&sq=&lang=&file=File:DIC_building.jpg) Former flagship on Princes Street, Dunedin | |
| Founded | 1884 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Bendix Hallenstein |
| Defunct | 1991 |
| Parent | Arthur Barnett (1988–1991) |
The D.I.C. (originally the Drapery and General Importing Company of New Zealand Ltd) was a New Zealand department store chain, founded in Dunedin by Bendix Hallenstein in 1884.[1][2]
It was bought out by one of its chief rivals, Arthur Barnett, in the 1980s.[3] The site of the company's former headquarters and flagship store is now occupied by the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, although the façade of the Princes Street entrance still remains in largely original condition.
- ^ "TheDrapery and General Importing Company of New Zealand Ltd". Otago Witness. 30 October 1890. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ Brookes, Barbara Lesley; Cooper, Annabel; Law, Robin (2003). Sites of gender: women, men and modernity in Southern Dunedin, 1890–1939. Auckland University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-86940-305-8.
- ^ "Christchurch retailer Arthur Barnett to close". New Zealand Herald. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2010.