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  JB-HI-FI established in 1974, Melbourne, by John Barbuto
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  In 1983 JB-HI-FI was sold
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  By 1999 Nine more stores were open
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  JB-HI-FI was purchased again with the aim of making it transnational
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  By October JB-HI-FI was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
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  JB-HI-FI bought the Queensland Clive Anthony
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  By 2016, there are now 194 stores across Australia and New Zealand