The Age (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Shares in Danks Holdings were suspended from official quotation on the Australian Securities Exchange on Thursday following its acquisition by a joint venture.
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Shares in Danks Holdings were suspended from official quotation on the Australian Securities Exchange on Thursday following its acquisition by a joint venture.
The Shoppologist (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... rather a large state.... At the same time we have had a local 'farmer's style' market open in the Danks St precinct, and a few speciality fresh produce grovers opening in Crown St Surry Hills not very far away - Thomas Dux (owned by Woolworths), Crown St Grocer, Maloney's. Watch this space.
The Shoppologist (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Danks St markets, Waterloo. As mentioned in the previous post, our local area has seen the opening of a farmers-style market this past weekend. Saturday was pretty quiet, but Sunday was very busy, drawing as it did on the 'ready-made' market from the large and very busy Hillsong church across the road (see pic), which has multiple services on a Sunday. The range of produce was reasonable, but...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... Woolworths received the green light from the competition regulator to mount a joint takeover of Danks Holdings Ltd to take on Wesfarmers' Bunnings in the hardware market.Woolworths earlier this month received Australian Competition and Consumer Commission approval for its multi-billion-dollar joint bid with the US home-improvement chain Lowes for hardware chain Danks.Shares in Metcash...
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
HARDWARE group Mitre 10 expects to receive other formal takeover proposals after grocery wholesaler and distributor Metcash yesterday made a bid for the independent hardware chain.The move by Metcash comes after the country's biggest retailer Woolworths received the green light from the competition regulator earlier this month to mount a joint takeover of distributor Danks Holdings. Danks...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... the rollout of its news stores ahead of Woolworths’ new plans in the hardware market via the Danks wholesaling operation. Andrew Reitzer, CEO of Metcash, said: “Recent developments in the hardware sector have materially changed the landscape and outlook for independent operators. “Based on our experience and success in the competitive food and liquor sector, a Metcash-backed Mitre 10 wholesaler...
