PEP: The History Of South Africa's Iconic Clothing Retail

PEP opened its first store in 1965 in De Aar, in the Northern Cape. Over the next 55 years, the PEP brand grew to be a firm part of South Africa's history and culture. Today there is a PEP in virtually each and every town in South Africa.
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[@mbusosiera1648]

If only black South Africans can learn from this, they would reclaim the informal spaza shops and clothing retail shops taken over by Pakistanis and Somalis, we would have such nice stories of black retailers in the near future

[@pickitypopsnickitylovejone6558]

It was the Coloured Development Corporation and Pepkor that started PEP Stores in 1973. At the time, a Coloured company was defined as 51% owned by Coloured people. The CDC invested up to R20 million in Coloured owned businesses. PEP Stores started to target consumers in the townships with cheap clothing and Coloured people worked in textiles, with the necessary skills to do so.

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Brilliant research and visuals, great content on this channel overall. Maybe get a narrator, that robot lacks emotion

[@altaroberts5105]

I got to Pepstores first before I go anywhere else - including China Town.

[@monroekenya9741]

Am Pep stores loyal customer. I buy winter kids and my wife track suits.. Electrical gadgets.. Have an account with them.. Their material is original ❤❤

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I would really like to watch the videos on this channel but the text to speech is desturbing and can't watch it any longer.

[@TheHoodInSA]

Thank you for your feedback. Next video won't be using AI

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Interesting story please do more of this kind

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[@TheHoodInSA]

Thank you! And thanks for watching

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Who started Pepkor? Who is Reggie?

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Please use ZAR consistently when talking especially because you are talking about SA economy

[@sihlemasondo2898]

Very good content

[@itumelengmosailane1192]

There is no store like Pep store in South Africa it filled up all small towns in South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦😍🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

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Why u talking about £ on a South African empire? 😮

[@game5201]

At that time South Africa used pounds

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How much A03 Sumsang in Messina

[@stantonjohnson1689]

All the greats had to sell and drive all day to sell they products independently.

[@AllyAlliue]

Why are you citing a information as old as 2009 that's more than a decade aga 😢 I feel you can do better

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Shame nylon killed hemp

[@beg155]

Wow... Every name was butchered 🤣 But interesting story

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coz its a computer reading the names