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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, Crazy Clark's and
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stores. The company was sold by
Miller's Retail City Chic Collective () (CCC), founded as Miller's Retail in 1992, and rebranded in December 2006 to Specialty Fashion Group, is an Australian retail clothing company. It is headquartered in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria. Miller's Retail Mil ...
to Australian discount retail in 2005. The chain's parent company, Australian Discount Retail, went into receivership in January 2009 after owing $201 million to creditors. Recently the company and the other three chains of stores owned by Australian Discount Retail have been bought by
Jan Cameron Jan Cameron is a New Zealand-Australian businesswoman and formerly Australia's fourth-richest woman. She made her fortune as the founder of the Kathmandu clothing and outdoor equipment company. She currently lives in Bicheno, Tasmania. She ru ...
under the company name Retail Adventures. Retail Adventures previously announced that they will be abandoning the "Go-Lo" brand name. Over the next five years, all stores owned by Retail Adventures were to be re-branded and refitted as "Chickenfeed" based on the company's Tasmanian chain of discount stores. However, on 27 October 2012, parent company Retail Adventures Pty Ltd went into administration. Owner Jan Cameron continued to operate the business with a licence from the administrators. The Chickenfeed rebranding ceased, and any profitable Go-Lo stores were rebranded as Crazy Clark's.


See also

* Australian Discount Retail *
Homeart Homeart was a national chain of retail stores with outlets in every state in Australia selling mostly homewares, giftware and electrical products. History The company's origins can be traced back to Melbourne's eastern suburbs and the iconic Cr ...


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Official Go-Lo Page
(now redirects to a badly-made Rehab Website) {{varietyStores Discount stores of Australia Retail companies disestablished in 2012 2012 disestablishments in Australia Defunct retail companies of Australia