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Bunnings was founded in Perth, Western Australia in 1886, by brothers Arthur and Robert Bunning, who had emigrated from England. Initially, a limited company focused on sawmilling, it became a public company in 1952 and subsequently expanded into the retail sector, purchasing several hardware stores.
Galeries Lafayette - department store; France. Geoffrey's Toy Box - toys, video games, videos (Revival of Toys R Us) Harvey Norman - furniture, housewares, electronics; Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), Slovenia and Croatia. Hipercor - hypermarkets; Spain. The Home Depot - hardware.
Mitre 10 is an Australian retail and trade hardware store chain. Operations are based on a cooperative system, where the store owners are members of the national group and each has voting rights. The chain name references the mitre joint. [ 3] There are over 400 "Mitre 10" and its associated "True Value Hardware" franchises throughout Australia.
Website. www.officeworks.com.au. Officeworks is a chain of Australian office supplies stores operated under parent company Wesfarmers . The company was established in 1994 by Coles Myer. Its head office is located in Chadstone, Melbourne. The store concept adopted by Officeworks was based on the US chain Office Depot.
After Zayre was acquired by Ames, HomeClub was spun off under a new company called Waban Inc., which also owned BJ's Wholesale Club. In 1991, it discontinued its membership program and adopted the HomeBase name shortly thereafter. The chain expanded to 89 stores by the mid-1990s, becoming the sixth largest home improvement retailer in the ...
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd, doing business as Coles, is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne as part of Coles Group. Founded in 1914 in the suburb of Collingwood by Sir George Coles, Coles currently operates 846 [2] supermarkets throughout Australia, including several now re-branded ...
Peanuts – A short lived discount store operated in Tasmania. Woolworths answer to local discount store Chickenfeed. Dick Smith – Sold to Anchorage Capital Partners on 27 September 2012. Dick Smith Powerhouse – Larger Dick Smith stores with a focus on consumer entertainment products.
Chemist Warehouse Group (trading as Chemist Warehouse, Chemist Warehouse New Zealand, My Chemist, My Beauty Spot[ 3]) is an Australian company operating a chain of retail pharmacies both locally and internationally. The company is one of Australia's largest pharmacy retailers with over 500 stores in Australia, [ 4] and employs over 20,000 staff ...