Smith & Caughey Ltd
TypePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1880 (1880)
FounderMarianne Smith
HeadquartersAuckland, New Zealand
ProductsBeauty, Clothing, Homewares
Websitesmithandcaugheys.co.nz

Smith & Caughey Ltd, trading as Smith & Caughey's, is a chain of two mid-sized, upscale[1] department stores in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Queen Street and Wellesley Street West facades of the Queen Street store in the Auckland CBD
The smaller Smith & Caughey's on Broadway in Newmarket

One of the oldest surviving retail businesses in New Zealand, it was established in 1880 by Ulster-born Marianne Smith as a drapers and millinery shop,[2][3] and is the oldest-surviving department store in Auckland.[4] Currently, it is mostly fashion-oriented,[3] with sections for jewellery, make-up and homewares.

Stores

The company has two stores in Auckland; on Queen Street, City Centre, and on Broadway, Newmarket. The flagship Queen Street store occupies a Heritage New Zealand Category 1 Listed building, which was designed by American architect Roy Alstan Lippincott and completed in 1929.[5] The smaller Newmarket store occupies a building which was built by the company in the 1880s; the Newmarket branch initially operated under the name of Hugh Gilmore, before reverting to Smith and Caughey in 1917.[6]

The current official ambassador for Smith & Caughey's is New Zealand actress Antonia Prebble.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Perry, Keith (17 December 2006). "Christmas shopping kicks in a week late". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Story: Smith, Marianne". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 Lewis, Penny (13 July 2005). "Smith & Caughey's enchanting celebration". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Retail therapy: New life for old store". The New Zealand Herald. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Smith & Caughey Building". heritage.org.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Newmarket - Heritage Walk Archived June 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (from the website of the Newmarket Business Association)
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