Incredible Connection

Incredible Connection
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
FounderMichael Glezerson, Michael David Smith
HeadquartersJD Group
6 Eastern Service Rd,
Marlboro
,
South Africa
Number of locations
75
Area served
Africa
ProductsConsumer electronics
Technology Products
Number of employees
3,500
ParentPepkor
Websiteincredible.co.za

Incredible Connection is a consumer electronics and IT retailer active in southern 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 largest consumer electronics and IT retailer in South Africa and the African continent. On 15 December 1998, Incredible Connection was acquired by Connection Group Holdings Limited and now operates as subsidiary of that company,[2] itself a subsidiary of JD Group Limited.[3] As of 2018, Incredible Connection has 78 retail outlets in southern Africa,[4] up from 34 in 2005.[5]

Products

In 2009 Dell announced that it would makes its products available to Incredible Connection.[6]

In late 2010 it began offering ADSL data bundles to customers purchasing PCs or notebooks through surplus of its redundant internet backbone from SAT3 and Seacom.[7]

In 2011, Lenovo announced that its revitalized ThinkPad laptops would be available at Incredible Connection.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Connection Group sheds software unit". Finance 24. 18 June 2002. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Incredible Connection - Company Overview". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  3. ^ "JD Group Incredible Connection". 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011. 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.
  4. ^ "Store Locator". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Connection performs incredibly". Finance 24. 12 April 2005. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Stocking Dell computers gives Incredible Connection world's top three". Dell Press Release. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Incredible Connection brings internet to the masses". Techsmart. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Thinkpad X1 and more from Lenovo in SA". My Broadband Mobile. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.