Early History 1974 - 2000
JB Hi-Fi was established in 1974 by Mr. John Barbuto. He opened the business with only a single store in Melbourne, Victoria. He had one main vision when he started up the business and that was to sell a high-quality range of Hi-Fi products at the lowest prices possible in Australia. In these first years, the JB Hi-Fi business concentrated on the music market selling Hi-Fi equipment and vinyl records.
Mr Barbuto’s initial goal for his business were successful and after nine years, in 1983, he sold the business to a group comprising Richard Bouris, David Rodd, & Peter Caserta. They respected the business model developed Mr Barbuto and expanded the business to Sydney and opened over ten stores across the metropolitan area by 1999. In this expansion, they increased the product range to include other electronic goods, and were one of the first companies to exclusively sell music on CDs only.
2000 to Current
In 2000, JB Hi-Fi was purchased by private equity bankers and they successfully expanded the business nationally to all states due to the recent success it had seen.
In 2004, JB Hi-Fi bought the Queensland chain of Clive Anthony, who focused on selling white goods and air conditioners. In October of last year, JB Hi-Fi struck a deal and acquired The Good Guys warehouses within Australia. This
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They have also been quick to add emerging new technologies to their product ranges. The JB Hi-Fi product range now includes computers, gaming software and hardware, tablets, TVs and home theatre, blue-rays and DVDs, cameras, speakers, musical instruments and white goods. JB Hi-Fi are still able to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction through these changes. Since 2007 JB Hi-Fi have moved into online
JB Hi-Fi is an entertainment and consumer electronics chain store, providing a range of branded home electronic products and music records. The electronic industry is experiencing growth over the last few years mainly due to the introduction of a handful of electronic gadget which captures the attention of consumer. However, this growth focused on a few products such as smart phones, tablet, and music player while the rest of the products are slowing in terms of growth.
JB Hi-Fi Limited (JBH) is a specialty discount retailer of branded home entertainment products. The group's products fall into consumer electronics, car sound systems, music, Digital Versatile Disc’s (DVD’s) and white-goods. JB Hi-Fi Limited achieved revenue growth of 17%, EBIT growth of 23% and NPAT growth of 26% for the year ended in 30 June 2010
Comparison: Here the industry average is 5.26 times, compared to JB Hi-Fi’s figures of 11.25 (2011) and 11.03 (2010) times. This indicates that JB Hi-Fi is able to generate greater sales from its fixed assets, when compared to the market average. Generally, firms with a higher fixed asset turnover are successful in getting the most out of their assets, and in turn are able to generate higher revenues. Here JB Hi-Fi outperforms its sector, and this indicates that it is in a strong position to generate sales from the assets it has available.
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JB Hi-Fi is an Australian retailer of consumer electronics it began in 1974, where Mr. John Barbuto (JB) established JB Hi-Fi in East Keilor, Victoria. His main focus was to deliver a special range of Hi-Fi and recorded music at the lowest prices in Australia and New Zealand. Mr. John Barbuto sold the business in 1983 and by 1999 another nine stores were opened. In July 2000 private equity bankers and senior management purchased JB Hi-Fi. In October 2003, JB Hi-Fi was floated on the Australian Stock Exchange. This company still maintaining Barbet’s original philosophy, JB is one of Australasia 's fastest growing and largest retailers of home entertainment.
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