how many bunnings stores are there in australia
Bunnings Warehouse Bunnings was founded in Western Australia in 1887, by two brothers who had emigrated from England. Initially a limited company focused on sawmilling, it became a public company in 1952 and subsequently expanded into the retail sector, purchasing several hardware stores. Bunnings began to expand into other states in the 1990s, and opened its first warehouse-style store in Melbourne in 1994. The chain currently has over 300 stores and over 30,000 employees.[4] Bunnings has a market share of around 20 percent in the Australian retail hardware sector, with competing chains including Home Timber and Hardware, Mitre 10 and various independent retailers.[5]
House of Fraser 2005 was a significant year of growth for House of Fraser with the acquisition of the four Jenners department stores in April for £46m,[10] and Beatties, a mainly Midlands based department store chain of 12 sites, for £69.3m in the summer of 2005.[11] In addition to buying companies, House of Fraser continued its own development programme and opened several more stores including its first store outside the UK in Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin, Ireland.[12] as well as stores in Maidstone and Norwich.