primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message lincraft australia pty. ltd. industry retail headquarters melbourne victoria key people brian swersky and john maguire joint managing directors products fabrics crafts homewares number of employees 800 website http www.lincraft.com.au lincraft is a retail chain in australia that specialises in the sale of homewares including crafts material and patterns . as of september 2014 it has 69 locations around australia and new zealand . lincraft formerly suzanne silks was nurtured by three generations of the ross family before current owners john maguire and brian swersky established lincraft australia in 2005 . lincraft was founded in 1938 by leo ross as a stall shop in melbourne . 1 in 2005 lincraft was in receivership due to a slump in christmas sales . 1 2 in 2010 the australian competition and consumer commission accc reported that lincraft had sold imported bathrobes which failed to meet safety and labelling standards but that they accepted lincraft s efforts to prevent similar occurrences in the future . 3 references edit a b fabric chain on the market . the age . melbourne . 2005 02 02 . wood leonie 2005 02 02 . lincraft s future on the edge . the age . melbourne . children s nightwear in safety breach . sydney morning herald . 2008 06 02 . external links edit lincraft website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lincraft & oldid 724448742 categories retail companies of australiacompanies established in 1938hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2007all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 june 2016 at 09 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view