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- Pepkor Holdings Limited (JSE: PPH) operates as a South African-based investment and holding company focused on discount and value consumer retail across clothing, footwear, homeware, furniture, appliances, consumer electronics, building materials, and integrated fintech services; its core retail brands include PEP, which offers affordable clothing, footwear, textiles, homeware, and cellular products targeting lower-end markets through over 1,500 stores in Southern Africa; Ackermans, providing clothing, footwear, and household textiles to middle-income consumers from 953 South African stores; Dunns, selling adult clothing, footwear, and accessories across 200 outlets in Southern Africa; Shoe City, specializing in mid-market footwear from 86 South African locations; Tekkie Town, Refinery, S.P.C.C, and CODE for specialty apparel; Pepkor Lifestyle (formerly JD Group), encompassing Bradlows, Russells, Rochester, Sleepmasters, HiFi Corp, and Incredible Connection for furniture, appliances, electronics, and home improvement across more than 900 stores; and BUCO for building materials serving residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The company delivers financial services, telecommunications, and connectivity solutions via its fintech segment to formal and informal markets, including the Flash platform supporting 170,000 small traders with R60bn annual throughput and the PAXI parcel service leveraging its extensive store network; it targets low- to middle-income customers seeking affordable essentials, with primary operations in South Africa supplemented by presence in Angola, Botswana, Brazil, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, and Zambia. Founded in 1965 and headquartered in Parow Industria, Cape Town, South Africa, Pepkor maintains a retail footprint exceeding 6,000 stores. Recent strategic developments include the November 2025 completion of a R1.7bn acquisition of Retailability's Legit, Swagga, Style, and Boardmans brands, adding 469 stores across South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Eswatini to bolster adultwear and homeware portfolios; a planned acquisition of Shoprite's OK Furniture and House & Home businesses with over 400 stores to enhance Pepkor Lifestyle synergies in supply chain, logistics, and financial services; rebranding of JD Group to Pepkor Lifestyle; and record FY2025 results with 12% revenue growth to R95.3bn, 13.2% operating profit increase to R11.1bn, and 52.3% fintech profit surge to R2.2bn, alongside plans for 250-300 new stores in FY2026 and accelerated omnichannel expansion.