Tagged: Australian retail
4 articles we've published with this tag.
JB Hi-Fi: how one Melbourne record shop built a discount empireJB Hi-Fi went from a single Melbourne record store to Australia's biggest electronics retailer on a formula of low margins, high volume and no frills.By Doug Kirby
Solomon Lew: the rag trader who fought Coles Myer to a standstillSolomon Lew built Premier Investments from Melbourne's garment trade and spent decades in the Coles Myer boardroom wars. Here's the record, plainly told.By Margaret Fenwick
Gerry Harvey: the salesman who built a property empireGerry Harvey built Harvey Norman from Norman Ross into a retail chain and property empire. The franchise model, the controversies and the founder.By Margaret Fenwick
Woolworths origins: the Sydney upstart that took groceryWoolworths origins explained: how a 1924 Pitt Street basement bargain store became a grocery giant and one half of Australia's supermarket duopoly.By Doug Kirby