ABC Commercial

ABC Commercial is the commercial arm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is responsible for making a profit through the creation, marketing and retailing of ABC products and services worldwide.

History

ABC Commercial was established in 1974. It was called ABC Enterprises initially and was later renamed ABC Commercial. One of its aims is to ensure that all profits from the sale of consumer products and production services are returned to the Corporation for reinvestment in program-making.

Structure

ABC Commercial has three departments: ABC Retail, ABC Product, and ABC Sales and Distribution.

ABC Shops

ABC Shops is managed under the ABC Retail department. ABC Shops now operates over 40 retail shops and 80 centres, an international delivery service on the Internet as well as developing and licensing ABC brands and programs, and providing production resource hire to the general public and industry alike.

News of Shop closures

As of July 2015, it was announced that all retail components were withdrawing to an online model, with shops and centres to be phased out over the next 12 months. This will result in the loss of around 300 jobs.