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Anthony Hordern & Sons was a major department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.With 52 acres (21 hectares) of retail space, Anthony Hordern's was once the largest department store in the world.
Myer grew by developing its own stores (becoming one of Australia's major property owners and developers in the process) and acquiring other department stores, including Adelaide's Marshall's and Bell's (Victor Harbor, Mount Barker, Murray Bridge and Strathalbyn and Tailem Bend) in South Australia, Western Australia's Boans in 1984, Queensland ...
It was founded in Australia by Sidney Myer, who started the department store Myer, and Merlyn Myer, his wife. Following the death of Sidney Myer in 1934, his nephew, Sir Norman Myer, continued much of his retailing dynasty. The family has a strong history of philanthropy and established one of Australia's first single family offices in 1976. [1]
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Sidney Myer (born Simcha Myer Baevski (Russian: Симха Майер Баевский, Belarusian: Сімха Маер Баеўскі); 8 February 1878 – 5 September 1934) was a Belarusian-born Australian businessman and philanthropist, best known for founding Myer, Australia's largest chain of department stores.
The store's success led to the company establishing numerous other suburban centres in Melbourne and Sydney. [2] Myer oversaw the 1968 rebranding of the Myer Emporium–acquired retail chain Lindsay's as Lindsay's Target (now Target Australia) after negotiating the right to use the name and logo of the American Target.
Pages in category "Defunct department stores of Australia" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2016) There are many different types of shopping centres in Australia. In 2018, the Shopping Centre Council of Australia Identified Australia has had 1,630 existing shopping centres, being defined as a major Integrated retail centre with at least 1,000 m 2 (11,000 sq ft) of lettable retail floor-space, with over 65,000 ...