page_title: Sportsgirl
section_title: 1990s
hierarchical_section_title: Sportsgirl / History / 1990s
caption_attribution_description: English: A Sportsgirl outlet on Murray Street, Hobart CBD.
context_page_description: Sportsgirl is an Australian women's clothing chain, owned and operated by the Sussan Retail Group.
context_section_description: In 1991, Sportsgirl opened ($180 million) Sportsgirl Centre in Collins Street. In Melbourne 1994, a change in the economic climate forces the company to sell the Sportsgirl Centre.
  David Bardas left the company and it was sold to an alliance of South African company Truworths and Australian Frank Whitford, managing director of Sportsgirl.
  Stores are opened in New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand. Expansion continues despite difficult retailing conditions. Labels Sportscraft, Sportsgirl and David Lawrence are split into separate stores, and new store fit-outs are implemented across Australia.
  Substantial investment is made in developing the profiles of the individual brands. Sportsgirl lures supermodel Claudia Schiffer to appear in the Sportsgirl parade at the Melbourne Fashion Festival.
  In early 1999, Whitford’s offer to buy out Truworths failed and in late 1999 the Sportsgirl Sportscraft Group was sold.
caption: A Sportsgirl outlet on Murray Street, Hobart CBD.
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