Guthrie Bowron - Pipitea
About Guthrie Bowron
Guthrie Bowron are New Zealand’s home decorating specialists. We offer Kiwis everything they need to refresh their homes, as well as advice from experts in every store. Our vision is to be New Zealand’s most inspiring home decorating destination, helping Kiwis turn their houses into homes.
All stores are 100% locally owned and operated, and we are proud to have been a trusted New Zealand brand since 1896.
HISTORY OF GUTHRIE BOWRON
The Guthrie Bowron brand was founded in 1896 by Dunedin born Henry Guthrie who was soon after joined by George Bowron. Henry and George travelled throughout the South Island selling various products. In the mid 1920's Guthrie Bowron became involved in importing lacquer, varnish, lead and linseed oil – the base ingredients for paint at the time. In 1932 Guthrie Bowron was appointed agent for Dulux Paints and around this time opened a wallpaper store in Christchurch.
Guthrie Bowron became a public company in 1963 and by 1969 had 18 branches throughout the country retailing mainly paint and wallpaper. In 1971 the company was purchased by ICI (NZ) Ltd the owner and manufacturer of the Dulux paint brand and by 1985 had 34 outlets.
In 1992 Guthrie Bowron was sold to a team of senior managers who set about franchising the stores. Over the next decade the business continued to grow as it became a solely franchise business. The business currently operates as a franchise, under the management of GBHC 2014 Limited.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Guthrie Bowron has existed for over 125 years and has instant brand recognition. The company has a unique product offering, with a full range of decorating products including paint, wallpaper, decorating tools, curtains, blinds, flooring, and homeware.
Guthrie Bowron is the leader in providing mainstream New Zealand with decorating advice, knowledge and products to help them achieve the end result they want. Many customers are not confident making decorating decisions, and are looking for a solution – not just products. Guthrie Bowron offers customers a complete decorating solution, both in store and in the customers’ home.
Contact Guthrie Bowron
| Address : | Guthrie Bowron 286 Thorndon Quay, Pipitea, Wellington 6011, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +777 |
| Postal code : | 6011 |
| Website : | https://www.guthriebowron.co.nz/ |
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Alan Doak on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Independently owned. The woman who does the paint mixing is fantastic, so helpful. Soooo much better than Resene who seem to staff their shops with unknowledgeable uni students.
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Kate McCombs on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ My Husband, Daughter and I popped into your Thorndon Store last weekend. Wow!! We were made very welcome by your knowledgeable Staff. They were able to help us choose the right colours for our House. They made up the paints for us and went above and beyond the service we have received at other Paint Shops over the years. I loved how after they made up the paint colours, they tried some on the colour cards to make sure it was exactly what we wanted. They also talked us through the best type of paint brushes we would need plus the right container to use, as we will be doing some painting on high parts of our house. Your Staff are Fantastic and very Friendly. I will highly recommend you to Family and Friends for any of their painting needs.
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Debbie Payne on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very helpful young sales girl she was excellent
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Graeme Wooller on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The professional wall paper shop with helpful staff and all the tools required to redecorate your home.
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Made an appointment for curtains and they never turned up. When queried, staff has scribbled the appointment but was not bothered to let customer know. Very poor customer service and they don't value their customers at all. Wonder how anyone can rely on their after sales service with this poor attitude.
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Peter Andrews on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A very personal service from the boss ably assisted by their spouse due to covid staffing difficulties. Despite these challenges, I highly recommend the business.
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Helen Casey on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very helpful and friendly staff across the team. Great knowledge of painting and colours. They have everything you need in the shop at competitive prices also.
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KC on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Love my curtains! Really good people to deal with. The owner is very knowledgeable with wall paper as well. Was able to get a really striking wallpaper for an entrance hall. If you have an older architecturally designed home which is difficult to style because of lots of glass and beams- you will be pleasantly surprised at this branch of Guthrie Bowron
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