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 Headquarters in Rhodes, New South Wales | |
| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Area served | Australia |
Key people | Gary Williams (Managing Director) |
| Products | Sporting goods, leisure goods, sport apparel, footwear |
| Parent | Super Retail Group |
| Website | www.rebelsport.com.au |
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Rebel Sport was established in 1985 with its first store in Bankstown. [2] After being listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1993, [3] it was purchased by Harvey Norman in July 2001. [4]
Archer Capital acquired Amart Sports in 2004. [5] Amart was a big format sports store headquartered in Queensland. Archer Capital also merged its acquisitions of South Australian-based Rowe & Jarman, smaller format stores doing business in Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, Victoria and Tasmania to complement Amart Sports. Rowe & Jarman became known as Amart Sports. [5] [6] [7] In 2007, Archer Capital acquired Rebel Sport and consolidated its sports retail businesses into it.[ citation needed ]
In 2011, Amart Sports was acquired by Super Retail Group. [5] In 2017, the Amart Sports brand was discontinued and merged into the Rebel Sport brand. [8] [9] [10] [11] The merger was designed to allow a focus on a single sporting goods brand and reduce costs.
In 2012, Rebel Sport dropped the word "sport" from its name and adopted a new logo and black and yellow branding. [12]
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