
Quadrant backs City Farmers’ tech-based strategy
With a longstanding interest in Australia’s pet supplies industry, Quadrant Private Equity examined all the major independent players in search of a business suitable for rapid scaling up and expansion nationwide. In Perth-headquartered City Farmers, it found something unusual.
"The company has a sophisticated database-supported approach to management that we hadn't seen before at this scale," Justin Ryan, a director at Quadrant, told AVCJ. "That extends to electronic direct...
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