News & Events

02/04/13 - Love hs

In case you missed our latest campaign on TV, here it is featuring a sneak peak of our latest fashion and homewares.

 

 

26/03/13 - Harris Scarfe Rundle Place Officialy Opens

Last night Harris Scarfe held a VIP party to celebrate the repoening of our Flagship store on the histrical site of Rundle Mall.

We were honored to have Teresa Palmer and our Managing Director Joe Babaris cut the ribbons on the new store. Other guests to the invite only event include Vogue Australia's Christine Centenera, Australian cricket's first lady and face of Boutique@hs Kyly Clarke, Phil and Amity Dry from the block and Sydney PR Queen Roxy Jacenko.

 

Teresa Palmer, arriving in Adelaide Airport ahead of the Launch Party

 

Footage from the night of the amazing Grand Opening launch party

 

 

 

 

07/03/13 - GUESS WHO'S COMING HOME?

Goodbye Rundle Plaza, Hello Rundle Place Flagship Store!

Prepared to paint the town green with hs love as Harris Scarfe puts on the final touches for the Grand Opening of our Flagship store in Rundle Mall, Adelaide on the 26^th of March. The new Flagship store is situated on Rundle Place, the multi-million dollar development that occupies the site of the old Adelaide City Harris Scarfe Store.

We say goodbye this Friday the 8^th of March to our Rundle Plaza store as it goes into the final stages of closedown in preparation for the opening of our new Flagship Rundle Place Store. If you’re in the area, come down to Rundle Mall and find yourself a bargain at the closedown sale.

Check out our Rundle Place Grand Opening page for full details of opening events and activities.

 

24/01/13 - Rundle Place - Harris Scarfe Making a Move

Iconic South Australian retailer Harris Scarfe has commenced preparations for their exciting move to their new multimillion dollar location at the new Rundle Mall redevelopment Rundle Place, Adelaide.

Harris Scarfe Marketing/Creative Manager, Chris Kontos, explains that Harris Scarfe is making a huge commitment and investment into the South Australian retail market.

“Harris Scarfe is proudly recognised as the heart of South Australia. We have an incredibly strong enterprise that we are continuing to build and develop in our hometown. This moment is defining our brand and the future of retail in the Australian market, and Harris Scarfe is most certainly at the forefront of a rejuvenated retail market,” says Chris Kontos.

Overseeing another chapter in the retail giants 160 year history, the Adelaide market will experience firsthand the new imagery, branding, style, and direction of Harris Scarfe at the new Rundle Place redevelopment.

“Our customers have already noticed some significant changes within our company. In late 2012 we introduced new brand Boutique@hs which is a classic, affordable, and stylish collection; the perfect fit for our brand ambassador; Kyly Clarke. And only recently we engaged New York based model Max Papendieck, also an Adelaide local, to shoot our new menswear label; Nic Morris."

With all of this visionary development and creative concepts, Harris Scarfe remains committed to our core customers and our promise of quality products at affordable prices.

The new store also allows for the addition of 40 casual staff, positions which have already been met with an incredible response, seeing 700 applicants thus far.

“The response from people who wish to join our team is overwhelming; we are so proud to have created a working environment that people want to be a part of and are very excited to expand our team,” says Chris Kontos.

Watch this space for official opening dates and announcements!

 

12/12/2012 - HS HOME BLACKTOWN GRAND OPENING 'WIN A $500 HS GIFT CARD'

TERMS & CONDITIONS INTRODUCTION:

1. By entering this competition, you are accepting these terms and conditions. This competition is a game of chance.

PROMOTIONAL PERIOD:

2. The competition commences on Wednesday 12th December 20 12, 12.0 1 am and concludes on Monday 24th December 20 12 at 1 1.59pm AEDST.

ELIGIBILITY:

3. Competition is open to NSW residents only.

4. Employees or a member of the immediate family of an employee of Harris Scarfe and/or are a sponsor or affiliate associated with the contest are not eligible for entry.

