UZZI CLOTHING
Clothing in Rustenburg

The Truworths business model is driven by a philosophy that has been developed and refined over many years in pursuit of a unique approach to achieve sustainable growth in the complex and fast-moving retail fashion environment. A major asset in this pursuit has been the strength of the Truworths brand, which represents an innovative, South African interpretation of fashion trends and attractive styling, competitive with the highest international standards, to youthful, fashionable consumers. Make the Truworths brand of fashion merchandise the most aspirational, innovative and adventurous blend of colour, fabric, value and fashion styling. Lead and motivate our staff to deliver consistently in the context of our value system, so that we continue to build brand integrity. The group's value system is at the core of our philosophy. It guides the way we do business and how we interact with stakeholders. Our values have been developed in consultation with employees, and ongoing induction for new staff members serves to further inculcate the value system in the culture of the group. And the way we achieve this is by enticing them into the most exciting, visually appealing 'real' and virtual retail environments, where they can shop effortlessly for an innovative and adventurous blend of colour, fabric, value and fashion styling of international standards. Truworths has become the destination of choice for fashionable individuals in search of quality fashion that makes them look attractive and successful, and feel enthused with confidence. It is essential that store ambience reflects and enhances customer confidence in our offering of an innovative and adventurous blend of colour, fabric and fashion styling of international standards. Regular market surveys indicate that excellent standards of service and visual merchandise presentation have been maintained. This has been achieved in conjunction with an improvement in productivity and profitability. Truworths is positioned as the country's premier fashion chain, catering for the youthful, quality-conscious South African customer who seeks inspired, innovative and adventurous fashion styling of international standards. We're a group of dynamic individuals with our own ideas and opinions. This is what makes us unique and creates an environment where the contribution of ideas is embraced and encouraged. Truworths believes in recognising this contribution both financially and via other means such as developmental support. All of which leads to Truworths being innovative, creative and highly successful. Being the source of our future buyers and planners, the merchant trainee programme is of immense strategic importance to our business and contributes directly to the success of our Merchandise Departments. As a result, a great deal of financial, human and physical resources have been made available to ensure its success. Our cutting-edge training approach combines tailored on-the-job coaching and mentoring, formal training, HR support and ongoing progress assessment and career development. The Programme ensures a succession strategy for the critical merchant planning and buying areas of the business. Our stores (over six hundred in South Africa and over 40 stores in 8 countries in Africa outside of South Africa) are the face of our business and in order to maintain our reputation as the leading fashion retailer, we constantly strive to recruit high calibre, customer-oriented staff to serve as Truworths ambassadors. We are focused on developing staff, promoting from within wherever possible, and are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting both internally and externally. With over six hundred stores in South Africa and over 40 stores in Africa outside of South Africa, TDC ensures that merchandise received from manufacturers is efficiently distributed to all stores.