Performax
Many people say the writing is on the wall and that large cars are dinosaurs. They back up such an assertion with statistics: the compact Mazda 3 outsold Holden’s Commodore last year while nearly everything outsold the poor old Ford Falcon, whose sales slid by 36.5 per cent.
PeepToe
Five years ago, Sydney based designer Nikki Hager sent shockwaves through the Australian fashion industry with the introduction of her vibrant and daring line of PeepToe shoes and accessories. With a strong focus on quality, all of PeepToe’s shoes and accessories are handmade within a group of small boutique suppliers in China, utilising individually selected leathers and high end textiles such as patent leathers, suedes, textures, crystals and metallics which are custom dyed for the most exclusive colour set.
Ochre Health
Medical tourism works both ways. Conventionally it concerns people travelling to various parts of Asia to get various parts of their own lopped off or repaired, but it can just as easily mean doctors touring the world and practising while they travel.
Henry Bucks
Nothing wrong with a little tradition, a bit of background, a hint of heritage. So it is at Henry Bucks, the classic men’s specialist multi-brand retailer, which has been in business for 121 years. “If I have heard people saying ‘your customers are dying out’ once in the 45 years I have been here with the business, I must have heard it about 10,000 times,” says Managing Director Tim Cecil with some feeling as he points out that “in spite of the fact that our customers are supposed to be dying, they are not!
Hawkins Road Transport
When it was established over 90 years ago, Australia’s Hawkins Road Transport Pty Ltd was destined to make history. Back in 1921, the company – formed by Bartholomew and Rosina Hawkins – became the first carrier to run in opposition to the rail in Brisbane.
Gametraders
“Necessity is the mother of invention” is a phrase one is likely to hear when discussing his business, Gametraders, with Mark Langford. It is his philosophy of adaptation which has helped Gametraders become one of the fastest growing, and most brilliantly successful game retailers in Australia’s multi-billion dollar retail game industry, and most importantly, the only Australian owned gaming-related franchise in the country.
Forcast
Forcast is an Australian label which designs for fashion-forward customers ranging from their teens into their 30s. The company has enjoyed continuous growth, largely due to its winning formula of creating quality clothing at a competitively affordable price.
Dental Corporation
Dental Corporation is a leading provider of dental services in Australia and New Zealand. But rather than focusing on rummaging around in patients’ mouths, this innovative company interests itself in what goes on behind the scenes in successful private practices nationwide.
Coffex Coffee
How do you like your coffee? Award winning, organic, fair trade, single origin… the team at Coffex Coffee has been giving coffee drinkers more reasons to drink up since 1959. “We’re always doing something different; it’s fairly fast paced but it’s always exciting,” says Marketing Manager Joshua Symons.
Civic Video
‘Don’t write us off yet!’ That is the clear message from a leader in the high-street video-rental shop industry, Civic Video. The industry has taken a number of blows in the past few years and faces continuing challenges, but – as Civic’s General Manager Rod Laycock told Business in Focus, plenty of people still want their friendly neighbourhood shop and the stores themselves still have plenty up their sleeves.
February 27, 2018, 12:18 PM AEDT
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