ENTRY:

5. To enter, you need to be a subscriber to the hs Friends newsletter. By entering you will automatically k subscribed to the hs Friends newsletter or alternately you can subscribe via the subscribe link on the web site: www.harrisscarfe.com.au/signup

6. Entrants details must k submitted within the 'promotional period i.e. by no later than 11.59pm AEDST on Monday 24th December 2012.

7. One entry per email registration only.

8. All competition entries and any material submitted in connection with any contest (written, audio, electronic or visual) becomes the property of Harris Scarfe.

PRIZE:

9. There will be one (1) winner of the competition. The winner will receive a $500 Harris Scarfe Gift card.

10. All prizes are non-transferable or exchangeable in any way and cannot be taken as cash.

PRIZE DRAW:

11. The competition is a game of chance and the prize draw will determine the winner. The draw will take place at the Harris Scarfe Office, Level 5, 420 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004 on Friday 4th January 2013. The outcome of the draw is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

WINNER NOTIFICATION:

12. The winner will be contacted via phone and/or email on Friday 4th January 2013 via the phone number and/or email address provided.

13. The winner's first name, surname initial and postcode may be published at

www.harrisscarfe.com.au on Friday 4th January 2013.

 

UNCLAIMED PRIZE DRAW:

14. If the winner cannot be contacted within 28 days of the prize draw, the prizes will be made use of as Harris Scarfe sees fit. Harris Scarfe can be contacted via 03 9863 2200 (Atn: Zac) or email customerfeedbadr@harrisscarfe.com.au

PRIZE DELIVERY:

15. Harris Scarfe may elect to post the gift card, but no responsibility will be accepted by Harris Scarfe for the safe postal delivery of the gift card.

PRIVACY:

16. By entering the competition, you allow Harris Scarfe to use your information in accordance with the privacy policy as published at

www.harrisscarfe.com.au/privacy.html

17. Personal information of competition entrants will be handled according to the Harris Scarfe privacy policy as published at www.harrisscarfe.corn.au/privacy.htmI

VALIDITY OF ENTRIES:

18. Harris Scarfe reserves the right to request information to verify the validity of entries including: proof of identity and/or proof of NSW residency status at the nominated prize delivery address. Verification is at the discretion of Harris Scarfe Ply Ltd, whose decision is final. Harris Scarfe Management reserves the right to disqualify any individual who is involved in any way in interfering or tampering with the conduct of this promotion.

BONUS VOUCHER

19. As a bonus for entering this competition, every entry receives a voucher for 10% off* any purchase of Homewares, Manchester, Clothing, Footwear or Underwear, when you spend $100 or more^ in one transaction. To redeem, present the voucher at the checkout with your purchase at our Blacktown store between 12/12/2012 and 24/12/2012. Limit of one voucher per customer per transaction. Original voucher must be presented at checkout and surrendered upon redemption. Voucher cannot be combined with any other offer, voucher or coupon. Voucher cannot be redeemed for cash, payment of an existing lay-by or account payment, purchase of gift card or online purchase. Offer excludes Electrical Products and HS Essentials. 

VARIATION OF TERMS:

20. Harris Scarfe reserves the right to alter these Terms and Conditions, withdraw any prize or cancel all or part of the promotion in its absolute discretion without notice subject to state regulation.

PROMOTER:

21. The competition & promotion is organized & conducted by Harris Scarfe Australia Pty Ltd, ABN 83 095 01 8 803, Level 5, 450 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004,

03 9863 2200.

 

 

04/12/2012 SA, QLD, NSW & ACT - 05/12/2012 VIC & TAS

VIP SALES EVENT + WIN $1000 IN HS GIFT CARDS OR A 7” SAMSUNG GALAXY TABLET

Our annual hs Christmas Brand Sale starts on Wednesday the 5th of December in SA, QLD, NSW & ACT and Thursday 6th December 2012 in VIC and TAS, with up to 60% off*.

