Wesfarmers to End its Online Retail Business ‘Catch’

Intensifying competition in the Australian e-commerce sector has pressured Catch’s growth, leading to its closure.

Wesfarmers Non-executive Chairman Michael Chaney speaks during the Wesfarmers 2018 annual general meeting in Perth, November 15, 2018.

Wesfarmers will shut down online retailer Catch.com.au as a standalone business in the fourth quarter of the 2025 financial year.

Acquired in 2019, the company will be dissolved, with its assets transferred to various Wesfarmers divisions, said a statement released by the company on Jan. 21.