Who owns Jack's of PNG?
Jack's of PNG is half-owned by CPL Group (Papua New Guinea, PNGX: CPL), which has held that half since 30 March 2015.[1]
CPL Group owns 50% of Jack's of PNG rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: City Pharmacy Limited — Annual Report 2025, 16 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- City Pharmacy Limited (50% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
- Origin
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
- Founded
- 2015
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Fashion apparel › Casual & denim
- Parent ticker
- PNGX: CPL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jack's of PNG
Jack's of PNG is a fashion and lifestyle retailer run by Jack's Retail (PNG) Limited, a joint venture between the Fijian company Jack's of Fiji and CPL Group that opened its first Port Moresby store on 30 March 2015 and now has more than eight. The stores mix Jack's own labels — Jackman, Sac, Firstribe, Jack & Co, Crazy Jack, Jackie K and QAQA — with Rip Curl, JAG, Tradie, Skechers and Sfida, and a corporate division sells uniforms. CPL carries the venture at a 50 per cent equity-method stake, not as a subsidiary.
Ownership timeline of Jack's of PNG
Where Jack's of PNG sits in CPL Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by CPL Group
CPL Group controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Prouds PNG (2015)
Other brands in casual & denim, and who owns them
The 134 brands in casual & denim on Brandtree belong to 60 owners. The largest is Azzas 2154, with 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fábula | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Carter's | Carter's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Duck Head | Oxford Industries | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cortefiel | Tendam | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| & Other Stories | H&M Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bershka | Pontegadea | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| GU | Fast Retailing | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BSX | Giordano | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
About the owner: CPL Group
CPL Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, founded in 1987. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as PNGX: CPL.
CPL Group is Papua New Guinea's largest retailing network. Sir Mahesh Patel and the late Alan Jarvis opened a single shop called The Pharmacy at Garden City in Boroko, Port Moresby, in 1987 with four staff; the company listed on the Port Moresby Stock Exchange, bought the Stop & Shop supermarkets from Steamships Trading Company, and bought the Hardware Haus chain from the same seller four years after that. 2025 was the year it left the supermarket business: the sale of Stop & Shop to Taylor Pacific was concluded on 11 August 2025 after twenty years, and the group now describes itself as concentrating on health care, with hardware and a fashion joint venture alongside. It ended 2025 with 66 stores and 13 wellness clinics, revenue of K453.0 million against K500.5 million a year earlier, and profit before tax of K17.0 million after a K17.9 million loss in 2024, the year civil unrest in Port Moresby on 10 January cost it several stores and more than K90 million.
🇵🇬 Jack's of PNG and other Papua New Guinean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 24 brands that began in Papua New Guinea. All of them are controlled from Papua New Guinea.
- Air Niugini — Air Niugini 🇵🇬
- Gala — Paradise Foods 🇵🇬
- Hevilift — Hevilift 🇵🇬
- PNG Air — PNG Air 🇵🇬
- Gold Nuggets — Paradise Foods 🇵🇬
- Hamamas — Paradise Foods 🇵🇬
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Jack's of PNG?
Jack's of PNG has no sole parent company: it is half-owned by CPL Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Papua New Guinea.
Is Jack's of PNG Papua New Guinean?
Yes. Jack's of PNG originated in Papua New Guinea in 2015 and its owner, CPL Group, is also headquartered in Papua New Guinea.
Since when has CPL Group owned Jack's of PNG?
CPL Group has held half of Jack's of PNG since 30 March 2015.
Is Jack's of PNG still owned by CPL Group?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Jack's of PNG is still half-owned by CPL Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] City Pharmacy Limited — Annual Report 2025 — City Pharmacy Limited, Annual report, published 16 March 2026; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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