Harris Scarfe

Harris Scarfe

Harris Scarfe Department Stores is a mid-range chain of department stores founded in Adelaide, South Australia in 1849. At its peak, Adelaide was home to several major South Australian department stores (including Harris Scarfe, John Martins, Peoplestores, Miller Anderson, Cravens, Cox Foys (which Harris Scarfe acquired and closed in 1977), Charles Birks and Charles Moores), of which Harris Scarfe is the sole survivor. Adelaide is now the only Australian capital city with three major department stores in the main shopping strip (the other two stores being David Jones and Myer). In New South Wales and the ACT, the stores have operated under the Allens brand but have since been rebranded to Harris Scarfe.

Today Harris Scarfe has two formats, one for its flagship multi-storey Rundle Mall store, and another for its smaller stores found elsewhere. These smaller stores sell a range of items, similar to discount department stores such as K-Mart, Big W and Target, though the range is limited by the relatively small amount of floorspace.