Hoʻonui ka AP Eagers i ka pono

Martin Ward ma ka lumi hōʻikeʻike AP Eagers Range Rover ma Brisbane Fortitude Valley. (Kiʻi: Lyndon Mehilsen)

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO Martin Ward, ʻoiai ua hāʻule nā ​​​​kūʻai kaʻa hou i ka wā i loaʻa ai ka pilikia ma 2008, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ke kālā i koi ʻia i ka hui e hoʻonui i ka pono o kāna mau ʻauwaʻa franchise 90 East Coast. .

Ua ʻike ʻia ka pōmaikaʻi o kēlā ʻeha ma mua o kēia mahina i ka wā i hoʻonui ai ka mea kūʻai kaʻa i kāna wānana waiwai makahiki no ka makahiki i hala i $ 61 miliona mai $ 45.3 miliona i ka makahiki 2010, e ʻoi ana i ka wānana mākeke ʻOkakopa o $ 54-57 miliona.

E paʻi ʻia nā hopena o ka loiloi i ka hopena o ka mahina aʻe. ʻO ka hopena koke o ka hoʻokele ʻana ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o ka hui mai $11.80 a i kahi kiʻekiʻe o $12.60, akā ua hāʻule i hope i $12, ʻoiai he 20 keneta ke kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka hoʻolaha ʻana.

Loaʻa ka hopena maikaʻi loa me ke kūʻai ʻole ʻana i nā kaʻa hou a i hoʻohana ʻia paha, ʻo ia ka hana nui o ka hui. Ua hāʻule nā ​​kūʻai kaʻa hou ma Australia i ka 2.6% i ka makahiki i hala a ua kaʻana like ʻo Eagers i ka ʻeha, ʻoiai aia nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hapa lua o ka makahiki.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Ward, ʻelua mau kumu nui e hāʻawi ana i ka hopena maikaʻi aʻe o Eagers: ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o Adtrans o South Australia i ka makahiki i hala, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana o ka ʻoihana e kū nei - ʻaʻole ma o nā kūʻai hou aku, akā ma o ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

He liʻiliʻi ka ʻāpana kūʻai kaʻa i helu ʻia. ʻO Automotive Holdings Group ka hui nui loa, akā mālama pū nō hoʻi ia i nā logistic ma nā wahi e like me ka mālama anu. ʻO nā mea ʻelua aʻe ʻo Adtrans lāua ʻo Eagers.

Loaʻa iā Eagers ma kahi o 27% o Adtrans a hiki i ko lākou kūʻai ʻana i ka hui ma 2010 no $100 miliona. Ua wehewehe ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana i kēlā manawa "he kūʻai maikaʻi me ka mile mile haʻahaʻa a hoʻokahi mea mālama mālama".

Ma nā ʻano he nui, ʻo ka ulu ʻana o AP Eagers i nā makahiki i hala aku nei ua hahai i kekahi mau hui ʻo Queensland e neʻe ana mai nā mokuʻāina i nā hana aupuni.

ʻO Eagers kahi hui Queensland e hana ana ma Brisbane no 99 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kūʻai aku i nā kaʻa i ka wā i loaʻa ai nā kaʻa. Ua helu ʻia ka hui ma ka waihona kālā mai 1957 a, ʻoiai ua wikiwiki ʻo Ward e kuhikuhi, uku ʻo ia i nā ʻāpana i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

A hiki i ʻeono makahiki i hala, ua hana wale ʻo ia ma Queensland. Hana ʻo Eagers ma lalo o kahi ʻōnaehana franchise. Mai ka makahiki 2005, i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Mr. Ward me ka hui, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻonui i waena o ka mokuʻāina, akā ʻo ka lele nui ka loaʻa ʻana o Adtrans, nāna i hoʻopaʻa i ke komo ʻana i South Australia a me Victoria a hoʻonui i kona wāwae ma New South Wales ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana iā ia. alo ma na kapakai hikina a pau. .

Hoʻohana ʻo Eagers i kēia manawa i ka 45% o nā hana ma Queensland; 24 pakeneka ma New South Wales; 19 pakeneka ma Australia Hema; a he 6 pākēneka o kēlā me kēia ma Victoria a me ka Northern Territory. ʻO Adtrans ka hale kūʻai kaʻa nui loa ma South Australia a he hale kūʻai kaʻa nui ma New South Wales, Victoria a me South Australia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Ward ua loaʻa ka loaʻa ʻana ma ka hopena o 2010 a ʻo ia wale nō ka makahiki i hala i hoʻomaka ai ka ʻoihana e loaʻa nā waiwai maoli mai ka loaʻa ʻana.

"ʻO ka mea i hiki iā mākou ke hana, ʻo ia ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka papa hoʻokele holoʻokoʻa o kahi hui aupuni no kahi hui liʻiliʻi a hoʻohui ʻia i loko o kahi hui nui, nā mea e like me ka uku," wahi āna. "I ka wā i loaʻa ai iā ʻoe kahi manawa e paʻa ai, a ke ʻike nei mākou i ka pōmaikaʻi o ia manawa."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Ward, ʻaneʻane kokoke i ka hapalua o ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā i kēia makahiki ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o Adtrans, akā ua loaʻa pū i ka hui nā lanakila kūpono. “He pāʻani ʻīniha. He ʻoihana kēia kahi e loaʻa ai i nā poʻe he nui nā komisina a haʻahaʻa mau nā palena, "wahi āna.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻohana ʻo AP Eagers i ka ʻoihana helu kālā ʻo Deloitte e loiloi i ka hana o ka hui i kēlā me kēia 90 lā, a hāʻawi kēia i ka hui i ka hiki ke ʻike i nā wahi pilikia.

"No laila inā ʻaʻole mākou e hana ma kekahi wahi, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike a hana wikiwiki e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia," wahi āna. "Ua hana mākou i nā mea he nui i ka makahiki 2008-09 a mākou i hoʻokuʻu ai no nā makahiki i hope, akā ua koi maoli ka GFC iā mākou e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia.

"ʻO ka mea i hiki iā mākou ke hana, ʻo ia ka hōʻemi ʻana i kā mākou kumu kumukūʻai, e piʻi nui ana a hiki i 2007. I kekahi mau hihia no ka neʻe ʻana i nā hale ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi kahi e loaʻa ai iā mākou ka ʻike like akā uku ʻuʻuku.

ʻO kahi laʻana maikaʻi o kēia ʻo Brisbane, kahi i hoʻokele ai ka hui i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Ford a me General Motors i ʻelua mau wahi hanohano akā pipiʻi. I kēia manawa ua neʻe lākou, ʻoki i nā kumukūʻai a hoʻohui i kahi hale kūʻai Mitsubishi.