Harris Scarfe
Love the Brands. Love the Value. Love Harris Scarfe
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| Department store | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1849 in South Australia |
| Founder | Mr. George Peter Harris and Mr. John C. Lanyon |
| Headquarters |
Level 1, Building 8, 576 Swan St Richmond, Melbourne, Australia |
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Key people
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Graham Dean (Managing Director - Pepkor South East Asia & CEO - Harris Scarfe)<>Louise Pillidge (Ambassador) |
| Products | homewares, Manchester, cookware, electrical goods, womenswear and menswear, intimate apparel and sleepwear, sporting and footwear, handbags and luggage, camping and outdoor |
| Owner | Pepkor |
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Number of employees
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2,000+ |
| Website | http://www.harrisscarfe.com.au |
Harris Scarfe is an Australian department store established in Adelaide, South Australia in 1849. It is owned by South African retail group Pepkor. As of September 2015 there were 54 Harris Scarfe stores in two formats: "Harris Scarfe" department stores and "HS Home" homewares stores.
The store has a positioning of brand led value, with hi-lo pricing. Key categories are kitchenware, manchester, electrical goods, and apparel.
Harris Scarfe has expanded through organic growth, new store openings, mergers, and acquisitions. The current store network reflects this mix, in particular the purchase or merging of regional or state based retail groups including Allens in New South Wales and FitzGerald's in Tasmania. The group is now owned by Pepkor, but has at times been subject to different ownership structures and a period of being in receivership.
The Rundle Place store on Rundle Mall, Adelaide has remained the business' main store and showcases a contemporary "look and feel" across several floors. Regional and suburban store layout varies significantly.
Adelaide has been the location of a number of locally owned department stores and discount stores including John Martins, Peoplestores, Miller Anderson & Co., Cravens, Cox Foys, (which Harris Scarfe acquired and closed in 1977), Charles Birks (acquired by David Jones in 1954), Malcolm Reid, and Charles Moore and Co.. Harris Scarfe is the only remaining store group.
1800s
Harris Scarfe traces its history to 10 February 1849, when the founding partners, Mr. George Peter Harris and Mr. John C. Lanyon, arrived in Adelaide South Australia on the ship, "Candahar", to establish a hardware and ironmongery business. One of their first known advertisements in the local Adelaide paper was on 11 April 1850. Mr Lanyon left the partnership on 22 February 1855 and returned to London, where he subsequently opened up a buying house for Mr Geo. P Harris and other businesses in South Australia. This firm acted as the London house for many years. Additional partners, Mr. George Scarfe and Mr. Richard Smith, joined the business in 1866, on a hand shake. The deeds were drawn up on 10 July 1871.
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