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David Jones (8 March 1793 – 29 March 1873), was a Welsh-Australian merchant, and the retailer founder of David Jones Limited.
David Jones Limited currently has 39 stores located in most Australian states and territories (except Tasmania and the Northern Territory). David Jones' main competitor is the larger, upmarket department store chain Myer.
Founded by Welsh merchant David Jones in 1838, DJs has a longer history than many of the most revered retail brands in the world. It is older than Harrods and Selfridges in London, Bergdorf Goodman in New York and Galeries Lafayette in Paris. It has 43 stores, a growing digital footprint and houses some of the best known designer brands on earth.
- Emma Koehn
David Jones (1793-1873), merchant, began his retail career in Pembrokeshire and London before emigrating to Sydney via Hobart. At the end of 1835 he became a partner in Appleton and Co, trading in Sydney.
David Jones (1793-1873), merchant, was born on 8 March 1793, the son of Thomas Jones, a farmer near Llandeilo, Wales, and his wife Nancy. His parents hoped that he would enter the church but at 15, showing little interest in farming or the ministry, he left home and was apprenticed to a grocer in Carmarthen.
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