A private equity firm has bought upmarket department store David Jones for $100 million from its South African owners Woolworths who bought it for $2.1 billion in 2014.
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The country’s oldest department store David Jones has been sold to an Australian private equity firm for a significantly lower price than what it was purchased for in 2014.
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From Covid-19 to unsuccessful expansions, what went wrong for leading retailer David Jones, which could be unloaded at a fire sale price before Christmas by its South African owner.