Wesfarmers today [2014] is a $50 billion business embracing the Coles Group, Bunnings, Target, Kmart, the Curragh and Bengalla coalmines, and other national retailers and services. Based on interviews with scores of past and present staff and the families of the company’s founding fathers, Wesfarmers 100 : The People’s Story 1914–2014, highlights the many surprising, sometimes controversial and always colourful events that accompanied the co-operative on its extraordinary journey.
