headquarters parow cape town south africa number of locations 3 300 stores 2013 2 area served southern africa australia poland slovakia new zealand key people p j erasmus md j h du toit fd revenue r20 billion 2012 3 number of employees 23 000 2010 subsidiaries pep stores ackermans best & less pep & co dunns shoe city pepco poland john craig harris scarfe pepco slovakia website http www.pepkor.co.za pepkor is a south african based investment and holding company with business interests in africa australia united kingdom poland slovakia and new zealand . managing a portfolio of retail chains focused on the value market and selling predominantly clothing footwear and textiles . its main operating subsidiaries are pep and ackermans in south africa and best & less in australia all based on a high volume lower margin business model . 2 formally known as pep stores the company changed its name to pepkor limited in 1982 and pep stores became a subsidiary company . 1 in 2011 pepkor s chairman christo wiese was ranked as the 782nd richest person in the world on forbes s list of the world s 1210 billionaires with an estimated net worth of us 1 6bn . in 2011 private equity company brait bought a 24 6 % stake in pepkor for r4 18bn valuing the company at about r17bn . 4 pepkor aims to expand its presence in the rest of africa by opening 50 stores in nigeria . 5 contents 1 subidaries 1.1 pep 1.2 ackermans 1.3 best and less 1.4 dunns 1.5 shoe city 1.6 pepco 1.7 john craig 1.8 postie plus 2 references 3 external links subidaries edit pep edit main article pep store pep retail stores focus on selling clothing footwear textiles home ware and cellular products to the lower end of the market that aims to sell items at the lowest possible price in large volumes in both rural and urban areas . they are pepkor s largest and first subsidiary with over 1 500 stores in countries across southern africa . 6 ackermans edit main article ackermans ackermans focuses on selling clothing footwear and household textiles to the middle market from 374 stores across south africa . ackermans subsidiary jay jays based upon the australian brand of the same name also focuses on selling the same type of products in the middle market segment in high volumes and at low prices in the south african market from its 62 stores . 7 jay jays in south africa is a joint venture between pepkor and jay jay s australian parent company just group . 8 best and less edit main article best & less pepkor acquired the australian retail chain in 1998 at the start of a strong period of growth for subsidiary over a seven year period during which it doubled in size . currently the chain has 191 stores across australia adhering to pepkor s business model of selling textiles in high volumes and low prices . dunns edit dunns focuses on selling adult clothing footwear and accessories to the middle income market from its 266 stores across southern africa . its model is to also sell high volumes at low cost but also to sell these items from stores based in shopping centres and malls . 9 shoe city edit shoe city focuses on selling footwear from 86 stores in south africa . like most pepkor subsidiaries it focuses on selling to the mid market segment of the retail industry in large volumes at low prices . 10 pepco edit pepco has 550 stores in poland and is pepkor s first major investment in continental europe . its business model focuses on offering cash based discounts on clothing and houseware items to the lower income middle class segment of the market in small to medium sized towns across poland . 11 in april 2014 the company had 27 stores in slovakia . 12 john craig edit john craig is a retail chain with 56 stores and 327 employees in south africa that sells top quality men s branded apparel footwear and accessories . its target market is middle income south africans with a middle living standards measure lsm 13 rating of between 5 and 8 . 14 postie plus edit postie plus has 65 multi sex clothing retail stores in new zealand and is pepkor s first investment in new zealand purchasing postie plus after it was put into voluntary administration in 2014 . 15 references edit a b bloomberg businessweek pepkor profile . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 31 july 2010 . a b pepkor.co.za welcome to pepkor . pepkor . retrieved 21 july 2010 . business day pepkor set to quit jse in r2 1bn equity offer published 24 october 2003 bleby michael may 3 2011 . pepkor s wiese joins forbes rich list . business day . retrieved september 7 2011 . mantshantsha sikonathi august 12 2011 . billionaire wiese targeting nigeria as wal mart seizes foothold in africa . bloomberg . retrieved september 7 2011 . pepkor pep . pepkor . retrieved september 7 2011 . pepkor ackermans . pepkor . retrieved september 7 2011 . http www.justgroup.com.au pdf jg 433192.pdf pepkor dunns . pepkor . retrieved september 7 2011 . pepkor shoe city . pepkor . retrieved september 7 2011 . pepkor pepco . pepkor . retrieved september 7 2011 . http www.ceeretail.com news 209502 pepco opens two stores in kosice in april 2014 what s your lsm . tvsa news desk . may 30 2007 . retrieved september 7 2011 . pepkor john craig . pepkor . retrieved september 7 2011 . http www.nzherald.co.nz business news article.cfm c id 3 & objectid 11628030 external links edit companiesandmarkets.com pepkor ltd company financials and credit information business times it s show or go for mds of pepkor chains retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pepkor & oldid 732936224 categories companies established in 1965companies based in cape town navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload 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