It all started 30 years ago, when Ernie and Eric introduced
the Concept of Vertical Blinds to Australia.
Ernie, together with his brothers in the early 1970s,
formed the company Kresta Blinds. Over the next 15 years,
it became one of the countrys largest retail blind
operations, employing 700 people with a sales turnover
in excess of 60 million dollars. Having gone public
on the stock exchange with Kresta and selling his shares,
the family started Vista Blinds in 1989 and successfully
built another retail operation in 4 states over the
next 12 years.
In 1999. an opportunity arose to do conduct reverse take-over
of Kresta. Vista became part of the Kresta Group for the majority
of the shares in the group and once again Ernie and Eric Brice
found themselves on the Board of the company they formed 30
years earlier. After resigning in 2002, the family bought
the name ABC blinds and put meaning to the letters i.e. Australian
Blinds Concepts.
In just 12 months the company went from strength to strength,
employing over 75 staff in its retail, wholesale and manufacturing
operation. The company currently has 6 showrooms in Perth
Metropolitan plus a warehouse / factory facility of over 2,000
sq. metres.
Obviously, a very large part of the success over the years
is due to the commitment to provide the best materials and
componentry, coupled with the latest products. These are sourced
from within Australia and around the world. This enables ABC
Blinds to offer world-class products to the public in Western
Australia and overseas markets at factory direct prices.
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