Truworths

Truworths is a Cape Town-based, South African clothing retailer, with 728 stores in South Africa, and 49 elsewhere in Africa.[2]

Truworths

Type	Public company
Industry	Clothing
Headquarters	Cape Town , South Africa
Number of locations	777
Area served	Africa
Key people	Michael Mark (CEO) Hilton Saven (Chairman)[1]
Revenue	R18.2 billion (2016)[1]
Operating income	R4.1 billion (2016)[1]
Net income	R2.8 billion (2016)[1]
Total assets	R17 billion (2016)[1]
Total equity	R8.6 billion (2016)[1]
Number of employees	11,698[1]
Subsidiaries	Office Holdings

Founded as The Alliance Trading Company in 1917, Truworths sells clothing under a number of different brands, including Truworths Man, UZZI, and LTD,[3] employs over 11,000 people, and generates over R18 billion in annual revenue.[1]

In December 2015, Truworths acquired the UK shoe chain Office Holdings for £256 million.[4]