Kiwi retail chains that are no longer with us today

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#303226 26-Jan-2023 07:32

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/131056477/dick-smith-georgie-pie-and-pumpkin-patch-all-failed-to-adapt-to-a-fast-changing-world-heres-why

I actually think I patronised all of these places at different points of my life!

What are some you remember? A couple I can think of is DEKA (not mentioned in the article; from memory Farmers bought them out) and RTS who I think became Bond and Bond - now also gone.

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#3027248 26-Jan-2023 09:28

David Reid Electronics.

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#3027253 26-Jan-2023 09:34

As the poem goes "men may come and men may go"

Nothing in business is forever.

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#3027255 26-Jan-2023 09:36

Mark 1 comics/pop culture stores etc. That was a great chain.

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#3027256 26-Jan-2023 09:43

Woolworths Dept stores (preceded LD Nathan, which preceded DEKA)

DIC department stores (which as little kid I told myself stood for Dogs in Charge)

Warnocks - a bit like Hallensteins at the time.

Dalgety's - a bit like Farmlands IIRC

I can remember as a little kid, Friday night shopping with my family. As a treat at the end of the night we'd go to a takeaway stand and get deep fried wontons. They seemed amazingly exotic, lol. Simple times.

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#3027257 26-Jan-2023 09:44

L V Martin. Purchased by Smith City and the rest is history. Not really a chain as such Quay Computers, I shopped there too many times.

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#3027273 26-Jan-2023 09:48

The Gamesmen - still appears to be a thing in Oz

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#3027333 26-Jan-2023 10:15

I can't remember the business name, but there was a franchise in malls that sold nature-oriented stuff. Toys, games, curiosities etc. Briefly operated in the 1990s/2000s.

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#3027383 26-Jan-2023 10:20

MikeAqua:
I can't remember the business name, but there was a franchise in malls that sold nature-oriented stuff. Toys, games, curiosities etc. Briefly operated in the 1990s/2000s.

Nature's Window, maybe?

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#3027405 26-Jan-2023 10:46

Time travel in Huntly.
Deka, gone but, ghostly remains?
I gather there was some thought to renovate it as a historical monument ?
Is it still there?

At least Liquor Stores are a good long term bet.

DEKA Sign - Huntly, New Zealand - Atlas Obscura

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#3027408 26-Jan-2023 10:58

Are any Rendell's stores still left? (Did I even get the spelling right?)

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#3027451 26-Jan-2023 12:26

Still have our giveaway Brinkleys branded towels somewhere...

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#3027460 26-Jan-2023 12:38

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#3027465 26-Jan-2023 12:52

alasta:
David Reid Electronics.

From what I remember of the Takapuna store they didn't post prices on any of the items sold so you had to go up to the counter to ask, and their "service" was... well, condescending would be one way of describing it. The minute Dick Smith arrived in NZ to provide an alternative they could pretty much close up shop.

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#3027468 26-Jan-2023 12:54

gehenna: Mark 1 comics/pop culture stores etc. That was a great chain.

You mean Mark Up right? It was great for browsing, but man, their prices...

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#3027471 26-Jan-2023 13:07

Homestead Fried Chicken with their amazing roast potatoes. I asked the question in the comments section for the above Stuff article as to whether they were just Wellington and did they get bought out, or just went out of business. Most people seemed to think they were just Wellington region. Anyone remember them anywhere else? Apparently they wen into receivership in 1989.

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