Sam's Warehouse was an Australian brand of discount retail stores, similar to Crazy Clark's.
In 2000, The Warehouse expanded its New Zealand chain of discount stores into the Australian retail market.
The Warehouse Group Limited announced in November 2005 that it had entered into a conditional agreement to sell The Warehouse Australia business to Catalyst Investment Managers and its parent PPM Capital Limited (together, Catalyst) and Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners, acting on behalf of the CHAMP I and CHAMP II funds (CHAMP) for A$92 million (NZ$99m).
As part of the transaction, The Warehouse Australia's Sydney Head Office would be sold to Investec Wentworth Specialised Property Trust.
At the start of 2009, despite the near monopoly, Australian Discount Retail went into voluntary administration with debts of over $90 million.