Retail Industry News
Lee spills the beans on Anyware departure
Monday, 08, March 2010
Dissent with his business partner and a successful online retail venture have led Anyware’s co-founder, Victor Lee, to leave the distribution space.Lee began his distribution trade as Elsa Australian in 1996 but later adopted the Anyware moniker with Garrison Huang.Now Lee has signed off ownership of his Sydney and Brisbane branch to Huang and an internal restructure is flagged for March 15.Having established an online electronics retail company, Mwave, in 2006 with a relative, Lee will focus his attention on that business.
He cited dissent with Huang regarding Anyware’s future played a part in his departure from the distributor.“We had been partners for 12 years and obviously we carry different opinions and views on certain things,” Lee said. “The longer we are together, the more differences surfaced.”Huang had denied rumours the pair did not get along and Lee maintains their friendship is still intact despite the split.When asked how their strategies for Anyware differed, Lee claimed he was pushing for change while Huang preferred to keep the current business model.
