Jb Intro

The business was established in 1974 by Mr. John Barbuto (JB), trading from a single store in East Keilor, Victoria. He had one simple philosophy: to deliver a specialist range of Hi-Fi and recorded music at Australias lowest prices.

The business was sold in 1983 and by 1999 another nine stores were opened.

In July 2000 JB Hi-Fi was purchased by private equity bankers and senior management with the aim of taking the successful model nationally.

In October 2003, JB Hi-Fi was floated on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Now, maintaining Barbuto's original philosophy, JB is one of Australasia's fastest growing and largest retailer of home entertainment.

In July 2004, JB bought the Queensland Clive Anthony chain of stores which sell consumer electronics, white goods, cooking appliances and air-conditioning.

JB stores offer the world's leading brands of Hi-Fi, Speakers, Televisions, DVD's, VCR's, Cameras, Car Sound, Home Theatre, Computers and Portable Audio and continues to stock an exclusive range of specialist Hi-Fi products.

JB Hi-Fi has it all - best brands, huge range, cheapest prices, convenient locations, but most importantly genuine personal service from our experienced specialist staff.

In three decades, JB Hi-Fi has evolved from a single store in the Melbourne

suburb of East Keilor to a 33-superstore network spanning most Australian

states and the Australian Capital Territory. At the heart of JB Hi-Fi’s success is

a winning “discount warehouse” formula – leveraging a philosophy its website

describes as focused on “cheapest prices, best brands” and a “huge range” of home

entertainment products. These span the entertainment spectrum, from home

theatres and TVs of all descriptions to hi-fi speakers and digital cameras, as well

as car audio systems, over 150,000 CD titles and every major studio DVD film

release.

JB Hi-Fi also offers the largest range of video games, recorded music, DVD music and DVD movies with over 50,000 CDs and...