& sound former type private industry online retail fate liquidation retail stores founded 2003 stores 2012 online only defunct 2012 retail stores headquarters gold coast queensland australia products consumer electronics video games movies revenue 257 000 000 parent wow superstores pty ltd website www.wowsightandsound.com.au wow sight & sound albury store lavington nsw . wow sight and sound was an australian audio visual retailer prior to the appointment of receivers and subsequently entering liquidation in 2012 . 1 it currently trades as an online retail firm . wow sight and sound used to operate 15 stores across australia and began with a single store in townsville in 2003 . 2 they operated stores in queensland new south wales victoria australian capital territory and the northern territory . the stores sold a wide range of electronic equipment including televisions and set top boxes portable media players mobile phones car audio navigations systems and cb radios accessories . a range of consumer electronics products were sold under the vue and nashi house brand . wow sight & sound at one point was also a ticketek reseller . they also sold a range of dvds and music cds . in 2008 wow launched their online store where most products sold at storefront were available to be purchased online . in february 2012 the company was placed in liquidation . all bricks and mortar stores were closed . the company experienced a 7.7 % decline in revenue in 2011 and was owed 20 m by the failed property development investment company aristicon . 1 as of july 2012 wow became an online only retailer . as of july 2014 wow sight & sound re launched their online store . the store now consists of wowsightandsound.com.au wowgaming.com.au and wowmovies.com.au offering customers a single checkout across all 3 stores . references edit a b 500 jobs in peril as retailer ceases to wow . brisbane times . fairfax media . 27 february 2012 . retrieved 27 february 2012 . about wow sight & sound . wow sight & sound superstores . retrieved 27 february 2012 . external links edit wowsightandsound.com.au wowgaming.com.au wowmovies.com.au this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wow sight % 26 sound & oldid 709821468 categories consumer electronics retailers of australiacompanies based in brisbaneaustralian brands2003 establishments in australiaretail companies established in 2003companies based on the gold coast queenslandaustralian company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 13 march 2016 at 08 19 . 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