Clicks, which has SA’s largest chain of retail pharmacies, has increased its final dividend by more than a third, a R1.1bn payout, after Covid-19 boosted online sales as well as its bulk medicines distribution unit.

The owner of Musica and The Body Shop upped it final dividend 37.6% to 450c for its year to end-August, saying Covid-19 had put pressure on the group in terms of restricted trading hours and additional expenses, though some business lines benefited...

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