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Sportsgirl
Sportsgirl is an Australian women's clothing chain owned and operated by Sussan. History 1940s and 1950s The first Sportsgirl store opened in 1948 as an alternative to its sister label Sportscraft on Swanston Street, Melbourne. The store was owned and operated by the Bardas family, who until then had no retail outlet and had been distributing their Sportscraft clothing label via department stores. In 1956, the rent on their initial property was raised (potentially due to Melbourne being host to the 1956 Summer Olympics). The Bardas family, therefore, decided to move their store to Collins Street. They would eventually purchase this property in 1959, cementing it as the flagship store for the brand as they expanded throughout the metropolitan area. 1960s In the 1960s, Sportsgirl emerged as a leader in the Australian fashion industry, including opening a Sydney flagship store on Pitt Street, successfully developing a brand image and a store identity that moved fashion retail a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportsgirl Hobart CBD
Sportsgirl is an Australian women's clothing chain owned and operated by Sussan. History 1940s and 1950s The first Sportsgirl store opened in 1948 as an alternative to its sister label Sportscraft on Swanston Street, Melbourne. The store was owned and operated by the Bardas family, who until then had no retail outlet and had been distributing their Sportscraft clothing label via department stores. In 1956, the rent on their initial property was raised (potentially due to Melbourne being host to the 1956 Summer Olympics). The Bardas family, therefore, decided to move their store to Collins Street. They would eventually purchase this property in 1959, cementing it as the flagship store for the brand as they expanded throughout the metropolitan area. 1960s In the 1960s, Sportsgirl emerged as a leader in the Australian fashion industry, including opening a Sydney flagship store on Pitt Street, successfully developing a brand image and a store identity that moved fashion retail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportsgirl Eastland Melbourne
Sportsgirl is an Australian women's clothing chain owned and operated by Sussan. History 1940s and 1950s The first Sportsgirl store opened in 1948 as an alternative to its sister label Sportscraft on Swanston Street, Melbourne. The store was owned and operated by the Bardas family, who until then had no retail outlet and had been distributing their Sportscraft clothing label via department stores. In 1956, the rent on their initial property was raised (potentially due to Melbourne being host to the 1956 Summer Olympics). The Bardas family, therefore, decided to move their store to Collins Street. They would eventually purchase this property in 1959, cementing it as the flagship store for the brand as they expanded throughout the metropolitan area. 1960s In the 1960s, Sportsgirl emerged as a leader in the Australian fashion industry, including opening a Sydney flagship store on Pitt Street, successfully developing a brand image and a store identity that moved fashion retail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportscraft
Sportscraft is an Australian women's and men's clothing brand sold through department stores and over 20 of its own branded outlets. It began with the 'Sportsleigh' manufacturing company, that grew from the tailoring business founded by Russian Jewish immigrant Wolf Bardas in Melbourne in 1914. In 1947 the business branched into retail with the first Sportsleigh stores opened in Collins Street and Toorak Road, Melbourne. The name was changed to 'Sportscraft' in 1948. The name reflected a focus on tailored casual wear, predominantly jodhpurs, slacks, pleated skirts and shirts. Innovative marketing under the leadership of Morris Bardas resonated with women in post-war Australia and became a respected and iconic brand. After his death in 1959, his vision was continued by his son David Bardas who succeeded him at the head of the company. Over the following decades the business continued to flourish and grow, expanding into youth-oriented fashion in the 1960s and menswear in the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chadstone Shopping Centre
Chadstone Shopping Centre (colloquially known as Chaddy) is a super regional shopping centre located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East. Chadstone Shopping Centre is the biggest shopping centre in Australia and one of the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere (likely only second to Centro Comercial Aricanduva in South America). The centre opened on 3 October 1960 and was the first self-contained regional shopping centre in Melbourne. The centre contains 129,924m2 of shop floor space, about 530 stores and more than 9300 free car parking spaces. It has as many as 68,000 visitors on its busiest trading days and attracts about 400,000 tourists a year from interstate and 200,000 from overseas. Sales at the centre exceed $1.4 billion—the highest turnover of all Australian shopping centres—and it has more than 20 million visitors annually. The centre, also known colloquially as "Chaddy", includes anchor stores such as the Myer and David Jones department stores, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussan
Sussan is an Australian women's fashion retailer, owned and operated by the Sussan Group (ARJ Holdings), who also own and operate Sportsgirl and Suzanne Grae. History The first Sussan store opened on Little Collins Street, Melbourne selling lingerie in 1939. By the end of 1951 there were three stores in Little Collins Street, Collins Street and Swanston Street. In 1953, the first two stores opened in Adelaide followed by a Perth store in 1956. During the 1960s, the Sussan range grew beyond traditional lingerie and blouses. By 1968, their expansion continued with the purchase of Chic Salon from Woolworths, a 94-store lingerie chain operating in Queensland and New South Wales. This acquisition, along with the 60 existing stores in the southern states and Western Australia, made Sussan a national operation. In 1980, Keith Forster was appointed managing director. He had previously worked as the company's secretary. In 1985, the company had 200 stores and an annual turnover of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Owned
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ''Forbes'' survey of closely held U.S. businesses sold a trillion dollars' worth of goods and services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogue Australia
''Vogue'' ''Australia'' is the Australian edition of ''Vogue'' magazine. ''Vogue Australia'' became the 4th edition of Vogue in 1959 after ''Vogue'', ''British Vogue'' and ''Vogue Paris''. Prior to becoming a stand-alone issue, the Australian edition was a supplement in ''British Vogue'' from 1952. Australian Vogue occasionally has supplements: ''Vogue Business Australia, Vogue Man Australia'', and ''Vogue Fashion Week Australia''. In Australia, ''Vogue Living'' was first published in 1967. ''Vogue Australia'' celebrated its 60th anniversary issue in December 2019 with Edward Enninful and ''British Vogue''. Features Indigenous Australian representation Elaine George became the first Indigenous Australian model to feature on the cover of any edition of ''Vogue'' with her September 1993 ''Vogue Australia'' cover. Regarding her historic cover, George stated "I wanted to make sure I represented my people in the best way €¦it was like bringing the rest of Australia on a journey. I ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Knights
"Neon Knights" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath from 1980's '' Heaven and Hell'', their first album with American vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Overview "Neon Knights" was the last song written by the band for the ''Heaven and Hell'' album. It was quickly written and recorded at Studio Ferber in Paris during January 1980 simply to fill time on the album's first side. The lyrics were written by Ronnie James Dio. It is the only song on ''Heaven and Hell'' to definitely feature songwriting input from bassist Geezer Butler, the band's main lyricist during the Ozzy Osbourne era. Butler was absent for most of the songwriting process due personal issues as well as his own uncertainty as to whether he wanted to remain in the band. Dio occasionally performed the song during their live shows. The venue and date of the live version of "Children of the Sea" is not specified. The song reached number 22 on the UK charts, but failed to chart in the US or anywhere else. In the UK th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Fashion Festival
PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival is owned by the Melbourne Fashion Festival, a not-for-profit organisation A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ... that started in 1996 that supports and connects the Australian fashion industry, showcasing and amplifying the profile of Australian designers locally and globally, whilst inspiring consumers and retailers who drive the life and growth of the Australian fashion industry. PayPal is its Principal Partner and has naming rights currently. It was previously known as the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival and Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival. The Festival has taken a stand on showcasing diversity on its runways, enforcing no animal fur on its runways and helping democratize traditional fashion events. This has been achie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Maria Schiffer (; born 25 August 1970) is a German model and actress based in the United Kingdom. She rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the world's most successful models, attaining supermodel status. In her early career, she was compared to Brigitte Bardot. She has appeared on more than 1000 magazine covers and holds the record for the model with the most magazine covers, listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Records''. In 2002, ''Forbes'' estimated her net worth to be around US$55 million. Early life Claudia Maria Schiffer was born in Rheinberg, a small town northwest of Duisburg, on 25 August 1970, to mother Gudrun and father Heinz Schiffer (1937–2007), a lawyer.Biography ". ''Ask Men''. Retrieved 19 June 2007. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