However, we would like to invite you to shop in store at harris scarfe one day before the sale starts with our VIP event.

Come into our stores on Tuesday the 4th of December in SA, QLD, NSW & ACT or Wednesday 5th December 2012 in VIC and TAS from 9am to 6pm you and a friend are entitled to receive an ADDITIONAL 5% OFF Electrical & 10% OFF Everything else*^. This will save you even more off your favourite brands.

Simply present your coupon at point of sale to receive your additional 5% OFF Electrical & 10% OFF Everything else*^ on top of the already reduced catalogue lines.

By shopping at our VIP preview event, you can enter into the draw to win a $1000 gift card for first prize, or a 7”, 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tablet for second prize. Make sure to enter your name, contact phone number and email address on the VIP entry form below and present this to our team at the time of your purchase to enter!

Download your printer friendly Voucher Here:

(04/12/12) SA / NSW / QLD and ACT customers

(05/12/12) VIC & TAS customers

 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

INTRODUCTION:
1. By entering this competition, you are accepting these terms and conditions. This competition is a game of chance.

PROMOTIONAL PERIOD: 
2. The competition commences and concludes on Tuesday 4th December 9 am to 7 pm for SA, TAS, ACT, NSW and QLD and on Wednesday 5th December 2012 for Vic 9am to 7pm aedst.

ELIGEBILITY: 
3. Competition is open to All Australian residents only.

4. Employees or a member of the immediate family of an employee of Harris Scarfe and/or are a sponsor or affiliate associated with the contest are not eligible for entry.

ENTRY:
5. To enter, you need to be a subscriber to the hs Friends newsletter. By entering you will automatically be subscribed to the hs Friends newsletter or alternately you can subscribe via the subscribe link on the website http://www.harrisscarfe.com.au/signup.

6. Entrants details must be submitted within the “promotional period” i.e. by no later than Tuesday 4th December 9 am to 7 pm for SA, TAS, ACT, NSW and QLD and on Wednesday 5th December 2012 for Vic 9am to 7pm aedst.

7. One entry per registration only.

8. All competition entries and any material submitted in connection with any contest (written, audio, electronic or visual) becomes the property of Harris Scarfe.

PRIZE:
9. There will be two (2) winners of the competition. The first prize winner will receive a $1000 Harris Scarfe Gift card. The second prize winner will receive a Samsung 7 Inch Wi-Fi Only 16GB Tablet in silver. Tablet is not connected to any telecommunications provider and connection will be the responsibility of the winner.

10. All prizes are not transferrable or exchangeable in any way and cannot be taken as cash.

PRIZE DRAW:
11. The competition is a game of chance and the prize draw will determine the winner. The draw will take place at the Harris Scarfe Victorian Head Office, Level 5, 420 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004 on Monday 10th December.  The outcome of the draw is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

WINNER NOTIFICATION:
12. The winner will be contacted via phone and or email on Tuesday 11th December 2012 via the phone number and email address provided.

13. The winner’s first name, surname initial and postcode may be published at www.harrisscarfe.com.au.

UNCLAIMED PRIZE DRAW:
14. If the winner cannot be contacted within 28 days of the prize draw, the prizes will be made use of as Harris Scarfe sees fit. Harris Scarfe can be contacted via 03 9863 2200 (Attn: Zac) or email customerfeedback@harrisscarfe.com.au

PRIZE DELIVERY:
15. Harris Scarfe may elect to post the prize, but no responsibility will be accepted by Harris Scarfe for the safe postal delivery of the prize.

