Yas Grigaliunas
Founder, World's Biggest Garage Sale / Soconomy
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World's Biggest Garage Sale
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She Lost the Company She Built — Not Herself: Yas Grigaliunas (Part 2)About World's Biggest Garage Sale
World's Biggest Garage Sale (WBGS) was a Brisbane social enterprise founded in 2013 by Yasmin (Yas) Grigaliunas, reselling repaired and repurposed goods to divert waste from landfill. It rebranded to Circonomy in 2022 with Officeworks as a 21% investor, then entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 4 October 2024 owing about $2.5 million.
- Sector
- Circular economy / re-commerce social enterprise
- Business model
- Social enterprise
- Founded
- 2013
- Founders
- Yasmin Grigaliunas
- Headquarters
- Brisbane
- Markets
- Australia
- Status
- Closed (creditors' voluntary liquidation, October 2024)
Sources: acehub.org.au, smartcompany.com.au, smartcompany.com.au
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- Idea started by Yasmin Grigaliunas from unused household itemssmartcompany.com.au
- Officially launchedsmartcompany.com.au
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