WES · Wesfarmers Limited

Description

Wesfarmers Ltd. engages in the provision of fresh food, groceries, general merchandise, liquor, fuel, and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Bunnings Group, Kmart Group, Chemicals, Energy and Fertilizers (WesCEF), Officeworks, Industrial and Safety, Wesfarmers Health, Catch, and Other. The Bunnings Group segment consists of retailers of building materials and home and garden improvement products and servicing households and commercial customers including builders, trades, and businesses. The Kmart Group segment manages Kmart and Target which are retailers of apparel and general merchandise, including toys, leisure, entertainment, home, and consumable. The WesCEF segment refers to manufacturer and marketer of chemicals for industry, mining, mineral processing, broadacre and horticultural fertilizers, marketer and distributor of LPG and LNG. The Officeworks segment covers the retail and supply of office products and solutions for households, small-to-medium sized businesses, and the education sector. The Industrial and Safety segment supplies and distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products. The Wesfarmers Health segment deals with wholesales and retails pharmaceutical, health, wellbeing, and beauty products. The Catch segment operates as an online retailer offering branded products on a first-party basis and a third-party online marketplace. The Other segment includes food and stables retailing, forest products, property, investment banking, OneDigital, and Corporate. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.