Talk:Big W

Notability?

I think every section below "Business" and maybe some parts of the stores section are defintely not-notable. Compare this to other Department Store articles and you will see why =] - Boochan 03:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Business and some Employee section removed. Obviously someone cut and pasted the Woolworths Ltd Induction manual. - Boochan 02:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

As a Big W employee, I definitely think that the sections cut out are relevant to the article. They could possibly be condensed a little though. The parts that were edited out are specifically about Big W and how the company operates. Just because some may find it boring doesn't mean it should be edited out completely. By the way, unless inductions have changed significantly in the past 6 months (which they haven't) very little of it came from the induction. Cerberus584 04:11, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I invite you to take a look at department store articles for stores across the globe. I dont think you will see pages upon pages of managerial structure, information about the discount card and heavily detailed information about the different levels of employment in the store, as well as payroll information. the article on Target Australia is IMO a good example of a fairly good quality department/discount store article. - Boochan 10:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

This article has been marked since December, therefore I am going to start cutting out info. --TheSeer (TalkˑContribs) 21:41, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Intro

During the induction you are taught that Big W is the biggest department store retailer in Aus. I'm talking from memory here (which is not so good), I think that Big W generally has a higher gross income than Kmart or Target and employs more staff but does not have more stores. I think that the intro requires a citation to justify its claim that Big W is the second largest retailer.

I've also removed Pets from the Home dept as this is incorrect --Spuzzdawg 23:55, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Pets definitely are in Home at the store I work at. --Richmeister_talk 18:53, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

The pets department changed to home in my store shortly after I made the edit. I think the change may have have happened at different times at different stores. I've changed it back. --Spuzzdawg 14:56, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Big Woolworths??

Can anyone verify the line "BIG W stands for Big Woolworths"? because I'm pretty sure it's just an urban legend told to kids. If it isn't verifiable, we shall delete it.59.167.47.192 00:09, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Departments

Can anyone explain to me how a listing of the departments i.e. what it is that you can actually buy in a Big W store is not relevant here? The page the person who keeps undoing refers to doesn't explain this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Standspace (talk • contribs)

The linked info was:

The minutiae of detail about what each department or manager does in not notable and should not be in this article. To learn that, say, the store manager is in charge of all operations within a store does not add to a reader's understanding of the topic and is not a point of uniqueness or differentiation regarding Woolworths. Similarly, to learn that, say, the Bakery department looks after breads, biscuits and bakery products is not significant or relevant information. The article should be structured so that it informs a reader about the topic. This information has no place in Wikipedia and should not be reinstated.

--TheSeer (TalkˑContribs) 03:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes that is what I found and I don't see how it relates to a list of deparments. The deparment section had nothing to do with what manager is in charge of what etc. Can we have a list of deparments without breaking it up into four gropus then??? This is ridiculous! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Standspace (talk • contribs) 12:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I had a summarised version but Wikipedia lost it (all servers busy) so all I'll say is read it again - managers are a small part of the point and it doesn't seem like you've read past the first sentence. Also, take a look at the Coles and Bi-Lo articles, their department sections are much better, and aren't just indiscriminate lists of information. --TheSeer (TalkˑContribs) 23:14, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Rebranding, services

A detailed description of the rebranding is not notable - organizations all over the world rebrand and they would all do it in a similar way - logos, store revamps, uniforms etc. The services available at Big W are largely the same as at Kmart, Target etc and are not notable. Points of difference (eg Ezy Banking) may be. Murtoa (talk) 12:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Department Stores

Big W did not begin 1976 as stated it actually started in 1964 in Jesmond NSW as a department store format complete with escalators, other stores were located at Kotara NSW (kotara Fair), liverpool, chatswood, Bankstown and warrawong NSW —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knightman1970 (talk • contribs) 06:48, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

It's a bit hard to get an exact date, I found this trademark registration from 06-APR-1976 :http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/atmoss/falcon_details.show_tm_details?p_tm_number=295716&p_search_no=5&p_ExtDisp=D&p_detail=DETAILED&p_rec_no=23&p_rec_all=500 --DavidMarsh (talk) 00:46, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Woolworths states on its website the 1964 claim - although it's not an independent source I reckon it's good enough in this instance Murtoa (talk) 02:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Department Stores II

I agree with DavidMarsh. I thought I was going mad when I first read this entry. I have lived in the Liverpool area 50 years and was there when Big W opened in 1966. I also watched it burn to the ground on 11 October 1972. (By then renamed to the Woolworths Family Centre, which they rebuilt, along with building other shops, as Phoenix Plaza). Here is the proof of the BIG W store opening at Liverpool: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RwIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1434,3157457&dq=woolworths+liverpool&hl=en

and on the Gold Coast in 1969 (with a picture of the store logo! - on the far right)

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47123997?searchTerm=%22big%20w%22%20%22gold%20coast%22%201969&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc

So I have corrected the obviously-incorrect statements. I have decided to leave the Tamworth store as is without citing, but have qualified it by calling it the first STANDALONE Big W. —Preceding unsigned comment added by --johnr_roberts (talk) 19:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

When will Woolworths & Big W stores stop printing the paper fuel dockets ? For now, I'm hoping they stay in tandem with the Everyday Rewards cards. Anyone have any inside info? Can anyone provide some pictures, or the vouchers, like exists for the Coles equivalent in Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob Steven Smith (talk • contribs) 17:40, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Sharpening up

I have made a few edits to remove a deal of unnotable information. Minutiae has crept into this article (e.g. "minor refitting" as part of history) and a tendency to list information that would be typical of any discount department store, or indeed any retailer (eg. we have mid year and Christmas/Boxing Day sales). It's slightly concerning and perhaps indicative that too many of the sources appear to be from the corporate website or similar. Murtoa (talk) 11:49, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Needs secondary sources

I have removed this

Big W is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and it has an ethical sourcing policy in place. It also publicly lists the international factories from which it sources its products.

References

This needs secondary sources. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 06:03, 13 June 2016 (UTC)