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Clydesdale was a Scottish retailer of electrical goods. At one point, it was Scotland's largest electrical retailer and owned and operated a range of retail businesses including Grampian Discount Stores, James Scott & Co (Electrical), D McDonald & Bros and Scoop (Home Furnishings), Thompsons Music (Pianos and Musical Instruments), Clydesdale Security Systems (Alarms), ConstantCare (TV/Audio ...
The chain's 265 stores in the UK and 15 in Ireland were intended to be rebranded with the Bunnings name within five years. [46] The first Bunnings store in the UK was opened at the end of January 2017 in St Albans, four months later than planned to ensure the adopted format was suited to the UK public. The company planned to use that store as a ...
Ian Muir began retailing electrical goods in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon in 1952. Initial growth was slow, with 14 stores across Victoria and Queensland trading under the brand name Mighty Muirs by 1992, when Ian and son Andrew renamed the chain of stores "The Good Guys". A strong advertising campaign in 1998 resulted in increased sales ...
A converted Hardwarehouse store that traded as Bunnings in Wagga Wagga. The three columns topped by balls were a fixture of all Hardwarehouse stores. The first store was opened in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown on 3 October 1992. Despite the store having a larger selling space than the ones that opened later, it proved that the introduction of ...
In 1961, by which time, there were seven independent members, the association was incorporated to form Betta Stores Pty Ltd. By 1964, when there were over 50 members Betta Stores Pty Ltd became a public company (Betta Stores Ltd), a business that serviced both Betta Electrical branded and non-branded independent retailers throughout the 1990s.
Panoramic view of the Coffs Harbour marina, NSW Australia, from Muttonbird Island. Coffs Harbour, locally nicknamed Coffs, [4] is a coastal city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, 540 km (340 mi) north of Sydney, and 390 km (240 mi) south of Brisbane. It is one of the largest urban centres on the North Coast, with a ...
A Big W store at the Top Ryde City shopping centre, Ryde, New South Wales. Ever since its modern format stores in 1976, Big W stores featured garden centres similar to Kmart and Target. These facilities continued to be added throughout its store portfolio throughout the 1980s and early 2000s until they started being added to only a select few ...
During 2001–02, e-commerce electrical retailer dabs.com made sales of £116 million, which one analyst pointed out was the equivalent trade of 25 Comet stores. As dabs.com employed only 185 staff, this was described as "a rate of productivity which the mainstream retailer can only dream about."