Retailer Mr Price has poured cold water on market speculation that it is looking to acquire Jet stores from struggling peer Edcon.

There had been speculation Mr Price was considering the acquisition, after announcing earlier in May that it intended to raise capital of up to 10% of the company’s ordinary issued shares — equivalent to about R3.3bn — “at an appropriate point in time and as market conditions permit”...

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