Edcon Limited was a retail company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its subsidiaries included Edgars, a department store with 203[2] branches.[3][4] In 2020, the Competition Tribunal approved the sale of the Edgars division to Retailability (pty) Ltd,[5] and Jet to The Foschini Group.
History
Edcon Ltd was 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 by Sydney Press.[6]