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Department Store
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Myer ''is my store''
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1900 in Bendigo , Victoria , Australia
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Melbourne, Victoria , Australia
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Sidney Myer , Founder<br>Bill Wavish, Chairman<br> Bernie Brookes, CEO
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Retail
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Clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, homewares, electrical, furniture, general merchandise
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http://wwwmyercomau/
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is
Australia 's largest chain of
Department Store s, retailing a broad range of merchandise including women's, men's and children's clothing, footwear and accessories; cosmetics and fragrance; homewares; electrical; furniture and bedding; toys; books and stationery; food and confectionery; and travel goods.
Sidney Myer and his brother opened the first Myer store in
Bendigo ,
Victoria in 1900. After prospering, the second store opened in 1908. In 1911, Sidney Myer purchased a drapery store on
Bourke Street, Melbourne and in the following years purchased adjoining properties, eventually building a store known as the Myer Emporium.
From its base in Melbourne, Myer built Australia's largest chain of department stores, and the only chain with stores in all Australian states.
Myer's growth involved developing its own stores (in the process becoming one of Australia's major property developers and owners) as well as acquiring other department stores, including Adelaide's
Marshall's , Western Australia's
Boans , Queensland's
Barry And Roberts and
Grace Brothers . In Adelaide, the company Myer SA Stores Ltd began after acquiring a shareholding in Marshall's department store in 1925 and its shares continued to be listed on the Adelaide Stock Exchange until Myer Emporium Ltd made a successful takeover bid in 1966.
