Jack Goldin
Retail entrepreneur
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Jack Goldin opened the first Clicks store in St George’s Street, Cape Town, on 6 August 1968. [1]
He conceived the business as a drugstore, although corporate pharmacy restrictions delayed that plan. [3]
Biography
Goldin established Clicks around a value promise expressed as “You Pay Less”. [1]
He expanded to Durban in 1971 and introduced an own-label range in 1978. [1]
The original operating company listed in Johannesburg in 1979. [1]
He later sold control and helped build the Priceline pharmacy business in Australia. [2]
The group’s 2001 annual report recorded that he died in Australia at age 75. [2]
Key contributions
Created the Clicks retail concept and its original value position. [1]
Set a drugstore strategy that later management implemented through Clicks pharmacies. [3]
Life and career timeline
Frequently asked questions
Who was Jack Goldin?
He was the retailer who founded Clicks in Cape Town in 1968. [1]
Did he open the first Clicks pharmacy?
No. His drugstore idea was realised after his death, when Clicks opened its first pharmacy in 2004. [2][3]
What was his retail promise?
Clicks used the value position “You Pay Less”. [1]
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Sources
- Clicks Group Limited, History: Fifty years of firsts. Original source. Accessed 2026-11-05. ↩
- New Clicks Holdings Limited, Annual Report 2001, 2001. Original source. Accessed 2026-11-05. ↩
- Clicks Group Limited, Integrated Annual Report 2018: Chief executive’s report, 2018. Original source. Accessed 2026-11-05. ↩