If you get the chance to view a great TV documentary, and you are an Aussie car buff, tune in Sunday night to ABC1 at 7.30 for “Wide Open Road”. Wide Open Road covers the history of motor vehicles in Australia, especially the classic holden cars and how they impacted on our lives. Classic holden [...]
Domino’s Pizza Australia began in Red Hill, Brisbane, in 1978 as Silvio’s Dial-A-Pizza, established by brothers Silvio and Fel Bevacqua. Silvio’s Dial-A-Pizza began Australia’s first pizza home delivery service in 1980. Silvio’s had over 70 locations and in 1993, Silvio’s bought the master franchise for the international Domino’s brand in Australia and New Zealand. Between [...]
The year: 1838 Just 50 years after the founding of the colony, Mr David Jones, a Welsh-born immigrant, opened “large and commodious premises” on the corner of George and Barrack Streets on 24 May 1838. The David Jones mission statement was to sell “the best and most exclusive goods” and to carry “a stock that [...]
Coles was founded by George James (G.J.) Coles when what was called the “Coles Variety Store” opened on 9 April 1914 in Smith Street in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood. The “Coles Variety Store” expansion to more stores occurred and the chain was regarded as leaders in providing value to Australian shoppers. G. J. Coles [...]
The following history shows how over six decades IKEA went from the woods of southern Sweden to being a major retail experience in 40 countries/territories around the world. The IKEA story begins in 1926 when founder Ingvar Kamprad is born in Småland in southern Sweden. He is raised on ‘Elmtaryd‘, a farm near the small [...]
Ray Kroc, a milkshake mixer salesman, ventured to California in 1954 to visit McDonald’s hamburger stand, where he heard they were running eight mixers at once. Ray Kroc was impressed by how rapidly customers were served and, seeing an opportunity to sell many more milkshake machines, encouraged brothers Dick and Mac McDonald to open a [...]