DFS is housed in the city's old Customhouse building, designed by architect Thomas Mahoney in the French Renaissance style and built in 1889. Now it has the best international products the world has to offer, mainly for the duty free shopper. Four floors of famous brand names such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Christian Dior, Prada, Hermes, Oroton, Adidas, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Tiffany, and Ralph Lauren make for overwhelming shopping! New Zealand products include woolen clothing, honey, kiwi fruit products, art and gifts, not forgetting All Black football garments. A foreign exchange is on the third floor.

Workshop is one of the most premium apparel stores in town. With the designers, constantly innovating their styles, designs and offering you some of the best clothing. The apparels here showcase a melange of class coupled with comfort, beauty and style. The fabrics used here have been procured from various parts of the region and even the world, taking this designer house a notch higher, than the rest. To lay your hands on some of the most elegant clothing, head to Workshop.