The anchor brand, Clicks, is South Africa’s leading health and beauty retailer, offering value for money in convenient locations and appealing stores, as well as an online platform offering in-store collection or home delivery.

Clicks business review
936 stores
712 convenience format
218 destination format
6 baby stores
206
Clinics
720
Pharmacies
3
Front shop
distribution centres
195
Beauty salons
186 franchised
9 owned

Overview

  • Clicks targets consumers in the growing middle to upper-income markets (LSM 6 – 10)
  • 51% of the population live within 5.0 km of a Clicks pharmacy
  • Clicks ClubCard is one of the largest loyalty programmes in South Africa with 11.8 million active members, contributing 81.7% to sales
  • Product offering is differentiated through wide ranges of private label and exclusive brands, comprising 25.4% of sales
  • In 2001 an exclusive franchise agreement with The Body Shop, which sells natural, ethically-produced beauty products, provided further differentiation to the retail offering, with a combination of standalone stores and presence in 257 Clicks stores
  • The first standalone Clicks Baby store was opened in 2021, showcasing a wide range of mother and baby products
  • M-Kem, a 24-hour specialised pharmacy in Cape Town, was acquired in 2023, and the group plans to open similar large format specialised pharmacies in other metropoles under the UniHealth brand
  • In 2023 Clicks acquired the Sorbet beauty salon franchise chain, operating under the Sorbet (skincare and beauty treatments, nailbars and hairbars) and Sorbet Man (men’s grooming) brands

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