Winning Appliances is a fourth-generation Australian family-owned kitchen and laundry specialist. The company operates fifteen showrooms across Australia, seven of which are in New South Wales, two in Queensland, two in Victoria, three in Western Australia, and one in the Australian Capital Territory. Winning Appliances sells various kitchen and laundry appliances. The business also provides appliances for commercial projects across Australia. Its national headquarters are in Redfern in Sydney.

History

Winning Appliances was founded in 1906 by Richard William Winning. He believed that the

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, hardware and

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trade was a substantial enough industry for him to establish his own business, incorporating R.W. Winning Pty Ltd. The company was initially registered as R.W. Winning & Co., Manufacturers Representative, after securing agency agreements with agencies in England. In 1911, R.W. Winning began representing the Barnsley company, a manufacturer of

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and

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for the leather and

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trade.Arbouw, J, and Murray, J, 1996, Family Business, Volume Two, Focus Publishing, Edgecliff, Sydney. Alongside

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products, R. W. Winning & Co. represented the

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company, which made Corningware, and the Royal Stafford China company. R. W. Winning & Co. sourced international products during

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and through the 1920s and was able to weather the depression. In the 1930s the company obtained the agency for A Simpson & Son Ltd, an

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manufacturer of a vast range of metalware and cooking equipment. When Simpson's moved into manufacturing

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, the Winning family followed suit and entered the same market. The demand for

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and petrol-powered and electric wringer

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s increased after

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, which resulted in R.W. Winning & Co. expanding staff numbers. Over the years, few agencies have been lost, and although the company still acts as a selling agent for certain products, it has become a recognised retailer in its own right. The company was the first to introduce front loader washing machines into the Australian market, and units were delivered to retail outlets as well as installed into new properties on behalf of developers. Winning Appliances became an Australian pioneer in offering households white goods which were attractively displayed in kitchen settings. The first showroom was in Clarence Street before it was eventually moved to its current flagship site in Philip Street, Redfern. The Winning family retains 100 per cent ownership of the business and trades as Winning Appliances Pty. Ltd. The company significantly increased its ranges of products and services in the 1990s, and now has seven stores in

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, in Brookvale, Crows Nest,

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, two in Victoria,

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(previously Michael's),

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and one in

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in Kingston. Its

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showroom was opened in August 2011 and was the first store nationally to include bathroom fixtures and fittings. The second store opened in November 2012 in

. In 2005, John Winning, son of former CEO John Winning Senior, launched

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as an online venture of Winning Appliances, servicing the white goods market. The company later purchased and re-launched Big Brown Box from

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, selling audio-visual products such as televisions. In November 2011, John Murphy stepped down as General Manager of Winning Appliances and was appointed CEO, while also continuing to lead Appliances Online, before becoming CEO of the Winning Group in 2012. The Winning Group comprises Appliances Online, Winning Appliances, Handy Crew (Which has now been re-branded as Winning Services) and Home Clearance. In June 2014 Winning Appliances expanded into the Western Australia market through its acquisition of Kitchen HQ. In 2012, Winning Appliances launched a national cooking competition and online food community called Best Home Chef. The top 25 recipes were chosen from the website and the winner was selected by a judging panel at a live cook-off final in May 2013 at Winning Appliances' new Redfern showroom. In 2015, David Woollcott, previously the sales director at Miele, was appointed the new CEO of Winning Appliances, replacing David Crane. In 2016, Winning Appliances expanded into The Australian Capital Territory with the first Canberra Flagship Showroom opening in December. The new Redfern Flagship Showroom was recognised at the 2014 World Retail Awards in Paris. In July 2018, Winning Appliances acquired Michael's Appliance Centre, a deal which saw Michael Wood become an ambassador for the John Winning-owned company, while also announcing plans for two new store projects, a new flagship showroom in Richmond, Victoria; and a new showroom in Myaree, Western Australia. The new Richmond showroom will become Winning Appliance's 15th showroom and fifth flagship showroom, alongside Fortitude Valley, Kingston, Redfern and Osborne Park showrooms.

Awards

* Australian Catalogue Association Awards, Home Entertainment – Whitegoods award for catalogues with distribution greater than 250,000. *

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Business Awards – 2012 Online Business of the Year

Sponsorships

Winning Appliances has a long association with the

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industry. The company sponsored the 2011 18 ft Winning Appliances JJ Giltinan Invitation Race. The company also donated its boat, the MV JBW, to the

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for use as the Radio Relay Vessel during the

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References

External links

*{{official site, http://www.winningappliances.com.au/
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