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OK Bazaars
TypePublic
JSE: SHP
IndustryRetail
Founded1927
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Key people
Michael Miller and Sam Cohen
WebsiteHomepage

OK Bazaars is one of the oldest retail shops in South Africa, established in 1927 by partners Michael Miller and Sam Cohen still in existence today.[1] The first shop opened in corner President and Eloff streets in Johannesburg and over the years the brand grew to have more than 100 shops around South Africa.

OK Bazaars and Garlick's were the two, two-story department stores anchoring the original shopping levels of the Carlton Centre, at the time the tallest building in Africa.[2]

OK Bazaars was financially strained and was acquired by the Shoprite group.[3]

References

  1. ^ "I'll Break OK Bazaars - The Heritage Portal". www.theheritageportal.co.za.
  2. ^ "Carlton Centre (brochure)" (PDF). 1970. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. ^ sahoboss (16 March 2011). "The first OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg". sahistory.org.za.


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