Wesfarmers

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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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  1. "Our history". www.wesfarmers.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  2. Fenner, Robert (3 July 2007). "Wesfarmers to buy Coles to become Australia's biggest retailer". International Herald Tribune (Bloomberg news). Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  3. Carson, Vanda (2 July 2007). "Wesfarmers buys Coles". Business Day. The Age.
  4. Carson, Vanda (22 October 2008). "Check out Woolies' lead on Coles". Sydney Morning Herald.