Winning Appliances plays Jean Genie with Smeg promotion
Winning Appliances can count itself as one of the top 500 retailers in the world if its new consumer promotion is anything to go by, with the retailer offering consumers the chance to win a limited edition Smeg FAB refrigerator.
Tue 16/04/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Appliances cuts the ribbon on new Indooroopilly store
After purchasing the former Ron Handley Retravision store in Indooroopilly last year and renovating to create a new showroom space, Winning Appliances has officially opened its newest Queensland store.
Mon 18/02/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »Myer joins Narta to improve product range and to access special deals
Myer has joined its fierce department store rival David Jones as a member of the Narta buying group. Other members of Narta include Winning Appliances, JB Hi-Fi, Betta Home Living and Bing Lee.
Mon 21/01/2013 12:00:00 / Read More »Mouthing Off - The 2012 Quotes of the Year
Dyson, Apple, Sony, Kenwood, Retravision and Betta all provided fodder for copy writers in 2012 with some interesting, insightful and, at times, incendiary comments.
Wed 19/12/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »'A dimly lit tour of the new Winning Group head office'
UnderCurrent visited The Winning Group's funky new head office in Redfern, south Sydney, today for a dimly lit tour of the new premises housing Winning Appliances, Appliances Online, Big Brown Box and PowerBuys and The Handy Crew.
Mon 10/12/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Best and Worst: How good are the traditional retailers at mobile sites?
Mobile browsing is one of the pillars of 'omnichannel retailing' - and some retailers are doing it better than others. We review The Good Guys, Harvey Norman, Appliances Online, JB, Dick Smith, Betta and more in this feature.
Fri 07/12/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Wunderbar! One Winning Appliances Salesman's German Adventure
Over the winter months, Siemens Home Appliances ran an incentive program for stores that supported its Siemens products. The prize was a trip to Germany to visit IFA in Berlin and various factories manufacturing Siemens and Bosch products.
Wed 28/11/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Appliances appoints new CEO, all the way from Texas
Winning Appliances has turned to US furniture company La-Z-Boy to find its newest CEO, with Winning Group CEO John Winning saying the new recruit's extensive sales experience will be "invaluable" to the Winnings business.
Wed 24/10/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Appliances Online and one Winning Appliance store now selling AV and digital
Appliances Online has today started selling audio visual and digital products, including TVs, audio systems, headphones and home theatres. Meanwhile, the new Winning Appliance store in Brisbane will also stock digital products.
Thu 11/10/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »October Appliance Retailer keeps retailers informed as Christmas nears
What were the best products at IFA and what did Australians think of them? How can retailers best sell GPS and cordless phones? How do the retail models at Winnings and Apple affect the wider industry? All the answers are in one place...
Tue 09/10/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Appliances offers $100,000 for Australia's Best Home Chefs
Winning Appliances has announced the launch of a new website bringing together home chefs to share recipes. There will also be a competition to find the Best Home Chef, with $50,000 worth of appliances on offer for the winner.
Tue 02/10/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Group expansion is about opportunities, not aggression
Despite completing the purchase of two Retravision businesses in the space of seven days, The Winning Group has denied it is aggressively expanding; instead saying it is just being opportunistic.
Wed 05/09/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Group purchases Retravision store, showroom conversion imminent
The Winning Group has today joined Harvey Norman, Bi-Rite Electrical and Betta Home Living as Retravision cherrypickers, purchasing the Ron Handley Retravision at Indooroopilly.
Tue 04/09/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning acquisition motivated by PowerBuys' small appliance sales volume
The Winning Group's purchase of the McKnights business was motivated by a desire to increase the stores online small appliance sales via the PowerBuys website.
Tue 28/08/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »A catalogue so good it's still Winning
The Winning Group clearly knows how to communicate with the kids through the internet, so UnderCurrent suspects is will be aghast when it sees this artifact of a bygone era on its new acquisition's website.
