| Mitre 10 Hardware Group | |
|---|---|
| Type | Public company |
| Founded | Victoria, Australia in 1959 |
| Founder | Tom Molomby, Tom Danaher, Reg Buchanan, Jack Womersley and Ian Nisbet. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome |
| Headquarters | |
| Industry | Retail/Trade Hardware |
| Website | http://www.mitre10.com.au (Australia) http://www.mitre10.co.nz (New Zealand) |
Mitre 10 is a hardware store chain operating in the Pacific region, with 900 locations in all states of Australia as well as New Zealand. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical artifacts of a Technology. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The operations in Australia and New Zealand are two separate companies, each based on a co-operative system where the store owners are members of the national group and each has voting rights. The chain name references the mitre joint, but was inspired by the Mitre Tavern in Melbourne. A mitre or miter joint is a joint made by Beveling each of two parts to be joined usually at a 45° angle to form a corner usually a 90° angle Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 [1]
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History
The move to set up a co-operative group of hardware stores, originated from a meeting held in Victoria, June 1959, with five men who would become Mitre 10's founding fathers — Tom Molomby, Tom Danaher, Reg Buchanan, Jack Womersley and Ian Nisbet. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The meeting was held in the Mitre Tavern, and the group eventually hoped to build things up to ten stores, so they decided to call the company Mitre 10. This move occurred specifically to maximize funds and energy with regards to advertising and promotions and to demonstrate that independent operators offered service, advice and competitive prices. The group quickly grew in membership to the point where it required a full time management team.
The new company soon expanded operations, with fifteen New South Wales members joining the group by February 1961. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Queensland soon followed with seven retailers, under the chairmanship of Arthur Scurr, joining the cooperative in January 1962, followed by a further sixteen members from Newcastle in October the same year. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie With the company successfully operational in the three Eastern states by the end of 1962 and South Australia and Western Australia soon running their own state based co-operatives, attentions turned to crossing the Tasman. South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 Kilometres (1250 Miles across After initial early discussions in Auckland, Mitre 10 New Zealand was established on June 20, 1974. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.
Mitre 10 Store Types
The Mitre 10 Hardware Group has four types of store. Mega, Handy, Solutions, Home & Trade.
Mitre 10 Mega
Mega is designed a one stop shop for big project, to compete with leader Bunnings.
Other Types
- Mitre 10 Handy
- Mitre 10 Solutions
- Mitre 10 Home & Trade
References
External links
- Mitre 10 Australia: http://www.mitre10.com.au
- Mitre 10 New Zealand: http://www.mitre10.co.nz
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