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The Warehouse Group Limited officially stylized as TW Group,〔 founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand. The Warehouse Group (TW Group) is a group that consists of The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, Warehouse Group Financial Services and Torpedo7 Group. ==History== * 1982: First store opens in Takapuna, Auckland. * 1988: Second store opens in Market St, Hastings * 1990: First nationally distributed advertising "mailer'. * 1991: Sales exceed $100 million. * 1991: First Warehouse Stationery store is opened. * 1992: Launch of The Warehouse card. * 1995: The Warehouse added to the New Zealand Stock Exchange, under the symbol TWH. * 1996: Opening of a North Island Distribution centre. * 1996: The largest Warehouse store at the time in Invercargill opens and local businesses suffer creating a large amount of empty shops in the city. * 1998: Introduction of apparel as major department. * 2000: The Warehouse is added to the NZSE 10 index. * 2000: Sales exceed $1 billion. * 2002: The Warehouse celebrates 20 years in operation. * 2002: The Warehouse opens in Te Kuiti. * 2003: The Warehouse Australia brand is launched, with a total of 126 stores. * 2004: The Warehouse signifies overall brand change and store format change. * 2005: Lab store launched in the Hamilton suburb of Te Rapa. * 2005: Warehouse brand relaunched with new lower-case logo and TV ads softened. * 2005: The Warehouse signifies its intention to enter the liquor market. * 2005: The Warehouse announces it will pull out of its Australian operation by Christmas.〔 〕 * 2005: The Warehouse Australia sold for A$92 million (NZ$99m). * 2006: The Warehouse begins selling alcoholic beverages in selected stores. Invercargill and Gore stores are excluded from selling alcohol due to local licensing laws. * 2006: The Warehouse launches the first of its new format stores branded 'The Warehouse Extra' at Sylvia Park, Auckland. The offer includes full grocery as well as a pharmacy, bakery and photo processing. * 2007: The Warehouse celebrate their 25th birthday and to mark the occasion release 13,000 balloons, causing concerns from environmentalists.〔 〕〔 〕 * 2008: The Warehouse abandons its full-scale grocery arm operating under the name 'The Warehouse Extra', converting or reverting the few stores involved to the standard format.〔 〕 * 2009: The first smaller-concept store, The Warehouse Local, opens in Mosgiel.〔 〕 * 2010: The Warehouse opens a brand new store (now one of the country's largest) in Gisborne. It is the first large format store since the opening of The Warehouse Sylvia Park in 2006. * 2012: The Warehouse ceases its instore pharmacy offer. * 2012: The Warehouse in Hastings is rebuilt as one of New Zealand's largest. The old Warehouse on Market St goes up for sale. * 2012: The Warehouse announces it is buying electronics retailer The Noel Leeming Group for $65 million. * 2013: TW Group hold Click Madness, a one-day online only sale across all brands in the group. * 2013: TW Group Purchases Torpedo7, No. 1 Fitness, Shotgun Supplements, Shop HQ (pet.co.nz & baby.co.nz), and Insight Traders. * 2014: TW Group Buys R&R Sport and SchoolTex.〔 * 2014: TW Group launches The Warehouse Group Financial Services after the takeover of Diners Club NZ〔〔(Diners Club NZ sold to TW Group )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Warehouse Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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