Guthrie Bowron - Guthrie Bowron 12 Mill Lane
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 12 Mill Lane, Warkworth 0910, New Zealand |
Phone : | π +9887 |
Postal code : | 0910 |
Website : | https://www.guthriebowron.co.nz/ |
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David Darch on Google
β β β β β Another place i love to visit. Peter is such a pleasant person to deal with. A real problem solver and very knowledgeable about the products that they sell. In fact all the staff are wonderful to deal with.
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Lynette Beale on Google
β β β β β Got sheer curtains made here after a disaster in another shop. Guthrie Bowron got them made very quickly and hung them and also fixed the tracks I had. All looking good now. They actually hang properly, wow, after my last experience. Friendly staff as well
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Phil Christian on Google
β β β β β Top store friendly helpful staff. They sell the best paint and more check it out.
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Adrian Cooper on Google
β β β β β Under new ownership. Has had a total revamp and expansion. Fabrics, curtains decor at front, paint and all sundry requirements now at the rear of the shop. Big parking area alongside building. Situated on Mill Lane opposite Countdown.
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Iris Hiscox on Google
β β β β β Curtains Beautiful , no hasle ,Julie so easy to deal with
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Stephen Ryan on Google
β β β β β Top place and well done Peter Hudson for a great team and great advice and service ??
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John Griffin on Google
β β β β β Really casual with customer H&Safety. Simple response, no mask = no custom.
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Grant Henderson on Google
β β β β β Glad to see others have had a better experience. We waited 3 months for a final blind to be installed after is was mis-measured during the initial quote. January became Feb, then late March before it finally got installed. Action only seemed to happen when I chased things up. Plenty of excuses, terrible communication, no apology, and quite dismissive at the end when I complained I'd be going to another company to get the job finished.
Shame, because the blinds are actually good and we had planned to come in get a quote on wooden flooring.
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