Stores
David Jones has department stores in all Australian capital cities except Hobart and Darwin, and also has stores in Kotara (Newcastle), Tuggerah (opened 1995), Wollongong and Robina (Gold Coast). Within NSW, David Jones established its first store in Newcastle by acquiring Scott's department store on Hunter Street in 1958, which closed in 2011. David Jones also acquired the Big W Department Stores at Kotara Fair (now Westfield Kotara) and Warrawong, New South Wales in 1971 It expanded interstate by acquiring Buckley & Nunn (Melbourne) in 1982, John Martin's (Adelaide) in 1985 and Aherns (Perth) in 1999. David Jones also owned the former 'Georges' store in Collins Street, Melbourne between 1981 and 1995.
All stores are located in major retail precincts and shopping malls. In 2007, David Jones recast its criteria for store locations, reflecting CEO Mark McInnes' intention to concentrate on "low risk, high value locations".
Stores in Sydney at Centro Bankstown (closed July 2007) and Westfield Eastgardens (October 2007) were replaced by Myer. However, David Jones replaced the Myer store in Westfield Burwood in May 2007 and opened a new store at Westfield Chermside in August 2007 and a new store at QueensPlaza, Brisbane in February 2008.
The iconic Melbourne flagship store was completely renovated into two stores facing each other across Bourke Street, completed in mid 2010 at a cost of $250 million.
In January 2008, David Jones announced that the Claremont store (Western Australia) would be closed in 2009 to allow for a complete rebuilding to reopen in 2011 that will increase its size by 60%.
David Jones has formally announced other new stores:
- Sunshine Plaza, Maroochydore, 2012
- Macquarie Centre, Sydney, mid 2011
- Pacific Fair, Gold Coast, late 2011
- Westfield Whitford City, Perth, early 2012
- Highpoint Shopping Centre, Melbourne, early 2013
- Malvern Central Shopping Centre, Melbourne, mid 2013
- Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Brisbane, April 2014
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