Harris Scarfe

Harris Scarfe is an Australian department store. It sells items including clothing, pots and pans, cutlery. The store went bankrupt in 2001, but has since bounced back.


In 2004, Harris Scarfe bought the Allens group of seven department and five homewares stores. They continued to trade under the Allens name in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, until 2008 when they got merged with Harris Scarfe.[1]

Stores

Harris Scarfe in Wagga Wagga.

Harris Scarfe has stores located in most Australian states. In New South Wales and the ACT they used to trade as Allens.[2] They were acquired by Harris Scarfe in 2004, but continued to trade under the Allens name.[1] In late 2008, the name of these stores was being changed from Allens to Harris Scarfe.

The main store for the company is located in Rundle Mall, Adelaide. The store is five stories tall. The main store for Tasmania is in Hobart and it is three stories tall.

State Number of stores Main store
ACT 3 Tuggeranong
NSW 12 Goulburn [3]
QLD 2
SA 7 Rundle Mall, Adelaide
TAS 6 Hobart
Victoria 13 Cranbourne Park

Items stocked

Harris Scarfe sells items in two main groups, In Style (which includes all clothing) and At Home (all other goods, such as homewares & linen). The Adelaide store sells more goods than the other stores. Many of the Allens stores sell less goods than other stores.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atkinson, Bruce (13 September 2004). "Harris Scarfe returns to NSW". Inside Retailing. Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  2. ↑ jimbocool. "Another Canberra icon disappears – vale Allens". The RiotACT.
  3. ↑ "Allens clothing store to close". Goulburn Post. 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2013. Note Homewares store to stay open