Freedom Furniture

Freedom is a major furniture and homewares retail chain with 58 stores across Australia and New Zealand.[3]

freedom
IndustryRetail
Founded1981
Number of locations
58 stores[1][2]
Area served
Australia, New Zealand
Products
Number of employees
1000+
ParentGreenlit Brands
Websitewww.freedom.com.au
www.freedom.co.nz

The chain was previously owned by marathon runner and race car driver Warren Higgs. It is currently owned and operated by Greenlit Brands.[4]

The first Australian store opened in 1981.[5]

The first New Zealand store opened in 1996.[5] The New Zealand arm had 13 stores by 2008.[6] and 15 stores by 2009.[7] As of 2022, there were 14 stores around New Zealand including five in Auckland.[8]

See also

References
  1. Store locator – Australia
  2. Store locator – New Zealand
  3. Tanya Ha (2012). Greeniology 2020: Greener Living Today, and in the Future. Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 0522858546.
  4. Gibson, Anne (7 March 2012). "Sylvia Park $60m deal the biggest". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  5. "Freedom Furniture opens pop up shop in Northland". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Northern Advocate. 28 February 2018.
  6. "Freedom Furniture to open Albany store". APN News & Media. New Zealand Herald. 26 May 2009.
  7. Slade, Maria (28 May 2009). "Freedom opens first new store in 10 years". APN News & Media. New Zealand Herald.
  8. "Freedom Furniture". freedomfurniture.co.nz. Greenlit Brands.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.