Edcon

Edcon Limited
Company typePublic
ZSE: EDGR
IndustryRetail
Founded6 September 1929 (6 September 1929)
FounderSydney Press
HeadquartersJohannesburg, CBD Bree street, ,
ProductsClothing, footwear, accessories, sporting goods
Servicesclothing retail, homeware retail, stationery retail
RevenueR28.7 billion
Number of employees
44,000
ParentBain Capital
SubsidiariesEdgars Consolidated Department Stores
Websiteedcon.co.za
Edgars is the primary and original brand of Edcon.
A Jet clothing store in Cape Town.
A CNA book and stationery store.
A Boardmans storefront in Canal Walk mall in 2016, two years before the brand was discontinued.

Edcon Limited was a retail company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its subsidiaries included Edgars, a department store with 203 branches. In 2020, the Competition Tribunal approved the sale of the Edgars division to Retailability (pty) Ltd, and Jet to The Foschini Group.