Harvey Norman

Harvey Norman is a large Australian-based retailer of electrical, computer, furniture, entertainment and bedding goods. It is a franchise and the main brand is owned by Harvey Norman Holdings Limited. There are more than 230 Harvey Norman stores in Australia,New Zealand,Slovenia,Ireland,Northern Ireland, Malaysia, Croatia and Singapore altogether.

Harvey Norman Holdings Limited is owner of several other Australian retail chains such as Domayne, Space Furniture, Ariston Appliances and Joyce Mayne.

History

Gerry Harvey and Ian Norman opened their first store in 1961, which specialised in electrical goods and appliances. Harvey and Norman had first met when both were working as door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen. The store's success prompted Harvey and Norman to expand the business and conduct talks with retailer Keith Lord, who sought to expand his own retail group. They could not settle on a name for the new business, with Harvey and Lord reluctant to take on the other's name. They eventually decided to retain Norman's name and that of its first store manager, Peter Ross. This spawned the retail chain Norman Ross.

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