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PlaceMakers has been the main trading brand for Fletcher Distribution's retail stores around the country since 1954. [5] The chain has 62 stores in 2019, up from 52 in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [6] PlaceMakers has 11 stores in Auckland, with a head office in Penrose, Auckland. [7] Fletcher operated the Building Depot retail chain until ...
PlaceMakers origins began in August 1981 as part of Fletcher Timber Limited's retailing operations within the Manufacturing and Merchandising Sector of Fletcher Challenge Limited. The chain has 62 stores in 2019, up from 52 in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [2] It has 11 stores in Auckland, with a head office in Panmure, Auckland. [3]
In 1925 the company headquarters was moved to Auckland, and in 1940 Fletcher Construction became a subsidiary of the Fletcher Holdings group, which listed on the share market that year. [3] In 1942, following the resignation of his father to help New Zealand's war effort, James Fletcher junior became managing director of the company. Fletcher ...
Fletcher was the home of Armstrong Brick and Tile, whose plant was remarkable for three large Beehive-style kilns. The company made drainage tile for the surrounding farmlands at a time when drainage tile was made of clay, and not today's plastic. It was run by Thomas Henry "Harry" Armstrong and his wife Annie (née Bowman).
It was initially based in Wellington's Challenge House, [1] but later moved in 1987 to a new head office in Penrose, Auckland. In 1987 the corporation acquired the state-owned enterprise Petrocorp, and created the Fletcher Energy division. Fletcher Energy's assets were subsequently sold to Shell New Zealand.
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