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Harvey Norman opens first store in Great Britain By Simon King
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Australian retailer, Harvey Norman, has opened the doors The global lifestyle, technology and home appliance
retailer was started in 1982 in Sydney and now has more than 300 stores in eight countries across the globe. Harvey Norman opened in Republic of Ireland last year and has 16 stores, including two stores in Belfast. The retailer is known as the home of big brands and the new
Debenhams store, offers four distinct product categories: bedding, furniture, home appliances and technology. Katie Page, Chief Executive of Harvey Norman, said the years ago, but was thwarted by a number of reasons, not Lachlan Roach, who started his career at Harvey Norman in Australia aged 18, is the Managing Director of Harvey Norman UK, where his remit includes the stores in Holywood and on Boucher Road just outside Belfast city centre. Ms Page said: “Lachlan is the right person for the UK. He will work so hard and we wish him all the success, but our next big job is making sure we get more stores open; we think Merry Hill will work pretty quickly. “I’ve said to the board, let me do three stores and they will all be in the West Midlands.”
Second GB store in 2025 ERT can exclusively reveal that Harvey Norman’s second Merry Hill, and is expected to open next year.
Ms Page added: “Lachlan and I will be working so hard with the teams to make sure this works, because we want to expand into the rest of the UK. You’ve got 70 million people in this great country, so we’ll fan out from our Dudley store and see where we go. It’s very exciting.” Mr Roach told ERT: “With over 300 stores in eight countries across the globe, it will be no surprise that we have been wanting to make our entrance to the English market for a while. important for us to be able to tell British consumers what we’re all about. We’re a customer-centric brand, and Merry Hill has a vibrant community, so we are thrilled to bring both our extensive range of lifestyle, technology, and entertainment products and the exceptional service that Harvey Norman is renowned for worldwide.” The company’s UK website –
www.harveynorman.co.uk – is trading, offering national delivery and installation services. depending on where you are, we can deliver almost next day,” Mr Roach revealed. “We have an on-site warehouse next store as well.” In Northern Ireland, Harvey Norman has recently added home appliances and technology departments at the Holywood store, and Boucher Road will soon add these in too. Mr Roach added: “When we launch into these new and foremost, and we make sure everything’s working as it is. We’ll now put the accelerator down on our advertising to drive people into these stores.”
Katie Page; Gerry Harvey, Chairman of Harvey Norman; and Lachlan Roach
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