Amart Furniture (previously known as Super Amart) is an Australian founded furniture retailer with 67 stores Australia-wide. Amart was founded by
John van Lieshout in 1970 in
Brisbane, Queensland
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
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Amart Furniture is currently majority owned by Australian private equity firm
Quadrant Private Equity
Quadrant Private Equity (also simply known as Quadrant) is an Australian private equity investment firm based in Sydney, Australia. The company was founded as Quadrant Capital in 1996 by Chris Hadley.
Quadrant hosts multiple investment funds ...
, who gained ownership of the retailer in 2016 in a deal valued at around $400 million.
The current CEO of Amart Furniture is Lee Chadwick, who took the position in 2014. Amart Furniture has 67 stores in total, with 20 stores in
Queensland
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, 20 stores in
New South Wales
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, 13 stores in
Victoria
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, 8 stores in
Western Australia
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, 3 stores in
South Australia
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,1 store in
Tasmania
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, 1 store in the
ACT and 1 store in
Northern Territory
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. Amart Furniture are currently major sponsors of
Essendon Football Club and
Ronald McDonald House charity.
History
The company's first retail store was opened in MacGregor, Brisbane in 1970. In 2006, John van Lieshout sold Super Amart to
Ironbridge Capital
Ironbridge Capital is an Australian equity firm that invests in Australian and New Zealand businesses. It invests in buyouts and expansions of medium to large sized businesses. Ironbridge was founded in 2003 by Neil Broekhuizen, Paul Evans, Juli ...
for $500 million AUD.
In 2017, Super Amart rebranded to Amart Furniture which changed the company's name, logo and tag-line. Amart Furniture previously had its head office in Springwood, Brisbane before moving to a new facility Head Office in Rochedale Brisbane.
References
External links
*{{official site, https://www.fantasticfurniture.com.au/
Australian companies established in 1970
Retail companies established in 1970
Furniture retailers of Australia
Companies based in Brisbane