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Harvey Norman lifts Q3 sales by 0.6%
Home appliances and furniture and bedding are two categories that continue to drive Harvey Norman's success.
Leaders and Followers: the best and worst of retailers using Twitter
Across the board in 140 characters.
Harvey Norman sales crumble, profits tumble
Worse than global average.
Harvey Norman takes home retail award
Harvey Norman took out the top award at the annual Monster Retailer Awards, which was held in Las Vegas.
Harvey Norman brings online concept to bricks and mortar
Harvey Norman’s omni-channel retail strategy has come full circle, with the retailer promoting a new series of Big Buys bricks and mortar retail stores.
Gerry Harvey talks up 'premium' product
The consumer electronics industry needs premium new product, according to Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey.
Harvey Norman's bleak start to 2013
A decrease in sales has not put Harvey Norman off to a good start for the first quarter of the 2013 financial year.
Winners, losers for in-store customer service
Choice recently conducted a Shadow Shopper survey for the top ten retailers in Australia to see how their customer service skills stack up against one another.
Good Guy tops satisfaction survey
The Good Guys has picked up Canstar Blue's award for most satisfied customers for the second year running, following a consumer poll that compared electronics retailers and tracked customer interactions with Australia’s leading stores.
Collapsed retailers the cause and remedy of Gerry Harvey's woes
The closing down sales conducted by the receivers of collapsed retailers have created unprecedented price erosion and historically low consumer expectations on the price of technology, Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey claimed.
Harvey Norman launches mobile website
Harvey Norman is moving forward with the the launch of a mobile website.
Harvey Norman forecasts 40% drop in profits
Harvey Norman has released its preliminary sales and profit report for the 2011-2012 financial year, announcing a 7 per cent decline in global sales across the group.
Price discount hurts Harvey Norman's profits
Harvey Norman has announced a profit decline of 24.8 per cent for the nine months to 31 March 2012 compared to the previous corresponding period.
Harvey Norman blamed for JB's slide: RBS report
Following JB Hi-Fi's profit downgrade last week, a leading industry analyst has said that the company's weaker than expected profit forecasts were the result of market-wide discounting, led by Harvey Norman.
Activists pull stunt on Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman is facing a PR crisis on its very own shop floors as environmental activists wage a guerrilla-style campaign on the retailer to protest the company's use of timber in furniture products.
Harvey Norman, Fujifilm partners in signage installment
Harvey Norman has installed Fujifilm's Fujivision digital signage network over 100 stores as a way to maximise its in-store engagement with customers.
Harvey Norman restructures
Harvey Norman is embarking on a restructure of its Electrical and Computer divisions, with two new divisions being created to report directly to current executive director David Ackery.
Harvey Norman's 10% pre-Christmas drop
Harvey Norman has released its financial results for the second half of 2011, posting a decline in total sales across the company of 6.1 per cent.
Harvey Norman to close Canberra store
Harvey Norman is set to close an underperforming store in the Canberra suburb of Woden, with 36 staff members to be either relocated or made redundant.
Harvey Norman MD criticises govt "loophole"
Harvey Norman's managing director has criticised the Federal Government for “not closing the tax loophole” that allows consumers to purchase goods from overseas valued under $1000, without paying GST.
Harvey to concentrate on online
The figurehead of one of Australia's largest consumer electronics retailers has said there is "no incentive" to open new stores in Australia, considering the current downturn in the retail industry.
Harvey Norman fined $1.25M
Harvey Norman has been penalised $1.25 million by the federal court in Brisbane for misleading advertising after the ACCC took legal action against the retailer.
Harvey Norman joins e-commerce platform
Harvey Norman has quietly launched its e-commerce website just in time for the Christmas season.
Harvey Norman off to a poor start
The strong Australian dollar, price deflation and the eroding consumer confidence has been to blame for Harvey Norman's 19.3 per cent fall in its first quarter profit before tax.
Harvey Norman sees 9% lift in profits
The company reported a net profit after tax of $252.26 million while total revenue from continuing operations was $2.7 billion for the year ended 30 June 2011.
Harvey Norman drops Clive Peeters
Harvey Norman said its 16 of the 25 Clive Peeters and Rick Hart brand formats will be converted to Harvey Norman complexes.
Internet retailing will take greater share of sales, investment bank warns
Online sales will soon take a larger share of retail growth in Australia according to research from investment firm Morgan Stanley.
Harvey Norman franchisees pay up
Six Harvey Norman franchisees have each paid $6,000 in infringement notices for advertising a video camera that they did not stock.
Harvey Norman online coming soon
Gerry Harvey has revealed that the Harvey Norman online sales initiative will mirror The Good Guys’ venture, with centralised online sales then processed through the nearest geographical franchisee.
Harvey Norman feels the pressure
The sales from the franchised complexes, commercial divisions and other sales outlets in Australia, New Zealand, Slovenia, Ireland and Northern Ireland totalled $4.7 billion for the period.
Retailers spend big on ads
The Nielsen Company's Top Media Advertisers report found that the industry spent $2.18 billion on advertising in 2010, which is a 7 per cent increase from 2009.
Harvey Norman gives into online pressure
Chairman Gerry Harvey of Harvey Norman has confirmed that the company will launch an online store in the next 12 months.
Discounting deflates Harvey Norman's profits
The electronic and furniture retailer announced that its half-year profit before tax from continuing operations was $198.61 million compared to $237.77 million for the half year of the same period on the previous year.
Flat sales for Harvey Norman
According to chief financial officer Chris Mentis, the global sales were negatively affected by the deterioration of the New Zealand dollar, the Euro and the UK Pound.
Kogan says this is a "hoax"
Ruslan Kogan from Kogan Technologies is calling out Gerry Harvey and Bernie Brookes on their bluff in regards to taking their e-commerce sites offshore to China.
Harvey Norman's sales dampen slightly
Harvey Norman has announced that global sales have dropped by 0.6 per cent in the September 2010 quarter.
Harvey Norman, GE Money continue partnership
The giant retail chain has renewed its contract with its finance provider GE Money for an extra five-year.
IKEA leads in customer satisfaction
IKEA has the highest level of customer satisfaction of furniture stores, according to the latest Roy Morgan report.
Harvey Norman franchisees boosts revenue
The company delivered an underlying result before tax of $314.17 million compared with an underlying result of $308.06 million for the prior year, an increase of 2 per cent.
Harvey Norman toasts to successful year
Harvey Norman’s franchising operations continued to underpin the overall performance of the group.
Rick Hart opens the doors to Kitchen Headquarters
Rick Hart has opened the doors to Kitchen Headquarters, his new retail venture in Perth, just months after leaving the Clive Peeters business, which has since gone into receivership.
Sales up 6.4 per cent at Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman Limited has released its sales results for the six month period ending 31 December 2009. Sales across the Australian division of the company were up 6.4 per cent for the period.
Harvey Norman profit improves, still down 15.2%
Harvey Norman has announced that profit from underlying business operations for the year ended 30 June 2009 was $250.42 million, a decrease of 15.2 per cent.
Harvey Norman, Good Guys big winners at ERAs
Retravision WA, Harvey Norman and the Good Guys were the big winners in the retail awards at last Friday's Electrical Retailing Awards (ERAs).
