industry retail headquarters johannesburg south africa products clothing footwear accessories sporting goods subsidiaries edgars consolidated department stores website edcon.co.za edcon limited is a retail company based in johannesburg south africa . its subsidiaries include edgars a department store with 37 branches . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 divisions 3 private equity sale 4 references 5 external links history edit edcon pty ltd is the leading clothing footwear and textiles cft retailing group in south africa trading through a range of retail formats . the first edgars store was opened on 6 september 1929 in joubert street johannesburg . since then the company has grown to ten retail brands trading in over 1000 stores in south africa botswana namibia swaziland lesotho and zimbabwe . edcon s retail business has through recent acquisitions added top stationery and houseware brands as well as general merchandise to its cft portfolio . edcon financial services provides credit facilities and financial services products to the group s over 4 million cardholders . the current ceo is j rgen schreiber . divisions edit defined by the target markets served all retail business is structured under two divisions department stores division serving middle and upper income markets edgars operates in botswana namibia swaziland south africa cna operates in south africa boardmans operates in south africa namibia prato operates in south africa red square temptations discount division including serving middle to lower income markets jet operates in botswana lesotho namibia south africa swaziland jet mart jet shoes legit operates in botswana namibia swaziland south africa 3 blacksnow the stock of the company is listed on the johannesburg securities exchange and zimbabwe stock exchange and is part of the zimbabwe industrial index . private equity sale edit according to business day 1 south africa s competition tribunal approved the sale of edcon to bain capital on april 26 2007 . references edit google finance edgars stores edgars stores about us edcon limited legit store locator . external links edit edgars stores official site edgars club official site edgars stores limited at google finance business day article edgars to anchor rosebank centre 6 aug 2008 retrieved 24 jan 2009 business day article retail giant edgars starts a new chapter 7 may 2007 retrieved 24 jan 2009 1 business day article v t e bain capital people bill bain eric kriss mitt romney companies aleris bain & company bain capital ventures bavaria yachtbau bombardier recreational products brake bros brookstone burger king burlington coat factory d & m holdings dollarama domino s pizza doubleclick edcon gome electrical appliances guitar center gymboree hd supply iheartmedia hospital corporation of america kansas city bolt and nut company plant michaels new life lodge nxp semiconductors sealy corporation staples inc. toys r us warner music group the weather channel worldpay aspen education group aspen achievement academy academy at swift river bromley brook school excel academy mount bachelor academy new leaf academy northstar center oakley school wellspring academies this south african corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this zimbabwean corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title edcon & oldid 732367504 categories companies listed on the zimbabwe stock exchangeclothing retailersdepartment stores of south africabain capital companiescompanies based in johannesburgcompanies established in 19291929 establishments in south africasouth african company stubsafrican company stubszimbabwe stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 july 2016 at 14 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view