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considered one of the largest private-equity heists of all time, with
Anchorage Capital ultimately turning $ 10m in to $ 520m in less than two years. (They added $ 10M from Dick Smith itself in order to pay the $ 20M purchase price). Multiple court cases and class actions resulted. ASIC was accused of failing to act, and chose not to publish their post mortem investigations.
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products. Alongside the car radio business, he opened "Dick Smith
Wholesale". The business catered to electronics hobbyists, meeting a need Smith had felt. In those days, hobbyists could buy components only from larger wholesale companies better set up for dealing with commercial customers. After touring overseas electronic stores to study modern
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September 2012, for an initial cash payment of A$ 20 million and ultimate total price of some $ 115 million. It has been argued that Anchorage only put up $ 10 million in cash, the remainder of the funds being sourced from the business itself through liquidation of inventory, plant and equipment,
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Following further strategic review, the company decided to push forward with the new concept under the reworked "Dick Smith – Talk to the
Techxperts" branding, merging all existing Dick Smith Electronics and Powerhouse stores under the same banner. In late 2008 the new Dick Smith logo and format was
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Electronics registered for business in New Zealand in 1981 and is believed to have opened a store the same year. In 1992, the company acquired and rebranded the retail business of David Reid Electronics, a similar chain that at one time consisted of about 30 stores. In some cases, this
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in 1996. These were several times bigger than regular stores at approximately 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft) and contained departments for the main product categories and supermarket-style checkouts. The "Powerhouses", as they were known, carried a wider range of products than the
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Whitlam government's across-the-board 25% tariff cut in 1973, for the loss of 138,000 manufacturing jobs, Smith moved with the market and met the competition with a re-emphasis on imported electronic components and finished
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boom of the 1970s and by the end of the decade had stores in all mainland states. Though many CB radio stores closed when interest waned at the end of the 1970s, Dick Smith
Electronics thrived on exploding PC sales and its established electronic components and kit lines.
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2016:"NOTICE OF DEEMED SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO WIND UP A COMPANY"
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electronic kits, satellite TV receiving stations, Beeple
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Dick Smith’s $ 400m fall: how a retail icon stumbled
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1925:Australia, Dicksmith.
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2753:Bridgecorp Holdings
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2020:Insolvency Notices
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