What is Wesfarmers?
'''Wesfarmers''' is an [[Australia]]n [[company]] headquartered in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], Western Australia, Australia. It was founded in 1914 as Westralian Farmers Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our history|url=https://www.wesfarmers.com.au/who-we-are/our-history|access-date=2023-03-04|website=www.wesfarmers.com.au}}</ref> It is one of the two largest [[retail]]ers in Australia. The other is [[Woolworths (Australia)|Woolworths]].<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/02/business/bxwes.php|title = Wesfarmers to buy Coles to become Australia's biggest retailer|publisher = International Herald Tribune (Bloomberg news)|first = Robert|last = Fenner|date = 3 July 2007|access-date = 2 November 2008|archive-date = 29 May 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080529022636/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/02/business/bxwes.php|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/wesfarmers-buys-coles/2007/07/01/1183229003109.html|title = Wesfarmers buys Coles|work = Business Day|first = Vanda |last = Carson | date = 2 July 2007 | publisher = The Age}}</ref><ref name = SMHOct2008>{{cite news|url = http://business.smh.com.au/business/check-out-woolies-lead-on-coles-20081021-55m9.html|title = Check out Woolies' lead on Coles| first = Vanda |last = Carson |date = 22 October 2008|publisher = Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> It used to own [[Coles Supermarkets]] (demerged in 2018 and it has now sold off most of its shareholding in Coles), [[K-Mart (Australia)|K-Mart]], [[Target (Australia)|Target]] [[Bunnings Warehouse]] and [[Bi-Lo|Bi-Lo Supermarkets]]. Wesfarmers employs approximately 114,000 people, operates mostly in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It is also listed on the [[Australian Securities Exchange]] under the code WES. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Retail companies of Australia]]