Smith & Caughey's

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The store building on Queen Street, Auckland.
The store building on Queen Street, Auckland.

Smith & Caughey's is a mid-sized department store chain in New Zealand, and is considered to be a top-range store.[1]

One of the older companies of the country, it was established in 1880 by Marianne Smith as a drapery store,[2][3] and is the oldest Auckland department store.[4] Currently, it is mostly fashion-oriented,[2] with sections of jewelry and homewares.

They have stores in Auckland (Queen Street, City Centre and Broadway, Newmarket), with the Newmarket store being in a mid-1880s heritage building constructed by the company.[5] The Queen Street store, also in an old heritage building, was once famous for its 'Chefs Bar' established by Otto Groen.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christmas shopping kicks in a week late - New Zealand Herald, Sunday 17 December 2006
  2. ^ a b Smith & Caughey's enchanting celebration - New Zealand Herald, Wednesday 13 July 2005
  3. ^ About Us (from the official store website)
  4. ^ Retail therapy: New life for old store - New Zealand Herald, Thursday 07 September 2006
  5. ^ Newmarket - Heritage Walk (from the website of the Newmarket business association)
  6. ^ Trailblazers who put sophistication and savvy on the Kiwi menu - New Zealand Herald, Thursday 01 March 2007

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