{"id":561,"date":"2022-11-14T14:32:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clicksgroup.co.za\/iar2024\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2024-11-20T13:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:41:44","slug":"business-model","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clicksgroup.co.za\/iar2024\/business-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Business model"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Material trade-offs of capitals<\/h3>\n<p>In delivering on the group\u2019s strategic objectives, management aims to balance and optimise the trade-offs between capitals to ensure long-term growth and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>While the commitment to investing in manufactured, intellectual, human, and social and relationship capitals erode financial capital in the short term, the long-term benefits are reflected in the group\u2019s industry-leading financial and operating metrics and sustained shareholder value creation.<\/p>\n<p>Limiting the environmental impact of the operations to reduce the rate at which natural capital is depleted has a significant impact on financial capital in the short to medium term but should deliver the desired long-term benefits as the group ultimately moves towards carbon neutrality.<\/p>\n<h3>Constraints on capitals<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">The key constraints encountered during the year related to <strong style=\"color: #000;\">manufactured capital<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The expansion of the Clicks pharmacy network was adversely impacted by the Department of Health placing a moratorium on Clicks applying for new retail pharmacy licences. This related to the Constitutional Court ruling preventing Clicks from owning the manufacturing pharmacy licence of Unicorn Pharmaceuticals (Unicorn). Following the sale of Unicorn and Clicks\u2019 subsequent compliance with the court ruling, the licence application process resumed. The limitation on pharmacy licence applications resulted in Clicks opening only net nine pharmacies over the past year relative to the planned 40 to 50 pharmacies.<\/li>\n<li>The weak economic environment and high energy, food and borrowing costs constrained consumer disposable income which negatively affected discretionary retail spending.<\/li>\n<li>While load shedding negatively impacted trading hours and shopping patterns in the first half of the year, the suspension of power outages from late March 2024 meant that the electricity supply was no longer a constraint to trading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The group has no <strong style=\"color: #000;\">financial capital<\/strong> constraints owing to the strong cash flows generated by the operations and access to borrowings. 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