Briscoe Group (BGR)

Type	Public
Founded	Wolverhampton, England, 1781
Headquarters	Auckland, New Zealand
Key people	Rodney Duke, Group Managing Director
Industry	Retail (Homewares & Sports Equipment)
Products	Briscoes Homeware Rebel Sport
Employees	1500
Website	www.briscoegroup.co.nz (Briscoe Group) www.briscoes.co.nz (Briscoes Homeware) www.rebelsport.co.nz (Rebel Sport)

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History

• 1781: Original Briscoes business established in Wolverhampton, England and steadily expanded into the British Colonies including Australia & New Zealand.
• 1862: First Briscoes warehouse and store established on the corner of Princes and Jetty streets in Dunedin, New Zealand.
• 1973: Australian and New Zealand operations of Briscoes purchased by Merbank Corporation of Australia.
• 1977: Hagemeyer of The Netherlands purchases Briscoes New Zealand.
• 1988: Hagemeyer recruits Rod Duke as Managing Director of Briscoes. His mandate was to prepare the business for sale.
• 1990: Briscoes bought by the RA Duke Trust, a trust established by Rod Duke.
• 1995: Briscoes negotiates a limited franchise agreement with Rebel Sport Australia, giving Briscoes exclusive rights to the Rebel Sport brand in New Zealand.
• 1996: First Rebel Sport store opens in Panmure, Auckland.
• 1997: First Rebel Sport store outside of Auckland opens.
• 1999: Agreement with Rebel Sport Australia for the franchise to be terminated with effect from April 2005, after which Briscoe will continue to have exclusive rights to the name in New Zealand.
• 2001: Retailing interests total 28 Briscoes stores and 11 Rebel Sports stores. Briscoe Group goes public and lists on the New Zealand Stock Exchange.
• 2003: Retailing interests total 29 Briscoes stores and 15 Rebel Sports stores.
• 2006: Retailing interests total 38 Briscoes stores and 22 Rebel Sports stores.

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Nameplates

Briscoes Homeware

The Briscoes stores logo

Briscoes Homeware is a discount store selling exclusively homeware at heavily discounted prices. It is comparable in size to a medium size discount department store. Many brands are exclusively imported by Briscoes, allowing for such low prices. It is often remarked that Briscoes has a continuous sale, as there is always a sale of some sort on, no matter what time of year it is. Currently there are 38 stores trading throughout New Zealand.

Rebel Sport

Rebel Sport logo

Rebel Sport is the largest sport equipment and apparel chain in New Zealand, with 22 stores currently trading. It was born out of a franchise agreement between Briscoe Group and Rebel Sport Australia in 1995. Briscoe has exclusive rights to the Rebel Sport name in New Zealand. Like its sister nameplate Briscoes, Rebel Sport is comparable in size to a medium size discount department store. The chain does have a lowest price guarantee, and television advertisements feature the well known slogan "No one's got more sports gear". There are no large format sports retailer competitors in New Zealand, although smaller sports stores do compete with Rebel. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• The Warehouse

The Warehouse Group Limited is New Zealands largest retailer and also has operations in Australia. ...

External links

• Brsicoes
• Rebel Sport
• Briscoe Group