What a proper blokes’ ad looks likeBrands like Home Timber and Hardware and Repco know how to sell to blokes: cut the crap and market yourself as a “proper” store that knows how things “oughta be”, writes Andrew Tijs.
Bunnings warehouse
Lowes hardware just the beginning for Woolworths
Retail giant Woolworths is moving into hardware to take on Wesfarmers’s key business, Bunnings Warehouse, making a takeover bid for Danks Holdings, which operates Home Timber and Hardware, Thrifty-Link and Plants Plus Garden Centres.
Charity’s fire appeal hits a snag at Bunnings
It’s great that Bunnings wanted to do something for the fire victims. Instead, they got in the way, writes an anonymous Rotarian.
After Wesfarmers: The future at Coles
A decade ago, when Bunnings set about building their east coast hardware empire, they went back to first principles and therein lives a glimpse of how they might tackle Coles, writes retail commentator Rob Lake.
