Wesfarmers
Australian conglomerate based in Perth, Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wesfarmers is an Australian company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It was founded in 1914 as Westralian Farmers Limited.[1] It is one of the two largest retailers in Australia. The other is Woolworths.[2][3][4] It used to own Coles Supermarkets (demerged in 2018 and it has now sold off most of its shareholding in Coles), K-Mart, Target Bunnings Warehouse and Bi-Lo Supermarkets.
Wesfarmers employs approximately 114,000 people, operates mostly in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It is also listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the code WES.
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