| 词条 | Incredible Connection |
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| name = Incredible Connection | logo = Incredible Connection Logo.png | logo_size = 125px | caption = | type = | traded_as = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 1995 | founder = Michael Glezerson, Michael David Smith | defunct = | location_city = Rivonia | location_country = South Africa | location = 6 Mellis Park Mellis Road | locations = 75 | area_served = | key_people = | industry = | products = Consumer electronics, Technology Products | services = Broadband | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 3500 | parent = Connection Group Holdings Limited | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = incredible.co.za | footnotes = | intl = }} Incredible Connection is a consumer electronics and IT retailer active in southern Africa. Software connection was founded in 1989 by entrepreneurs Michael Glezerson (Australia) and Michael David Smith (Australia). The initial store was located in Sandton City, Johannesburg. In 1995 the first Incredible connection opened in Woodmead, Johannesburg. [1] The company is now the largest consumer electronics and IT retailer in South Africa and the African continent. On 15 December 1998, Incredible Connection was acquired by Connection Group Holdings Limited and now operates as subsidiary of that company,[2] itself a subsidiary of JD Group Limited.[3] As of 2018, Incredible Connection has 78 retail outlets in southern Africa,[4] up from 34 in 2005.[5] In 2016 it was reported to hold 45% of the IT retail market in South Africa.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} ProductsIn 2009 Dell announced that it would makes its products available to Incredible Connection.[6] In late 2010 it began offering ADSL data bundles to customers purchasing PCs or notebooks through surplus of its redundant internet backbone from SAT3 and Seacom.[7] In 2011, Lenovo announced that its revitalized ThinkPad laptops would be available at Incredible Connection.[8] References1. ^{{cite news|title=Connection Group sheds software unit|url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Connection-Group-sheds-software-unit-20020618|accessdate=16 June 2011|newspaper=Finance 24|date=18 June 2002}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Incredible Connection - Company Overview|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=117742154|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=4 June 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web| url=http://jdgroup.co.za/2011/brands_incredible.htm | quote=Incredible Connection was founded in 1990 and was acquired by the Group in 2005 and trades out of 58 stores in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. | year=2011 | title=JD Group Incredible Connection }} 4. ^{{cite website|title=Store Locator|url=https://www.incredible.co.za/storelocator/|accessdate=18 February 2018}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Connection performs incredibly|url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Connection-performs-incredibly-20050412|accessdate=16 June 2011|newspaper=Finance 24|date=12 April 2005}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.mydigitallife.co.za/office/dell/PressRelease.php?StoryID=1050747 | date=2009-11-10 | title=Stocking Dell computers gives Incredible Connection world's top three | work=Dell Press Release}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Incredible Connection brings internet to the masses|url=http://www.techsmart.co.za/features/news/Incredible_Connection_brings_internet_to_the_masses.html|accessdate=4 June 2011|date=18 November 2010 | work=Techsmart }} 8. ^{{cite web | url=http://mybroadband.co.za/news/hardware/27541-thinkpad-x1-and-more-from-lenovo-in-sa.html | work=My Broadband Mobile | title=Thinkpad X1 and more from Lenovo in SA | date=2011-06-24 }} 2 : Retail companies of South Africa|Companies established in 1990 |
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