Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd - ECO- Profile

Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd. The Group's principal activity is retailing clothing, footwear and textiles. It trades through a range of retail formats. At 01-Apr-2006, the Group has ten retail brands trading in over 900 stores in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho. Its business is structured under two divisions, Department Stores and Discount. Department Stores includes Edgars, CNA, Boardmans, Prato, Red Square and Temptations, serving middle and upper income markets. Discount includes Jet, Jet Mart, Jet Shoes, Legit and Blacksnow. Edcon Financial Services provides credit facilities and financial services products to the Group's cardholders. The Group acquired Rapid Dawn (Pty) Ltd on 30-May-2005. It is a clothing retailer trading as Topic. Department Stores Division accounted for 60% of fiscal 2006 revenues; Discount Division, 39% and Topic, 1%