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| Founded | 1995; 30 years ago (1995) |
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| Founder | Michael Glezerson, Michael David Smith |
| Headquarters | JD Group 6 Eastern Service Rd,, South Africa |
Number of locations | 75 |
Area served | Africa |
| Products | Consumer electronics Technology Products |
Number of employees | 3,500 |
| Parent | Pepkor |
| Website | incredible.co.za |
Incredible Connection is aconsumer electronics and IT retailer active insouthern Africa.
Software connection was founded in 1989 by entrepreneurs Michael Glezerson (Australia) and Michael David Smith (Australia). The initial store was located in Sandton City, Johannesburg. In 1995 the first Incredible connection opened in Woodmead, Johannesburg.[1]The company is now the largestconsumer electronics and IT retailer inSouth Africa and the African continent. On 15 December 1998, Incredible Connection was acquired byConnection Group Holdings Limited and now operates as subsidiary of that company,[2] itself a subsidiary ofJD Group Limited.[3]As of 2018, Incredible Connection has 78 retail outlets in southern Africa,[4] up from 34 in 2005.[5]
In 2009Dell announced that it would makes its products available to Incredible Connection.[6]
In late 2010 it began offeringADSL data bundles to customers purchasing PCs or notebooks through surplus of its redundantinternet backbone fromSAT3 andSeacom.[7]
In 2011,Lenovo announced that its revitalizedThinkPadlaptops would be available at Incredible Connection.[8]
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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