Freshly unbundled from Steinhoff, JSE-listed Star is a sizeable company with 4808 stores across sub Saharan Africa, revenues over six months of R29.2 billion and earnings of R3 billion. By way of comparison, South Africa’s biggest retailer, Shoprite turned over R71.3 billion and earned R3.7 billion before interest and tax in its last six month period. Dirk van Vlaanderen comments on the new listing.
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