title: New Clicks Holdings Limited
text: # New Clicks Holdings Limited
  
  Clicks Retail Group is a group of healthcare, beauty, music and lifestyle products retail chains and brands based in South Africa, including Clicks pharmacies. The company was founded in Cape Town by Jack Goldin in 1968 and operates over 670 retail outlets in southern Africa. In 2003, its stock was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
  
  ## Criticism
  
  ### TRESemmé Advertisement
  
  In September 2020, Clicks faced criticism after a TRESemmé advertisement posted on its website, showing dry and damaged black hair and fine white hair, was described as racist.
  
  Clicks stores were targeted and a number damaged by Economic Freedom Fighters protesters, while Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni called for all TRESemmé products to be removed from its shelves.
  
  Clicks issued an apology, temporarily closed a number of its stores, suspended staff responsible for approving the advert, pulled all TRESemmé products, and pledged to fill the gap with locally sourced hair care brands.
  
  ## Operations
  
  ### Brands
  
  New Clicks' brands include:
  
  * Clicks - health and pharmaceutical products
  * United Pharmaceutical Distributors (UPD) - pharmaceutical wholesaler serving hospitals, clinics, doctors' surgeries and retail health product stores
  * The Body Shop - natural beauty products and outlet franchise chain
  * Style Studio - retail hair care products and hair salon chain
  