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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1973
Page
3
The article explains bulk buying as a major shift in retailing. Firms can pass savings to customers if they buy enough of an item. Long-established firms monitor this development, noting its uneven reputation in some markets.
The Discovery Shop at Cusack's Kingston store, led for three years by Mrs Harper, showcases lamps posters and knick knacks as part of a broader home furnishing philosophy. It emphasizes coordinated planning, flexible service and advisory lampshades while planning modern displays and bulk buying.
Kingston in Canberra's south is set for a facelift with large scale redevelopment. The Fraser Court flats transfer to the Territory signals a shift to a lively revival, attracting younger residents and new businesses to the once waning suburb. Old Kingston aims to become a revived hub.
The Kingston Cusack's celebration shifted focus from Fyshwick facilities to the bulk store on Wiluna Street Canberra where storeman Peter Michel and a foreman oversee 20 000 sq ft of stock including hundreds of carpet rolls. The Fyshwick workshop led by Mrs Joy Taylor produces curtains bed spreads and cushions with 16 machinists meeting demand for dramatic prints this season.
The Cusack’s staff emphasizes a full range of home furnishings with curtain making by a 16 woman group in the Fyndwick building. Materials from Kingston store are made up in various curtain styles, plus bedspreads lamp shades and other shop services for awnings doors blinds rug fringe and custom scatter rugs.
An article on Cusack's Canberra store outlines design challenges as customers wonder if there’s more to offer. Phase two will add 16,000 square feet of furnishings and new room-deployment displays to showcase items in context, with Ted Kennet leading furniture buying and Jim Allen overseeing bedding.
The Cusack family built a Kingston store starting in 1424 with early chapters of expansion. The business grew under Stan Cusack, adding Green Square operations and a three-mock arcade, then moved top floors above, while the bulk store shifted to Fyshwick. New moves and open-plan changes accompany ongoing evolution of the business narrative.
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