Appliances Online

Appliances Online is an Australian online retailer of white goods and home appliances based in Sydney, Australia. The company is a subsidiary of the family-run Winning Group, encompassing Winning Appliances, Winning Services and Home Clearance, all of which either sell of deliver major domestic appliances.[1] The company claims to have served more than 1.25 million customers nationwide.[2]

Not to be confused with Appliances Online (UK).

History

Appliances Online was established in 2005 by John Winning, he spotted an opportunity in the market for a specialist online retailer of appliances and white goods.[3] The company was founded as an online competitor to other electrical and white goods retailers. The business model is based on targeting customers who are limited on time and, in most cases, have a replacement need.

Appliances Online has gone on to set up its own shipping service to the greater Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Perth, and Hunter regions. The company employs around 150 people in its head office in Sydney and in the warehouses across Australia. In 2011, the average sale item on Appliances Online was $1000.[4]

In December 2010, Appliances Online purchased the domain and website for Big Brown Box to act as a retail arm in the audio visual market.[5]

The Appliances Online warehouse in Brisbane allowed Winning Appliances to launch its first showroom in Queensland[6] in August 2011.

In March 2015, Big Brown Box was consolidated into Appliances Online, allowing the Appliances Online website to begin selling audio visual and consumer electronic products.[7]

References
  1. "Poor retail trade, consumer sentiment but Winning Appliances steam ahead".
  2. "Australia's Most Awesome Appliance Retailer".
  3. "It's not rocket surgery". Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  4. "Online retailer's Winning formula: the company has grown in profit and revenue by 100 percent every year since 2005". The Australian. 29 April 2011.
  5. "From the Computer to Your Kitchen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012.
  6. "Winning Appliances mentality key to new Brisbane showroom success". Archived from the original on 26 September 2011.
  7. "Winning Group folds BigBrownBox into Appliances Online".
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