Tue 28/08/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Group moves into commercial with McKnights acquisition
The Winning Group has today significantly expanded its presence in the commercial appliance market with the purchase of the McKnights Corporate business. Peter McKnight will join the Winning Group as an employee.
Tue 28/08/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning & Appliances Online expand into Adelaide, aggressive rollout flagged
The ever-expanding Winning Group, owners of Winning Appliances, AppliancesOnline and BigBrownBox, has opened an Adelaide warehouse to service its South Australian customers.
Fri 24/08/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Group to implement Hybris software across retail brands
The Winning Group is expanding its omnichannel retail proposition with the implementation of Hybris ecommerce software across its Winning Appliances, Winning Bathrooms, Appliances Online and BigBrownBox brands.
Wed 18/07/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Appliances Online's growing consumer base rewarded with toy Dysons
If you share UnderCurrent's love of toy vacuum cleaners and abstract statistics, you'll enjoy reading about the growth of Appliances Online.
Wed 18/07/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Former Winning Appliances GM John Murphy joins Bing Lee
The former general manager of Winning Appliances, John Murphy, will join Bing Lee early next month to help advise in the specialist cooking and whitegoods areas.
Thu 28/06/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Group quietly launches Handy Crew installation company
John Winning, the young CEO in charge of Winning Appliances, Appliances Online and BigBrownBox, has a new venture offering consumers delivery and professional custom installations.
Thu 07/06/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Lombard signs on with IKEA as it looks to break HSBC & GE stranglehold
Lombard Finance, which has for several years been looking to break HSBC and GE's duopoly in the electrical retail credit industry, has been appointed the interest-free credit provider for IKEA Australia.
Tue 05/06/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Appliances Online CEO hits out at discounting rivals
John Winning, the founder of Appliances Online and the CEO of Winning Appliances and BigBrownBox, has hit out at the discounting strategy of his rival retailers, including several NARTA stablemates.
Thu 03/05/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Appliances vs Pro Forma suppliers
John Winning, CEO of Winning Appliances, has hit out at the pro forma system of selling, saying that some of the companies operating this system are not as interested in customer service as they should be.
Fri 23/03/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Perfect appliance storm of Facebook, customer service and $50,000
John Winning, the founder and CEO of Appliances Online, has offered a rare insight into how he turned a $50,000 grant from his family into the country's most successful online appliance retailer.
Tue 06/03/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »CE Retailers use deals to lure online shoppers: so what's on offer?
Online shoppers are increasingly gravitating towards discounted deals, according to new research from technology analysts Telsyte. So just what are Australian appliance & CE retailers offering their loyal online followers?
Tue 06/03/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Appliances Online keeps winning with Business Excellence Award
Appliances Online has continued its run of good form, picking up the award for Best Overall Company (fewer than 100 employees) at the Business Excellence Awards, held on the Gold Coast last weekend.
Tue 21/02/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Zanui.com.au responds to Appliances Online's customer service concerns
Online retail aggregator Zanui.com.au has responded to criticism from Winning Appliances and Appliances Online CEO John Winning, saying its business delivers the best customer service available in the industry.
Thu 02/02/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »OP/ED: Online marketplace sites can be bad news for your retail brand
In this special guest post, Appliances Online CEO John Winning explains why it's not a good idea to accept every offer that comes through the door. He'll work with some online affiliates, but definitely not all.
Mon 30/01/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Introduction of Beko part of retail business model evolution: Narta
Narta executive chairman Kay Spencer has outlined the business strategy behind the introduction of the Beko brand into the Australian market which will be available exclusively to members of her buying group from this month.
Mon 09/01/2012 12:00:00 / Read More »Jolly old Saint Click: 72% of us will shop online this Christmas
According to new research released by Appliances Online, as many as 72 per cent of Australians will be shopping online this festive season, with only 16 per cent completely avoiding online retail.
Wed 30/11/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Appliances Online CEO reveals startling insight into business success
The boss of Appliances Online, CEO John Winning, has offered a rare insight into the business success of the retail website he founded in 2005. This information would please Harvey Norman, which launched its own online site last week.
