1. Store Footprint Report
Publication date:
June 2019
Next publication:
November 2019
Store Footprint Report

2. Clicks Group Store Numbers and Growth
The Clicks Group has a total of 853 stores as at the end of February 2019
18 net new stores joining the portfolio in the six months to February 2019 (21 opened, 5 closed)
Growth +1.9% from FY2018
+35.4% growth over five-years
The Group also completed 31 store refurbishments (FY2018: 55)
Clicks Retail has 680 stores with the addition of 17 net new stores in HY2019 (18 opened, 1 closed)
Convenience format accounts for 73% of Click stores with 14 added in HY2019 while 3 stores joined the Destination format making 184 stores
Pharmacies can be found in 528 Clicks stores (77.6%) after 18 net new pharmacies opened in the six months, taking five-year growth to +55.8%
Clinics are in 203 Clicks stores (30%), with 1 net new clinic opening in HY2019, five-year growth +46.8%
The Body Shop has a presence in 189 Clicks stores (27.8% of Clicks stores) growth +11.2% YoY with 19 added
GNC (General Nutrition Centres) can be found in 542 stores (79.7% of Clicks stores) with +19.4% growth YoY and +79.7% growth over five- years
Claire’s has presence in 150 stores (22% of Clicks Stores), down from the HY2018 peak of 216 stores
SOURCE: Clicks Group Ltd
NOTE: *37 stores as per Clicks website, Nov 2017

3. Presence in Clicks stores
Clicks Group Store Numbers and Growth
Standalone Health and Beauty Stores accounted for 7.9% of the Group’s portfolio for HY2019
The Body Shop portfolio increased to 61 stores with the addition of 2 net new stores in the six months (3 opened, 1 closed) growth +3.4% since FY2018, +271% over the last five-years
GNC closed their last 5 standalone stores in FY2017
Claire’s closed 1 store in FY2018, with no change in HY2019, leaving only 6 remaining stand-alone stores under this brand
Health & Beauty Stores – HY2019
Stand alone
Presence in Clicks stores
% of Clicks Stores
The Body Shop 61
189
27.8%
GNC
542
79.7%
Claire’s 6
150
22.1%
Musica contributes 12.4% to the Group’s portfolio with 106 stores
During the six months to Feb 2019 Musica closed 3 stores
During FY2018 the footprint declined by 4 net stores
Over five-years the footprint has declined -10.2%
SOURCE: Clicks Group LTD

4. Clicks Group Store Numbers and Growth contd.
Division of Store Count
FY2015
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
HY2019
Net New Stores HY2019 vs FY2018
HY2019 vs FY2018 Growth %
Five-year growth %
Total
652
689
795
837
853 16
1.9%
35.4%
Clicks Retail
486
511
622
663
680 17
2.6%
46.6%
Pharmacy*
361
400
473
510
528 18
3.5%
55.8%
Clinics*
157
195
203
204 1
0.5%
46.8%
The Body Shop* 88
122
170
189 19
11.2%
114.8% **
GNC*
261
375
454
542
19.4%
103.0% **
Claire’s*
123
142
168
150
-18
-10.7%
105.5% **
Stand alone Health and Beauty 55 63 60 65 67 2
3.1%
34.0%
The Body Shop 50 53 59 61
3.4%
27.1%
GNC 4 5 --
-100%
Claire’s 7 6 0%
Musica
116
115
113
109
106 -3
-2.8%
-10.2%
SOURCE: Clicks Group Ltd
NOTE: * Situated inside Clicks stores, ** Three-year growth %

5. Clicks Group Store Numbers and Growth in Non-SA
Clicks trades out of 46 Non-SA stores as at the end of Aug 2018*. Majority are in Namibia with the balance in Botswana, Swaziland and Lesotho.
Group Non-SA Store Count
FY2015
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
HY2019
Total Stores 34 36 38 46
Clicks -- 28 33
The Body Shop 2 4
Musica 8 9
Clicks Store Count by Country
FY2017
FY2018
HY2019
Clicks Non-SA Stores 28 33
Namibia 19 21
Botswana 4 7
Swaziland
Lesotho 1
NOTE: *Data not reported for HY2019
SOURCE: Clicks Group Ltd

6. Planned New Stores
Clicks Group has planned R701m for CAPEX for FY2019 including investment plans in new stores, pharmacies, store refurbishments and the enabling supply chain and information technology capabilities
R364m CAPEX is planned for stores
41 Clicks stores
30 – 35 new pharmacies
55 store refurbishments/expansions (31 done by HY)
Open more clinics, targeting 210 by end of FY2019
R337m CAPEX is planned for spending on infrastructure including Clicks Centurion distribution centre expansion (Phase 2), enhancing UPD’s capacity and Group IT
Retail trading space growth of +6% planned for FY2019
CAPEX planned for the next 3 years is R650m – R700m per year
Clicks retail store goal is to have 900 stores in SA with a pharmacy in each store

7. Maryla Masojada | Lead Analyst
Carey Leighton | Associate Economic Analyst
Andrea Du Plessis | Associate Analyst