page_title: James Pascoe Group
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: James Pascoe Group / History
caption_attribution_description: English: New Zealand book and stationery store Whitcoulls' Newmarket store and New Zealand kitchenware and tableware retailer Stevens' Two Double Seven store at Westfield 277 in Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand in 2013.
context_page_description: The James Pascoe Ltd Group of Companies is an Auckland-based, privately owned retail group with holdings across New Zealand and Australia. JPG owns and operates chains Pascoes the Jewellers, Stewart Dawsons and Goldmark; 'fashion department store' Farmers; kitchen specialist Stevens; and bookstore Whitcoulls in New Zealand. The group's three Australian businesses are jewellers Prouds the Jewellers, Angus & Coote and Goldmark, with over 460 stores across Australia in 2012. Goldmark is the only brand operating in both countries.
context_section_description: Pascoes began as a small jeweller founded by James Pascoe in Auckland in 1906. The business has been under the direction of his granddaughter, Anne Norman and her husband David since the 1980s. Under their control, the original family jeweller has turned into a 'retail empire' encompassing eight New Zealand and Australian retailers. The Group specialises in turning around loss-making retailers, and has never sold a business. Today James Pascoe Group is one of New Zealand's largest businesses and employers.
caption: Whitcoulls Newmarket and Stevens Two Double Seven
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