Outdoor retailer Barbeques Galore will close 62 stores nationwide, resulting in hundreds of job losses.

Queensland University of Technology professor of marketing and consumer behaviour Gary Mortimer told 3AW Breakfast hosts Ross and Russel the closure was likely due to a variety of factors.

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“There’s some pretty strong competition in the marketplace, you think about Bunnings and also Harvey Norman to a lesser extent.”

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