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| Founded | 1995; 31 years ago (1995) |
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| Founder | Michael Glezerson Michael David Smith[citation needed] |
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Number of locations | 75[when?] |
Area served | Africa |
| Products | Consumer electronics |
Number of employees | 3,500[when?] |
| Parent | Pepkor |
| Website | incredible |
Incredible Connection is aSouth Africanconsumer electronicsretailer. Founded in 1995, and headquartered inMarlboro,Gauteng, the company has operations acrossAfrica, with a total of 75 stores.[citation needed] Incredible Connection is owned by major South African retail investment and holding companyPepkor.
In 1989, Australian entrepreneurs Michael Glezerson and Michael David Smith founded Software Connection, with the company's original store located inSandton,Johannesburg.[citation needed]
In 1995, the first Incredible connection opened in the suburb ofWoodmead, 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]
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.
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