{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/640512e3eff3ce0011df04d0/64201492cd1d61001166a796?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Bunnings UK Failed","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/640512e3eff3ce0011df04d0/1678702793664-e5e4cf80cfc84db7c4c93c39d51755dd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Moving retail chains into a new market is hard. But if anyone could do it surely it would be Bunnings - the friendly green giant of Australian retail.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><p>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-28/bunnings-fails-to-learn-from-masters-mistakes-uk-hardware-push/9494228</p><p>https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/wesfarmers-decides-to-pull-out-of-uk-bunnings-disaster-20180525-p4zhg4.html</p><p>https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/bunnings-in-the-uk-is-struggling/news-story/f96decf1a8c1793de9244835af6aa72c</p><p>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/feb/01/bunnings-first-uk-store-opens-st-albans-homebase</p><p>https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/bunning-debuts-its-first-ever-uk-ad/news-story/ed8962b568cc830a80dfc4a4ea35bd47</p><p>https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/going-off-script-how-the-1-7b-bunnings-uk-disaster-unfolded-20180528-p4zhvw.html</p><p>https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/wesfarmers-pays-for-its-1-6b-british-bungle-but-will-its-executives-20180525-p4zhjp.html</p><p>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-18/timeline-the-rise-and-fall-of-masters-hardware/7095438</p><p>https://hardwarejournal.com.au/bunnings-uk-ireland-what-went-wrong/</p><p>https://www.bunnings.com.au/about-us/our-history</p><p>https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/30/homebase-is-undoubtedly-the-most-disastrous-retail-acquisition-in-the-uk-ever</p><p>https://www.forbes.com/sites/markfaithfull/2020/11/11/how-homebase-came-back-from-bunnings-big-bbqs-and-a-multi-billion-dollar-fiasco/</p><p>https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/30/homebase-is-undoubtedly-the-most-disastrous-retail-acquisition-in-the-uk-ever</p><p>https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/going-off-script-how-the-1-7b-bunnings-uk-disaster-unfolded-20180528-p4zhvw.html</p><p>https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/wesfarmers-decides-to-pull-out-of-uk-bunnings-disaster-20180525-p4zhg4.html</p><p>https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/bunnings-in-the-uk-is-struggling/news-story/f96decf1a8c1793de9244835af6aa72c</p><p>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-28/bunnings-fails-to-learn-from-masters-mistakes-uk-hardware-push/9494228</p><p>https://hardwarejournal.com.au/bunnings-uk-ireland-what-went-wrong/</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Fluid Branding"}