Crazy Clark's Discount Variety Store was an Australian company that operated over 150 discount

variety stores A variety store (also five and dime (historic), pound shop, or dollar store) is a retail store that sells general merchandise, such as apparel, automotive parts, dry goods, toys, hardware, home furnishings, and a selection of groceries. It us ...

in its chain, across

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and

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. The company also owned and operated a

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called

Go-Lo Go-Lo was a chain of Australian discount variety stores with hundreds of stores throughout Australia. It was part of the largest discount retailer group in Australia. It was owned by Jan Cameron's Retail Adventures along with Sam's Warehouse, ...

About

Crazy Clark's sold clothing, cosmetics, toys, homewares, electronics goods, gardenware, confectionery and more. Crazy Clark's was the worldwide

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owner of the Crazy Clark's logo and name with respect to retail stores. It was a subsidiary of the

Discount Superstores Group DSG Holdings Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Discount Superstores Group was a discount variety retailer in Australia, formed in 2013 following the liquidation of former company Retail Adventures. It owned the Sam's Warehouse and Crazy Clark's bra ...

. Crazy Clarks went into

voluntary administration As a legal concept, administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent entities and allows them to carry o ...

on 1 July 2014, eventually closing all stores in August 2014.

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