PRIVACY:
16. By entering the competition, you allow Harris Scarfe to use your information in accordance with the privacy policy as published at http://harrisscarfe.com.au/privacy.html

17. Personal information of competition entrants will be handled according to the Harris Scarfe privacy policy as published at http://www.harrisscarfe.com.au/privacy.html

VALIDITY OF ENTRIES: 
18. Harris Scarfe reserves the right to request information to verify the validity of entries including: proof of identity and/or proof of ACT residency status at the nominated prize delivery address. Verification is at the discretion of Harris Scarfe Pty Ltd, whose decision is final. Harris Scarfe Management reserves the right to disqualify any individual who is involved in any way in interfering or tampering with the conduct of this promotion.

BONUS VOUCHER
19. As a bonus for entering this competition, every entry receives a voucher for you to receive at your time of purchase, an additional 5% OFF# Electrical & 10% OFF# Everything else*^ on the VIP event Tuesday 4th December 9 am to 7 pm for SA, TAS, ACT, NSW and QLD and on Wednesday 5th December 2012 for Vic 9am to 7pm aedst.

*Discounts off regular prices. No further discounts apply to catalogue & already reduced lines. ^Excludes Gift Cards & HS Essentials Range. #Coupon cannot be combined with any other offer, voucher, coupon or discounts. Not valid for payments of an existing layby, account payments, purchase of gift cards, online purchases, phone order purchases or redeemable for cash. Limit one coupon per customer, per transaction.

VARIATION OF TERMS:
20. Harris Scarfe reserves the right to alter these Terms and Conditions, withdraw any prize or cancel all or part of the promotion in its absolute discretion without notice subject to state regulation.

PROMOTER:
21. The competition & promotion is organized & conducted by Harris Scarfe Australia Pty Ltd, ABN 83 095 018 803, Level 5, 420 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004, 03 9863 2200

 

17/10/2012 - Ulverstone Repoening

To celebrate the re-opening of the Ulverstone store, Harris Scarfe Ulverstone will reward its local customers with a host of promotions including in-store giveaways, special offers, and events.

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

37 King Edward Street, Ulverstone TAS

 

Activities:

• Face painting
• Rotary Club sausage sizzle
• 150 gift bag giveaways
• Four $50 gift card giveaways
• 10% off vouchers during the week of the re-opening

Harris Scarfe is proud to be a part of the Ulverstone Community and has been working around the clock to re-open the store to ensure all of their loyal customers remain happy.

 

 

2/5/2012 - Forest Hill Grand Opening

 

 

8/3/12- Active Autumn Competition

Our Active Autumn Competition has come to an end. Thanks to everyone that entered!

 

Congratulations to Fiona M. from Postcode 3181. You have been chosen as our winner! You have won a sport's apparel pack, one month's worth of personal training with Hayley from Love My Body, a $500 new wardrobe and a styling session with one of Australia's leading stylists. We will be in touch shortly Fiona.

Thanks again to everyone who entered.

 

♥hs

 

4/1/12- hs home Tuggerah & Macarthur Competition

Our HS Home Tuggerah & Macarthur Square Grand Openings were a success! Thank-you to everyone who came along on the opening days and has continued to shop with us since then.

We are looking forward to creating relationships with the community in the Tuggerah and Campbelltown areas.

To celebrate the openings, we ran a competition to win a $1000 hs gift card. We asked customers how they would ‘spruce up their home’ with a $1000 hs gift card.

Congratulations to Rachel G. of postcode 2567 for your winning entry:

“With a new house in Macarthur, that looks a disaster, please let me on the loose with $1000 worth of spruce!”

Also congratulations to the 5 runners-up that will each receive a $100 hs gift card:

• Debbie M. of Postcode 2263
• Glenda W. of Postcode 2260
• Jodi L. of Postcode 2619
• Peter B. of Postcode 2263
• Wendy C. of Postcode 2203

Congratulations to all our winners. We will be in touch shortly.

Thank-you to everyone that entered.

