About UPD - Clicks Group Limited

Clicks Group Limited is a specialist retail group which has been listed on the JSE Limited since 1996. Through market-leading retail brands Clicks, Musica and The Body Shop, the group has 500 stores across southern Africa.

Clicks Group Limited has a growing presence in the healthcare market through wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, New United Pharmaceutical Distributors (UPD), and in retail pharmacy where Clicks operates the largest drugstore chain in the country with over 200 stores.

Clicks Group Limited is a specialist retail group which has been listed on the JSE Limited since 1996. The group operates market leading retail brands Clicks, Musica and The Body Shop, with a footprint of over 500 stores in southern Africa.

The group’s healthcare interests span the entire pharmaceutical supply chain, from wholesale distribution through subsidiary New United Pharmaceutical Distribitors (UPD) to retail pharmacy. Clicks is the country’s pre-eminent drugstore chain with over 170 in-store dispensaries, giving it the broadest national coverage in retail pharmacy.

Clicks Group Limited traces its roots back to 1968 when entrepreneurial retailer Jack Goldin opened the first Clicks store in central Cape Town. After Goldin sold his interests 20 years later, the group went through several changes of ownership before listing in March 1996.

Clicks was conceived as a drugstore, but prevailing legislation prevented corporate ownership of retail pharmacies in South Africa. However, long-awaited regulatory reforms were introduced in 2003, enabling Clicks to finally fulfill its vision, and the first Clicks pharmacy was opened in March 2004.