G GAY and Co has merged wh hardware heavyweight Mre 10 a bid to secure market share...
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- BALLARAT HARDWARE STUTN G. GAY & CO. ANNOUNC MERGER, BUT NAME TO STAY
- HARDWARE STOR G GAY CO, MRE 10 TO MERGE
- G GAY & CO MRE 10
- BALLARAT - G GAY & CO MRE 10
BALLARAT HARDWARE STUTN G. GAY & CO. ANNOUNC MERGER, BUT NAME TO STAY
Gay & Co Mre 10, wh s three stor across Ballarat, will merge wh Geelong-based Fagg's Mre 10 on Augt the uned pany will be known as Fagg's Group Pty Ltd, the stor will reta their current nam, staff and all lotns. Gay & Co's Howt Street store Wendouree.
HARDWARE STOR G GAY CO, MRE 10 TO MERGE
Godey Gay tablished G. Gay & Co Ballarat 1918, sellg new and send-hand buildg materials, timber and mg suppli. G GAY and Co has merged wh hardware heavyweight Mre 10 a bid to secure market share the cy’s hardware and buildg retail sector.
G GAY & CO MRE 10
FILE PIC: Hardware store G Gay Co has announced a plan to merge wh Mre fay-owned Ballarat stutn will rebrand s three stor Mre 10 lours by the end of June, however -owner David Gay says will be bs as ual. Brothers David and Ross Gay will ntue to n day-to-day operatns and current employe will rema.
“The cisn to merge was so that we uld strengthen and shore up our bs gog forward, ” Mr Gay said.
”G Gay and Co’s smallt store on Ma Road will be transferred to larger premis at the former Dahlsens store Sebastopol. We are a fourth-generatn fay bs and we wanted to shore up the future bs, ” Mr Gay said. G Gay and Co secured a al wh Woolworths 2012 to troduce the retail giant to Ballarat’s buildg sector, but the move was halted when the Atralian Competn and Consumer Commissn rejected the al.
BALLARAT - G GAY & CO MRE 10
“The ACCC stepped and had ncerns about a lack of petn, ” Mr Gay said. “Bunngs and Masters are retail, our store is a tra bs, even though we have hardware stor, ” Mr Gay said.