I've seen this guise before. Long ago when I was living in Canada, we use to have many Canadian retail outlets. The short story was, Walmart and Costco came and wiped them all out. The move of doing
mergers & aquisitions failed. Why? Because the product supply chains hold the key.
Harvey Norman supply chain vs TWG? I went appliance shopping 2 years ago and went to all the places. Ended up at Harvey Norman because they had better range, better models, and most of all, more competitive pricing. Oh and their floor salesman told me be careful, not all models are the same meaning a Bosch or Westinghouse brand appliance sold at Noel Leeming were sourced from different outlets. He was correct, the Harvey Norman models were sold throughout Australia and other places around the world. The Noel Leeming appliances, many were models only found in NZ. When I think about repairs and sourcing parts... i'm gonna go with the one that is most widespread sold.
Few months ago at a Warehouse Red Shed I saw an Akai brand fridge/freezer. I was like Holy Moly, "When did Akai, a Japanese electronics branded company started making whiteware appliances?" LOOK!
https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/searc...search-button=