Mon 28/11/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Harvey Norman v Good Guys v JB and the rest: Guide to clicks and mortar
Harvey Norman yesterday took its long-awaited e-plunge - find out how its offer compares to The Good Guys, Betta, Dick Smith, Retravision, Appliances Online, JB Hi-Fi, Bing Lee and WOW Sight & Sound.
Thu 24/11/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »90 years later, Whitfords is expanding and going online
The Whitfords store in Sydney has been in the family for almost a century. Next month, a new showroom will be opened and the retailer will commence online trading.
Mon 21/11/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »John Winning the new CEO of Winning Appliances, John Murphy steps down as GM
John Murphy, a 32-year veteran of Winning Appliances, has today announced he will step down from his general manager role. John Winning, who is currently the CEO of Appliances Online and Big Brown Box has been appointed the new CEO.
Thu 10/11/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Appliances Online celebrates 6th birthday and a Winning strategy
Appliances Online, the e-tailing branch of Winning Appliances, is celebrating its 6th birthday this year. But far from resting on his laurels, CEO John Winning has set ambitious targets for the future.
Fri 28/10/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Meet Colin, the cartoon face of Appliances Online, online
Appliances Online, the e-tailing arm of Winning Appliances, is making a concerted push into viral advertising, with a new YouTube channel espousing the benefits of purchasing whitegoods on the internet.
Tue 25/10/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »The Kambo decision: the big fish swims east to a new pond
The news today that Peter "Kambo" Kambouris had left Retravision WA to join the Sydney-based Narta buying group may have been a surprise to his former group's CEO, but it wasn't to others in the industry.
Tue 04/10/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Appliances Online & Dick Smith awarded as leaders in online retail
The Online Retail Industry Awards were held in Sydney overnight, with Appliances Online and Dick Smith picking up two awards each. Dick Smith was also named the 2011 Online Retailer of the Year.
Wed 28/09/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Aussie businesses know they need to embrace new tech, but many unwilling
Although 86 per cent of businesspeople agree that technological change is important, only 39 per cent of those same businesspeople embrace change. We look at how this mindset is playing out in the retail electronics industry.
Tue 20/09/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Appliances mentality key to new Brisbane showroom success
John Winning has spoken openly about why he and the other key decision makers at Winning Appliances chose to open a new, full service showroom in Brisbane.
Sun 04/09/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Winning Appliances invests in Queensland with new Brisbane showroom
Winning Appliances has opened its largest showroom to date in the Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley. With a 2230 square-metre footprint, the retailer's ninth showroom will also include a dedicated bathroom offering.
Tue 30/08/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Win-Win for Winning Appliances at catalogue awards
Living up to its name, Winning Appliances has won a gong at the 2011 Australian Catalogue Association Awards.
Fri 19/08/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Buy Winning - new store opening in Narellan for Winning Appliances
High-end cooking appliance chain Winning Appliances is set to open a new showroom this Sunday, joining seven others across NSW and QLD.
Fri 08/07/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »Appliances Online reveals its winning strategy
In six years of operation Appliances Online have exceeded their own expectations, doubling both profit and revenue by more than 100 per cent every year. In an exclusive interview with John Winning we find out how and where to from here.
Tue 05/04/2011 12:00:00 / Read More »The Good Guys online a clear winner in exclusive poll
Its new Clicks and Mortar online sales proposition might be a little confusing for some, but The Good Guys website has been voted the best online experience amongst the traditional retailers. Find out how Harveys, JB and Retra fared.
Wed 08/12/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »Whitegoods retailers benefit as home renovation goes gangbusters
Winning Appliances managing director, John Murphy, said the company has been "fairly bullish" in the second half of this year, driven by strong consumer commitment to house renovations.
Mon 08/11/2010 12:00:00 / Read More »“We will not grow for growth's sake”: Lionel Lee
Bing Lee chief executive Lionel Lee has revealed new stores are in the pipeline, as well as a new head office and warehouse servicing NSW and the ACT, but that the company “will not grow for growth's sake”.
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