♥hs

 

16/11/11- Love Spring Racing Competition

Spring Carnival has come to a close for another year and along with it our Love Spring Racing competition. Entrants were asked to finish the sentence 'Spring Racing is...' It was an extremely hard decision trying to pick a winner from the hundreds of entries we received but we finally chose our winner.

Congratulations to our winner, Rachel A. Postcode 5241 for her entry:

Field fashion, shopping passion, hearts racing, horses placing, stylish dresses, lavish tresses, dapper gents, much suspense... Until we've found best on ground!

Rachel has won a $1000 Shopping Spree! Congratulations to Rachel and a big thank-you to everyone who entered.

♥hs

 

18/10/11- HARRIS SCARFE ANNOUCES OPENING of hs HOME store at Springvale Homemaker Centre 9am 24th Oct 2011

Harris Scarfe are excited to announce the opening of its third hs home store at the Springvale Homemaker Centre- Cnr Princes Hwy & Westall Rds.

The store will stock homewares & manchester, from famous Australian brands such as Sunbeam, Dyson, Circulon, Stanley Rogers, Sheridan, and Esprit.

To mark the opening of the new store, hs home invite you to celebrate with a host of promotions, in-store giveaways, special offers and events.  You will benefit with the huge array of celebratory offers and specials.

Whilst hs home is still a relatively new concept in the Melbourne market, Harris Scarfe have been operating in Australia for over 160 years and recently celebrated this significant achievement with a series of events in South Australia, the birthplace of Harris Scarfe. 

“hs home offers its customers a contemporary and aspirational store but still has products at affordable prices.  We focus specifically on well known, branded homewares, and manchester “, says Harris Scarfe Managing Director, Joe Barberis.

Joe continues, “We are excited to offer our shoppers a dynamic new shopping offer, providing them the opportunity to make huge savings on homewares , manchester and electrical.  We bring to Springvale a long and successful history of offering great brands at great prices.”

This iconic Australian retailer now occupies 46 Harris Scarfe stores across South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, ACT and Queensland and employs over 2,000 staff. This store opening will be the 46^th store for Harris Scarfe and the 3^rd hs home store. 

With the new store has also come employment opportunities for the community. Those interested can register at our careers page here.

Welcome home

♥ hs

15/09/11- Children's Wear Now in 22 Stores

Following the recent success of our children’s clothing range, hs is please to announce we have expanded our children’s offering to an additional 8 stores. You can now find children’s clothing in 22 hs stores Australia wide.

07/09/11- Father’s Day Competition

After weeks of laughing and eye rolling we have finally found the lamest, cheesiest, most groan-worthy ‘Dad Joke’ in Australia.

Congratulations to our winner, Jo M. Postcode 5158 for her entry:

Whenever someone says to my Dad ‘could you put the kettle on?’ he replies ‘I would but I don’t think it would fit.

Jo won a Father’s Day Prize Pack valued at over $1300! Woohoo!

♥hs

 

06/09/11- Australian Women’s Weekly Competition

To celebrate the Home, Cook & Sleep Ranges by the Australian Women’s Weekly we gave our customers the chance to win a $1000 Homewares Pack by the Australian Women’s Weekly.

Well done to everyone who entered. Some of the entries were absolutely mouth -watering but in the end we had to choose only one winner. Congratulations to Helen C. from Postcode 4481 for her very creative entry:

“When I’m lacking the inspiration, to create a meal that’s a sensation, Women’s Weekly ignites my imagination, to create the ultimate family roast sensation.”

Congratulations Helen!

♥hs

 

03/08/11 - A Warm Welcome for Harris Scarfe and Competition Winners

Harris Scarfe would like to say thanks to the people of Morayfield and Brisbane for the warm welcome they've shown us since the store opening 2 weeks ago.

As part of the grand opening, we ran a competition to give a way a $1000 shopping spree and five $200 Harris Scarfe giftcards and the results are out!

Congratulations to Jo H. from postcode 4510 who has taken out the first prize and will be enjoying a $1000 shopping spree at her local Harris Scarfe.

