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For non-Aussies; Harvey Norman is like Best Buy here in Australia. I am still a newcomer to Australia (~3 months) and I noticed a good deal of department and c
by mahmud 17y ago
For non-Aussies; Harvey Norman is like Best Buy here in Australia.
I am still a newcomer to Australia (~3 months) and I noticed a good deal of department and chain stores here have their owner's names. In the U.S. we have corporate names brands.
- xelfer 17y agoI've lived here all my live and never really noticed that.. you're absolutely correct however. Harvey Norman, David Jones, Grace Brothers, Joyce Mayne, Crazy Teds..
- 10ren 17y agoIt takes a foreigner to see ourselves. Which dept/chain stores are you thinking of? Owner's names: David Jones, Myers, Fletcher Jones, Woolworths (==Safeway), Dick Smith, Ken Bruce Corporate names: Just Jeans, Jeans West, Country Road, Safeway I'm pretty sure these Australian stores originated in the US: Target, Kmart, Tandy PS: Back atcha: Wal-Mart was founded by Sam Walton; there's Colonel Sanders' Kentucky Fried Chicken; and Dick and Mac McDonald founded McDonald's.
- Gormo 17y agoSome interesting tidbits: Woolworth was originally a major retailer in the US, which expanded into the UK in the early 20th century. The Australian Woolworth was so named to capitalize on the brand recognition from the US/UK retailer, which never operated in Australia, so had no trademark there. The last Woolworth stores in the US closed in the 90s. Tandy was originally a leather goods company in Texas, named after its founder.
- whatusername 17y agofounder more so than owner.. Thinking Coles, Myer, David Jones, etc here.. Those companies are all publicly listed now.. For current Owner I can think of Harvey norman, Bing Lee (although it doesn't exist in VIC, Ken Bruce, And Crazy John until he passed away..) Also: Walmart.
- netsp 17y agoCrazy John's name was Mustafa.
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- sho 17y agoBing Lee also passed away.
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoThis isn't that uncommon in the US either: Sears, Macy's, Lord & Taylor, Nordstrom, Saks, Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Dillard's, JC Penney, Bloomingdale's, Marshalls, Albertsons, Kroger, etc. Even Wal-Mart and Kmart carry part of their founder's names.