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Business Prison: Grant Arnott on the PE Deal That Cost Him More Than Click Frenzy | #626

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Add To Cart: Australia’s eCommerce Show
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May 17, 2026
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3545
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Summary

Grant Arnott built Click Frenzy from his bedroom into Australia's most iconic online sale event. Then one private equity decision cost him nearly everything, including, for a while, his reason to stay. He chose this conversation over every other request. When Click Frenzy and Power Retail went into receivership in March 2026, interview requests came in from multiple outlets. Grant turned them all down. Add To Cart was the only interview he agreed to do. Grant founded Power Retail in 2010 as a...