Also congratulations to the follow 5 entrants who have each won a $200 Harris Scarfe giftcard.

Jodie H.
Postcode: 4506

Helen S.
Postcode: 4122

Kathrine R.
Postcode: 4017

Peter E.
Postcode: 4507

Susan Z.
Postcode: 4064

We will be in contact with you shortly to let you know how to claim your prize.

♥hs

 

06/06/11 - HARRIS SCARFE ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW QUEENSLAND STORE

Harris Scarfe is excited to announce the opening of its newest store in Morayfield, Queensland on Thursday 14 July. 

The new Harris Scarfe Morayfield store boasts in excess of 2500sq metres of retail space, staffed by 44 new team members from the local community and led by Store Manager, Justin Edwards. You can find the location of the store and contact details here.

The store will stock homewares, manchester, fashion, sportswear, underwear, footwear and accessories from famous Australian brands such as Sunbeam, Dyson, Circulon, Sheridan, Esprit, Berlei, Bonds, Adidas, Diana Ferrari and more.

To mark the opening of the new store, Harris Scarfe invites Morayfield to celebrate with a host of promotions, in-store giveaways, special offers and events.  Our loyal Harris Scarfe Chermside customers will also benefit with the huge array of celebratory offers and specials also available at the Chermside store.

Whilst still a relatively new name to the people of Queensland, Harris Scarfe has been operating in Australia for over 160 years and recently celebrated this significant achievement with a series of events in South Australia, the birthplace of Harris Scarfe. 

“Harris Scarfe offers its customers department store products at discount store prices.  We focus specifically on well known, branded homewares, manchester and affordable fashion”, says Harris Scarfe Managing Director, Joe Barberis.

Joe continues, “We are excited to offer the shoppers of Morayfield a dynamic new shopping offer, providing them the opportunity to make huge savings on homewares and fashion.  We bring to Morayfield a long and successful history of offering great brands at great prices.”

This iconic Australian retailer now occupies 45 stores across South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, ACT and Queensland and employs over 2,000 staff.  Harris Scarfe Morayfield will be the retailer’s 46th store, involving an investment of over $2 million.

With the new store has also come employment opportunities for the community. Those interested can register at our careers page here.

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06/06/11 - HARRIS SCARFE ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW VIC STORE

Harris Scarfe is excited to announce the opening of its new store in Ballart VIC, on Thursday 16th June.

The new Harris Scarfe Ballarat store will boast 2000sq metres of retail space. The store will stock homewares, manchester and fashion from Australian brands Circulon, Sheridan, Esprit, Berlei, Bonds, Diana Ferarri and more.

To mark the opening of the new store Harris Scarfe will invite Ballarat to celebrate with a host of promotions, in-store giveaways, special offers and events.

Store opens at 8am Thursday 16th June.

Full trading hours and location can be found here

25/05/11 - FuzzYard Premium Pet Products Prize Pack

To celebrate the launch of our new pets range, Harris Scarfe in conjunction with FuzzYard Premium Pets Products are giving away a pets prize pack.

We asked you to submit the cutest photo of your pet and the results are in.

With so many submissions of your beloved dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and other miscellaneous pets, it was a really hard task to choose the cutest of them all.

But choose we did and the winner is the submission by Kylee of Warragul who stole our hearts with a photo of her puppy swimming in a bed of grass!

Kylee has won for her pup a FuzzYard pack including

•    1x Carnival Medium Reversible Bed
•    1x Carnival Medium Feeding Bowl
•    1x Scratchy the Giant Flea Toy

♥hs

 

11/04/11 - HILLIER's 6KG EASTER EGG PROMO

To celebrate Easter & our huge range of chocolate Easter eggs in store, Harris Scarfe and Hillier's gave away a Hillier's 6kg Easter Egg valued at $350. Customers were asked to sign up to our hs friends newsletter and tell us what their ultimate chocolate fantasy is.

