepkor.

History

In 1989, Australian entrepreneurs Michael Glezerson and Michael David Smith founded Software Connection, with the company's original store located in Sandton, Johannesburg.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, the first Incredible connection opened in the suburb of Woodmead, Johannesburg. ^[1]

On 15 December 1998, Incredible Connection was acquired by Connection Group Holdings Limited,^[2] itself a subsidiary of JD Group Limited.^[3]

In 2005, the company was operating a total of 34 stores.^[4] This had increased to 78 by 2018.^[5]

References

1. "Connection Group sheds software unit". Finance 24. 18 June 2002. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
2. "Incredible Connection - Company Overview". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
3. "JD Group Incredible Connection". 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011. Incredible Connection was founded in 1990 and was acquired by the Group in 2005 and trades out of 58 stores in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
4. "Connection performs incredibly". Finance 24. 12 April 2005. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
5. "Store Locator". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.