23 October 2020 1 Min Read

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WATCH: What kept Clicks healthy during Covid-19

Clicks CEO Vikesh Ramsunder talks to Business Day TV about the retailer’s annual financial results

in Companies / Retail & Consumer by Business Day TV
Picture: MICHAEL PINYANA
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Social distancing drove many from malls to online shopping and the pandemic also resulted in an increased demand for medicines and other health-care products.

This worked in Clicks’s favour. The retailer’s annual online sales surged 361% while its medicine distribution unit, UPD, produced double-digit turnover growth during the period.

Business Day TV spoke to Clicks CEO Vikesh Ramsunder about the company’s full-year results.

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