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He’s at it again. Gerry Harvey is back on the anti-online brigade. This time its all about categories…and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Speaking on ABC’s Lateline <\/a>last night the billionaire spoke about the online revolution, Wayne Swan and also had a winge about politicans across the spectrum. <\/p>\n

When asked whether online was the way of the future, he said: “yeah, but this is where people get it all mixed up. They don’t get it. And that’s the whole problem.”<\/p>\n

“You’ve got to go through it by category. So when you start talking about the categories that we are in, OK?, and talk about the internet sales in those categories – that’s what you’ve got to do,” he added. <\/p>\n

Ok Gerry.<\/p>\n

“If you want to go into bedding, we’re the biggest in Australia. The sales on the internet are zilch, or so close to it it doesn’t matter.”<\/p>\n

On whitegoods, he said:” there’s no internet sales in the world on that to speak of.” <\/p>\n

He goes on to say: <\/p>\n

“If you go to most retailers in the world that are selling that, it’s under 1 per cent. Now these are the facts. People don’t want to talk about the facts, they want to talk about some crappy bullsh***y thing. I don’t know what it is.<\/p>\n

The 73 year old also claims he’s not past it as his staff tell him so: <\/p>\n

“So I then go to the people that work with me and for me and I say, “You’re 30 or 40, have I missed it? Tell me if I’m losing it.” Right? “No, no, no, no, no.” They say, “You’re not. You’re up there.”<\/p>\n

(Well they’re hardly going to tell him otherwise, now are they?)<\/p>\n

And Harvey was also singing the Aussie, Aussie, Aussie swansong, claiming his interests are not about himself but the local economy and jobs. <\/p>\n

“It’s just the whole Australian economy I’m looking at and the number of retailers that are going to go out of business – and manufacturers. We’re out there supporting Australian manufacturers all the time, trying to keep a furniture industry going in this country.”<\/p>\n

Read what Mr Harvey had to say about mining tax, Wayne Swan and The Labor Party here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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” We are the only furniture retailer in Australia, furniture and bedding retailer in Australia that’s really supported Australian manufacturers to keep them going.”<\/p>\n

He also claims politicans are useless and has yet to get a favour from one. <\/p>\n

I’ve talked to Liberal politicians, I’ve talked to Labor politicians and some others and I can honestly say I’ve never been helped by a politician yet, ever. If I have, I’ve forgotten about it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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