{"id":90755,"date":"1999-12-31T00:58:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/harvey-norman-confirms-airport-dick-smith-move-stores-bid\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:58:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:58:00","slug":"harvey-norman-confirms-airport-dick-smith-move-stores-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/harvey-norman-confirms-airport-dick-smith-move-stores-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Norman Confirms Airport Dick Smith, Move Stores Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As exclusively tipped by ChannelNews Gerry Harvey the Chairman of Harvey Norman, has confirmed that the mass retailer is looking to buy the Dick Smith Move stores.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;\">Harvey Norman executive chairman Gerry Harvey confirmed tonight, that they have discussed with Ferrier Hodgson the aquisition of the four Move stores at airports.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Analysts at the mass retailer who is also moving into distribution of consumer electronics are currently crunching the numbers. &nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">The four Move airport stores will continue while the 10 stores in shopping malls are being closed down.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;Every time I&#8217;ve looked at an airport business I&#8217;ve always run away because the rents and overheads are horrendous,&#8221; said Mr Harvey.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not generally the sort of place I&#8217;d like to be, but you have to look,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;At this stage we&#8217;ll just have to figure out how they make money. 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