Sector: Consumer Services
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Dis-Chem (JSE:DCP) is a leading retail pharmacy group with operations in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. The group was co-founded by Ivan and Lynette Saltzman in 1978 when they opened their first retail pharmacy store in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg.
The Group has a PHARMACY FIRST approach meaning it has a dispensary in all of its stores functioning the same hours as the store’s front shop. The Group follows an Everyday Low Price (EDLP) strategy, positioning itself as a discount brand.
The Wholesale division operates a fine picking wholesale business and has three contributors to turnover: 1) Dis-Chem stores, 2) Independent pharmacies and 3) TLC franchisees. The group has four fully operational distribution centres located in Midrand, Delmas, KZN and Cape Town.
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First on TechCentral | Dis-Chem has disclosed that a data “incident” involving a “third-party service provider” has led to the compromise of millions of client records.
2022-05-11 14:20 +02:00
South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination programme has been partially halted as violent protests following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma rage in two key provinces.
2021-07-13 13:09 +02:00
Some of South Africa’s largest companies were forced to halt operations as violence erupted in parts of the country, with rioters torching trucks and looting stores.
2021-07-12 14:24 +02:00JSE:FSR JSE:MTN JSE:SBK JSE:VOD JSE:DCP JSE:JSE JSE:MSM JSE:MPT
South African Breweries (SAB), part of Anheuser-Busch InBev, said on Tuesday it was looking at making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for staff across its operations, the latest company in South Africa to consider such a move.
2022-01-04
South Africa`s largest logistics company Imperial Logistics has been awarded the tender to import COVID-19 vaccines for the second and subsequent phases of the country`s vaccination programme, it told Reuters on Thursday.
2021-04-22South Africa`s Dis-Chem Pharmacies said on Wednesday group revenue rose 12.1% for a 22-week period to Feb. 2, boosted by consumer demand for preventative medicine.
2021-02-17South Africa`s two biggest pharmacy chains Clicks Group and Dis-Chem Pharmacies said they plan to offer COVID-19 shots at their stores and provide storage and distribution facilities in the vaccine rollout programme once the government provides more details.
2021-01-08
* Shares up more than 6% (Recasts with health insurance acquisition)
2020-11-05Unilever has agreed to pull all its TRESemmé haircare products from South African retail stores for 10 days as a show of remorse for a "racist" ad, the consumer group said in a joint statement with an opposition political party.
2020-09-10
South Africa`s Dis-Chem Pharmacies has joined a growing list of retailers removing TRESemmé products, a Unilever Plc brand, from their shelves after a hair advertisement was accused of being racist.
2020-09-10
South African drugstore chain Dis-Chem Pharmacies Ltd reported a 39% drop in interim profit on Thursday, hurt by strike-related costs and lower demand from suppliers.
2019-11-07
South Africa`s Clicks Group reported a 16.8% rise in full-year earnings on Thursday, driven by strong growth in its retail and distribution businesses despite a weak economy.
2019-10-24
South African drugstore chain Dis-Chem Pharmacies Ltd said on Wednesday that its revenues rose 13.5% in the five months through July, thanks to an increase in medicine prices and a jump in wholesale revenues.
2019-08-28
South African drugstore chain Dis-Chem Pharmacies Ltd`s full-year earnings rose by less than expected, the company said on Thursday, as prolonged industrial action offset the impact of price cuts and aggressive promotions.
2019-05-16
