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Kōrero: Large companies

DIC Dunedin, around 1903

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DIC Dunedin, around 1903

The first premises of DIC were in High Street, Dunedin. The name was well known to shoppers and it stood for the Drapery and General Importing Company. Importing drapery was very lucrative and it led to the growth of large clothing retail companies in the late 1800s.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S09-350f

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gary Hawke, Large companies – Large companies in the 1800s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25943/dic-dunedin-around-1903 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gary Hawke, i tāngia i te 2 March 2010.