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Spotlight Group Holdings Pty Ltd (SGH) is an Australian retail conglomerate and one of the country's largest private companies.Its Spotlight Retail Group division operates fabric and craft store chain Spotlight, outdoor retailers Anaconda and Mountain Designs, and department store chain Harris Scarfe.
Harris, Scarfe advert October 1881. Harris Scarfe traces its history to 10 February 1849, when George Peter Harris and John C. Lanyon, arrived in Adelaide, South Australia on the ship Candahar and established a hardware and ironmongery business on Hindley Street.
Richard Smith-CEO Harris Scarfe. Richard Smith (27 July 1836 [a] – 27 March 1919) was a partner and managing director of the Adelaide, South Australia, firm of George P. Harris, Scarfe & Co., later known as Harris Scarfe. His son Harold Law-Smith was prominent in the history of the company.
George Scarfe (c. 1826 – 14 April 1903) was an English-born merchant in Adelaide, South Australia, a partner in the firm of George P. Harris, Scarfe, & Co., later known as Harris Scarfe. Scarfe was called a "genius of commerce", [1] he was largely credited with the firm's early success and gained great personal wealth. His brother T. R ...
South Australia. Salisbury (Parabanks) (eventually acquired by Harris Scarfe and became the first suburban Harris Scarfe store) Elizabeth (this Venture store had two storeys, and was eventually taken over by Harris Scarfe). Oaklands Park (Westfield Marion) Colonnades (was then taken over by Big W). West Lakes (now occupied by Harris Scarfe ...
Their partnership was dissolved in March 1855, [3] and Lanyon left South Australia by the barque Iris for London, where he started in business as a purchasing agent, servicing Harris and other Australian merchants. In 1864 Harris established a second store at Gawler Place, [4] while Scotsman William Fraser and another employee, George Scarfe ...
Myer acquired four Harris Scarfe stores (including regaining a store it divested to Harris Scarfe in 1998) and took a minority shareholding in Harris Scarfe. The Mymerch system, developed with IBM and Oracle, cost $99 million and was implemented early April 2007. Among other functions, Mymerch increased Myer's ability to carry out statistical ...
Another pressure was the increased availability of bank credit cards. Before 1974, when Australian banks introduced Bankcard, the majority of retail purchase credit was offered by department stores through "in house" credit cards. John Martin's was a major credit card issuer, with its distinctive orange credit card facilitating purchases in ...