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Exclusive Books is one of South Africa's largest bookselling chains with stores throughout South Africa, and one store in Gaborone, Botswana and one in Windhoek, Namibia. As of 1 December 2013, the chain is owned and operated by a private group of investors. It was previously owned by the Times Media Group (TMG), after TMG took control of Avusa .
This is a list of countries with KFC franchises. In 2024, there are at least 29,000 KFC outlets in 147 countries and territories in the world where 10,000 of those stores are in China alone. [1] The first KFC franchise opened in the United States in 1952. [2] The first overseas franchise was established in the United Kingdom in May 1965.
Shoprite Holdings Ltd ( Shoprite) is Africa ’s largest supermarket retailer, operating 3,543 [3] stores across the continent (distribution of total operations as at 31 December 2023). The company's headquarters are in Brackenfell in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Shoprite is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock ...
A new team known as Dyanmos F.C. was established in the wake of the sale in a lower division. Tembisa Classic sold their PSL license to Maritzburg United. Wits University renamed their Premier Soccer League team to Bidvest Wits in time for the 2006–07 season. Bidvest, a major services, distribution and trading company sponsored the club for ...
Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. The Pick n Pay Group is a South African retailer. It operates three brands – Pick n Pay, Boxer and TM Supermarkets. Pick n Pay also operates one of the largest online grocery platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Raymond Ackerman purchased the first four Pick n Pay stores in Cape Town in 1967 from Jack Goldin. [4]
Spur Corporation. Spur Corporation Limited ( JSE: SUR) is a South African restaurant company. It operates a number of franchise chains, among them Casa Bella, Panarotti's‚ RocoMamas and Spur Steak Ranches. [ 3] The company was founded by Allen Ambor (who is still the company's executive chairman) in 1967, [ 4] when he opened the Golden Spur ...
Franchising. Franchising is based on a marketing concept which can be adopted by an organization as a strategy for business expansion. Where implemented, a franchisor licenses some or all of its know-how, procedures, intellectual property, use of its business model, brand, and rights to sell its branded products and services to a franchisee. [1]
The first international franchise was opened in Australia during 2003. [1] Initially sales were high and the business expanded rapidly to more than 40 stores by 2010. On 29 October 2010, the Australian division went into voluntary administration, with media reports attributing this to falling sales, pricey rents, and high distribution costs. [2]