Lewis Group Ltd

RetailWestern Cape, South Africa1001-5000 Employees

Lewis Group Ltd is a South Africa-based retailer offering household furniture, electrical appliances, and home electronics sold on credit through its Lewis, Best Home and Electric, and My Home brands. The company relies on a credit-driven sales model supported by its Monarch Insurance subsidiary, which provides short-term insurance to customers purchasing merchandise on credit. It is recognized as a leading furniture retailer in the country, with a broad store network and strong brand presence. The business has been listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange since 2004, placing it in the General Retailers sector, with its headquarters in Cape Town, Western Cape.

It focuses on serving the expanding middle to lower-income market, targeting LSM 4 to 7, and has a credit customer base of close to 700,000. Its customers are predominantly from black communities, with women making up around half of the customer base. It operates 602 stores across major metropolitan areas and rural South Africa, including 56 stores in neighboring Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland. A notable development in its recent history was a 2018 partnership with Pargo to create the largest pick-up-point network in South Africa, supporting over 2,000 stores.

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