. . . . "Department store"@en . . "17139664"^^ . "Foy & Gibson"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Clothing, manchester, leather goods, soft furnishings, furniture, hardware, food"@en . ""@en . . . . "Foy & Gibson (also known as Foy's) was one of Australia's largest and earliest department store chains. A large range of goods were manufactured and sold by the company including clothing, manchester, leather goods, soft furnishings, furniture, hardware and food."@en . . . . . . . . "1115302960"^^ . "William Gibson"@en . . . . . . . . "Foy & Gibson (also known as Foy's) was one of Australia's largest and earliest department store chains. A large range of goods were manufactured and sold by the company including clothing, manchester, leather goods, soft furnishings, furniture, hardware and food. The first store was established as a drapery in Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria by Mark Foy. This business prospered, occupying three shops by 1875 and six by 1880. Ownership was transferred to his son Francis Foy in partnership with in March 1883, but very soon after Francis Foy sold his half share to Gibson and moved to Sydney with his brother Mark, establishing Mark Foy's there in 1885. When the business expanded in the late 1880s, Gibson was joined by William Dougal and by his nephews Samuel Gibson and John Maclellan. He opened a hardware department and then rearranged the store in 1889, reputedly modelled on the Parisian Bon March\u00E9, creating what is said to be the first department store in Melbourne. Gibson kept his store going despite the 1893 bank crashes through hard work and 'dogged determination', and began to establish his own manufacturing works. By the early 20th century Gibson's workshops produced men's clothing, shirts, ladies' underclothing, millinery, furniture, bedding and hardware, and 'Gibsonia' woollens and hosiery. The complex and the stores became one of the largest employers in Victoria, and dominated the Wellington and Smith streets area with huge red brick multi-level buildings, all designed by architect William Pitt. Gibson established a branch of the business in Perth in 1895, and subsequently opened a store in Brisbane in 1903 and another in Rundle Street, Adelaide in 1907, on the site of the York Hotel, becoming the first Department Store with many interstate branches. A second Melbourne store called the Big Store, opened in Chapel Street, Prahran, in 1902, and in 1935 the Melbourne city store on the corner of Bourke and Swanston was rebuilt. In 1955 the company was bought out by . In 1964 Foy & Gibson (WA) Ltd, including ten stores in Western Australia, was sold to David Jones. The Bourke Street Melbourne store was sold to Woolworths in 1967. The Bourke Street store still stands but had been modernised, with three-storeys added at some point. The Electricity Trust of South Australia and some other Government departments were also based here. The Adelaide store continued to trade under the Cox-Foys banner \u2014 owned by Harris Scarfe until it closed in 1977. The Rundle Street site is now occupied by multi-storey car park and a Hungry Jack's fast food restaurant, across the road from the Centrepoint Target discount department store. Cox brothers went into receivership in 1968 ending the name of Foys in Melbourne. Letter books, financial records and catalogues are held by the University of Melbourne Archives."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Francis Foy"@en . . . . . . "Foy & Gibson Pty. Ltd."@en . . "7763"^^ . "Foy & Gibson (ook bekend als Foy's ) was een van de grootste en vroegste warenhuisketens van Australi\u00EB. Een groot aantal producten werd door het bedrijf zelf vervaardigd en verkocht, waaronder kleding, lederwaren, stoffering, meubels, gebruiksgoederen en voedsel."@nl . . . . . . "Foy & Gibson (ook bekend als Foy's ) was een van de grootste en vroegste warenhuisketens van Australi\u00EB. Een groot aantal producten werd door het bedrijf zelf vervaardigd en verkocht, waaronder kleding, lederwaren, stoffering, meubels, gebruiksgoederen en voedsel."@nl . . . . . . . "-1970.0"^^ . . . . . . . "Foy & Gibson"@nl . . . . . . "Former Foy & Gibson department store located on Adelaide's Rundle Street pictured in 1936."@en . . . . "Foy & Gibson Pty. Ltd."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .