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Further extensions were conducted in 1996, adding a 6,000 m 2 (64,583 sq ft) Big W to the centre. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Previously, a Big W department store had been an occupant of the centre from 1965, however due to a change in retailing strategy by parent company Woolworths , the then-two-level store was sold to David Jones on 19 April 1971 and ...
Within New South Wales, David Jones established its first store in Newcastle by acquiring Scott's on Hunter Street in 1957 (closed 2011), and [11] in Wollongong, the retailer Walter Lance and Co. in 1960. David Jones acquired and then converted the Big W Department Stores at Kotara Fair and the two-storey Big W at Warrawong in 1971. The ...
Big W (stylised as BIG W) is an Australian chain of discount department stores, which was founded in regional New South Wales in 1964. The company is a division of the Woolworths Group and as of 2024 operated 179 stores, [1] with around 18,000 employees across mainland Australia and Tasmania. Big W stocks clothing, health and beauty, garden ...
The new Woolworths store was the first variety store in the world to use cash registers that print receipts for customers. [6] During the late 1920s the company grew, with a second store in Sydney and stores in Brisbane, Perth and Wellington in New Zealand. The company grew further in the 1930s, despite the depression, until by the end of 1933 ...
Dapto Mall is fourth-largest shopping centre in the Illawarra region, after competitors Wollongong Central, Stockland Shellharbour and Warrawong Plaza. Dapto Mall features Big W, Woolworths and Coles and around 66 stores. [9]
Warrawong is a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the northeast corner of Lake Illawarra . Warrawong is 90 kilometers from Sydney CBD.
The $8 million expansion began in early 1973 and was completed in October 1974. Kotara Fair was renamed Garden City in line with other David Jones Garden City centres. The Big W department store closed and was replaced by David Jones. As part of the redevelopment, David Jones, Norman Ross and 24 speciality stores were added. Further ...
A Big W and Cotton On on the upper floor of the former Myer space. A Rebel Sport was added to the centre on the half of Kmart; A new relocated Best & Less on the space vacated by Toys "R" Us; A rooftop alfresco dining precinct. A refurbished Greater Union Cinema renamed Event Cinemas which added a large VMAX screen (the largest in the Southern ...