In 1911, RW Winning began representing the Barnsley company, a manufacturer of knives and tools for the leather and grinding trade.

[1] The company was the first to introduce front loader washing machines into the Australian market, and units were delivered to retail outlets as well as installed into new properties on behalf of developers.

[1] Winning Appliances became an Australian pioneer in offering households white goods which were attractively displayed in kitchen settings.

The Winning family retains 100 per cent ownership of the business and trades as Winning Appliances Pty Ltd.[2] The company significantly increased its ranges of products and services in the 1990s, and now has seven stores in New South Wales, in Brookvale, Crows Nest, Narellan, Newcastle, Northmead, Redfern and Taren Point, two in Queensland, in Fortitude Valley and Indooroopilly, two in Victoria, Brighton(previously Michael's), Richmond and one in The Australian Capital Territory in Kingston.

[5] In 2012, Winning Appliances launched a national cooking competition and online food community called Best Home Chef.

The top 25 recipes were chosen from the website and the winner was selected by a judging panel at a live cook-off final in May 2013 at Winning Appliances' new Redfern showroom.

[9] Winning Appliances was the naming rights sponsor of the Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB of Scott Pye in 2019.