Boxer Build

Boxer Build is the hardware and building supplies chain store format of Boxer, a Southern African discount retail group. Boxer itself began in 1977 in the Empangeni community of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and has grown into what it describes as 'Africa's Favourite Discount Supermarket', serving the enlarged middle to lower income consumer market. The group operates stores in every province of South Africa as well as in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Pick n Pay acquired Boxer in 2002, and Boxer operates with a degree of independence within the larger group. Within the Boxer group, Boxer Build represents the 'everything under one roof' builders' hardware offering. It sits alongside the full-service discount supermarket format and a liquor store format. Boxer states that it is not a cash & carry or a wholesaler, but a fully fledged retailer across all its formats, selling products and services at discounted prices. Boxer Build therefore targets customers who need building materials, hardware and related supplies at discount prices, consistent with the group's positioning for middle to lower income shoppers. The Boxer group serves a diverse consumer base, from daily household shoppers who travel by car to customers who use public transport. Its formats are designed to be accessible and value-focused. Boxer Build extends that value proposition into the home improvement and construction supplies category, complementing the grocery and liquor formats under the same brand umbrella. As a sub-brand of Boxer, Boxer Build benefits from the group's long-serving and stable directorate and executive teams, which Boxer says allow it to operate effectively and efficiently independently from the greater Pick n Pay group. The brand is active and continues to form part of Boxer's multi-format retail strategy in Southern Africa.

Boxer Build is the hardware and building supplies format of Boxer, a discount retail group in Southern Africa. The Boxer brand began in 1977 in the Empangeni community of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Over more than four decades it grew into a multi-format retailer with stores in every province of South Africa and in the Kingdom of Eswatini. In 2002, the retail giant Pick n Pay acquired Boxer, allowing the group to better serve the consumer market that Boxer continues to dominate. Boxer operates with a degree of independence from the greater Pick n Pay group, supported by long-serving directorate and executive teams. Boxer's formats include a full-service discount supermarket, an 'everything under one roof' builders' hardware offering, and a liquor store format. Boxer Build is the builders' hardware format. Boxer describes itself as a fully fledged retailer across all its formats, not a cash & carry or wholesaler, selling products and services at discounted prices. The company serves a diverse consumer base, from daily household shoppers who travel by car to customers who use public transport. Boxer Build therefore forms part of Boxer's strategy to cater to the enlarged middle to lower income consumer market with accessible, value-focused retail offerings. The brand continues to operate as part of the Boxer group under Pick n Pay ownership.

• 2002

  Pick n Pay acquires Boxer.

• 1977

  Boxer brand begins in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Discount hardware and building supplies format within the Boxer group, targeting middle to lower income consumers.

• Building materials

• Hardware

• Home improvement supplies

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