We had a huge response from you guys with some very interesting and creative entries. Reccurring themes include chocolate baths, pools and spas, affairs involving Willy Wonka, limitless & guilt free indulgence, real world objects in chocolate form, being trapped with chocolate, being trapped inside chocolate, and some so saucy we can’t mention.

It was a very hard task to pick a winner from among the may great responses, but in the end we had to pick one and the winner is Amanda from Victoria who impressed the judges with her clever rhyming poem.

Amanda’s ultimate chocolate fantasy is a:

“World where chocolate looses weight,
more you eat, more you look great,
no breakouts, just chocolate smooth skin,
ahhh I'd have a chesire cat grin!”

We'll be in contact with Amanda shortly to let her know how to claim her 6kg Hillier’s Easter Egg.

♥hs

 

11/04/11 - NEW STORE GIFTCARD PROMO

As part of the launch of our new Belconnen and Rundle Plaza Mall stores we asked customers why they love to shop at Harris Scarfe.

Congratulations to Pam from Gunning ACT, Harjeet from Kambah ACT, Donna from Melba ACT, Nicole from Symonston ACT & Daayna from Belconnen ACT who have each won a $200 Harris Scarfe Giftcard for their most creative entries.

Thanks for the support guys, we'll be in contact soon to let you know how to claim your prize.

♥hs

 

04/04/11 - RACO COOKSET COMPETITION

Congratulations to Lisa from Palmerston who has won a 7pc Professional Cookset by RACO. Lisa entered our competition during the launch of our new Belconnen store.

This is Lisa's winning entry on why she deserves the RACO cookset.

"We love shopping at Harris Scarfe and are regular customers. We just got engaged and will soon be moving into our own house. It would be great to have a new saucepan set. I love to cook! Thank you."

We hope you enjoy your new cookset.

♥hs

 

17/03/11 - HARRIS SCARFE ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW ACT STORE

Harris Scarfe is excited to announce the opening of its 44th store in Belconnen ACT, on Thursday 31 March 2011, adjacent to the new retail precinct in the Westfield Belconnen Shopping Centre in North Canberra.

The new Harris Scarfe Belconnen store will boast 2000sq metres of retail space making it the largest Harris Scarfe store in the ACT. The store will stock homewares, manchester and fashion from Australian brands Circulon, Sheridan, Esprit, Berlei, Bonds, Diana Ferarri and more.

To mark the opening of the new store Harris Scarfe will invite Canberra to celebrate with a host of promotions, in store entertainment, special offers and events including in store cooking demonstrations by celebrated Australian chef Peter Russell Clarke.

With the new store will also come employment opportunities for the community. Those who are keen can register their interest here.

14/02/11 - HARRIS SCARFE ADELAIDE CITY GETS SET FOR REDEVELOPMENT

Harris Scarfe is excited to announce the next evolution of its iconic Adelaide City store in a planned, total re-development of the Rundle Mall site now known as Rundle Place, due to commence in April 2011.

“While the current site has been home to Harris Scarfe’s flagship store for over 90 years, we are excited to be able to bring to Adelaide what will be the most modern and state of the art retail department store in Australia ”, says Harris Scarfe Managing Director, Joe Barberis.

“Over the coming months Harris Scarfe will clear its Adelaide City store of all stock in preparation for the redevelopment and invite South Australians to celebrate with a host of promotions, events, VIP offers and sales on a scale never before seen in Adelaide!”

To ensure customers continue to enjoy Harris Scarfe’s great range of products, brands and savings while the redevelopment project is underway, Harris Scarfe Adelaide City will relocate to a new, temporary store in Rundle Mall Plaza from Wednesday 30th March 2011, with the existing site at 81 Rundle Mall to cease trading on Sunday 27th March.

Harris Scarfe has been operating in Adelaide for over 160 years and is integral to South Australia’s retail environment.