Incredible Connection

{{Short description|South African consumer electronics store chain}}

{{Use South African English|date=December 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

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| name = Incredible Connection

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| image = Fourways Mall Incredible.jpeg

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| foundation = {{start date and age|1995}}

| founder = Michael Glezerson, Michael David Smith

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| location_city = Marlboro

| location_country = South Africa

| location = JD Group
6 Eastern Service Rd

| locations = 75

| area_served = Africa

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| products = Consumer electronics
Technology Products

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| num_employees = 3,500

| parent = Pepkor

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| homepage = [http://www.incredible.co.za/Home.aspx incredible.co.za]

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Incredible Connection is a consumer electronics and IT retailer active in southern Africa.

Software connection was founded in 1989 by entrepreneurs Michael Glezerson (Australia) and Michael David Smith (Australia). The initial store was located in Sandton City, Johannesburg. In 1995 the first Incredible connection opened in Woodmead, Johannesburg. {{cite news|title=Connection Group sheds software unit|url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Connection-Group-sheds-software-unit-20020618|accessdate=16 June 2011|newspaper=Finance 24|date=18 June 2002|archive-date=9 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809111249/http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Connection-Group-sheds-software-unit-20020618|url-status=live}}

The company is now the largest consumer electronics and IT retailer in South Africa and the African continent. On 15 December 1998, Incredible Connection was acquired by Connection Group Holdings Limited and now operates as subsidiary of that company,{{cite web|title=Incredible Connection - Company Overview|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=117742154|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013134350/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=117742154|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2012|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|accessdate=4 June 2011}} itself a subsidiary of JD Group Limited.{{cite web | url=http://jdgroup.co.za/2011/brands_incredible.htm | quote=Incredible Connection was founded in 1990 and was acquired by the Group in 2005 and trades out of 58 stores in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. | year=2011 | title=JD Group Incredible Connection | access-date=15 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818213331/http://jdgroup.co.za/2011/brands_incredible.htm | archive-date=18 August 2011 | url-status=dead }}

As of 2018, Incredible Connection has 78 retail outlets in southern Africa,{{cite web

|title=Store Locator

|url=https://www.incredible.co.za/storelocator/

|accessdate=18 February 2018

|archive-date=16 January 2018

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116190902/https://www.incredible.co.za//storelocator

|url-status=live

}} up from 34 in 2005.{{cite news|title=Connection performs incredibly|url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Connection-performs-incredibly-20050412|accessdate=16 June 2011|newspaper=Finance 24|date=12 April 2005|archive-date=9 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809111340/http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Connection-performs-incredibly-20050412|url-status=live}}