Clicks trade returns to normal after September protests
After boycotts over a TRESemmé advert, the pharmacy chain saw group headline earnings grow 12.2% for the year to end-August
22 October 2020 - 15:17
Clicks, which has SA’s largest chain of retail pharmacies, has seen trade return to normal in October following boycotts in the second week of September over a TRESemmé advert, CEO Vikesh Ramsunder said on Thursday.
The advert, which was placed on the Clicks website, was provided by the TRESemmé team and showed a blonde women’s hair as “normal”, and depicted black women’s hair as “frizzy and dull”...
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