5-638: Amart Sports (formerly Amart All Sports ) was an Australian sports equipment and related apparel chain and was part of the Super Retail Group . Amart All Sports was founded in 1976 with the first store located in Underwood, Queensland . Since then Amart All Sports expanded throughout Australia to over 60 stores, mainly in homemaker destination centres across Queensland , Victoria , South Australia , New South Wales and Western Australia . Super Retail Group, who also operates Rebel , acquired
10-526: Is an Australian -based company which owns and operates a portfolio of retail brands across Australia and New Zealand. The brands include automotive retailer Supercheap Auto , outdoor and leisure retailers Macpac and BCF and sporting retailer Rebel (formerly Rebel Sport). The company was founded in 1972 as a mail-order business selling automotive accessories from the Brisbane home of founders Reg and Hazel Rowe. The company opened several stores over
15-687: The Amart All Sports business in November 2011. In 2012, the chain was rebranded as Amart Sports. On 24 July 2017, Super Retail Group made the announcement that all Amart Sports stores will be rebranded to Rebel stores by 31 October 2017, expanding the Rebel brand's national footprint to almost 160 stores in Australia. The Amart Sports brand was officially discontinued as of 1 November 2017. Super Retail Group Super Retail Group Limited
20-724: The acquisition as the foundation to launch its BCF Boating Camping Fishing business in October 2005. In 2010, the company acquired Rays , a camping and outdoor goods store. In 2011, the company acquired Rebel Sport and Amart Sports . In 2017, the Amart Sports brand was discontinued and merged into the Rebel Sport brand. The merger was designed to allow a focus on a single sporting goods brand and reduce costs. Super Retail Group has also expanded into online sales. In about April 2018 several Rays began to be liquidated, with
25-499: The following decades, changing the name of the company to Super Cheap Auto in 1981 before returning to Super Retail Group in 2010. In July 2004, the company was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange as Super Cheap Auto at $ 1.97, which earned the co-founders $ 81.8 million. In December 2004, Super Cheap Auto Group acquired CampMart, a camping and outdoor leisure retailer with four stores in Brisbane. It used
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