Tuesday’s
CEO’s briefing by CEO, Paul Guerra, included a presentation by John Turnbull from Pike Place Market.
Other matters raised by the CEO were –
1. All Queen St traders have been
allocated alternative spots prior to construction of the New Pavilion. Placement
may include Therry St. Alternative or better options will be considered as they
become available.
2. Upper market placements – a series of
open and one on one consultations will be conducted to determine locations for displaced
traders before construction starts under A,B,C and D Sheds.
3. Abuse – following a couple of recent
instances the CEO has warned that any abuse of management staff or contractors
will not be tolerated and may involve termination of a trader’s license.
4. Communication commitment – as part of
the ongoing service to traders the CEO has guaranteed that management will respond
to trader matters within 48 hours of a query being raised.
5. Trading Hours – traders who have not
received a survey seeking trader feedback on new trading hours should ask their
Trader Representatives.
6. Homework – at last month’s briefing
the CEO agreed to find out some costs of advertising and reports the following-
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Fifty
30 second TV advertisements (not necessarily prime time) and twenty cinema advertisements
in December would cost $350,000.
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Two
full-page advertisements in the Herald Sun would cost $25,000 each.
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The
market is currently engaged in bus and tram stop advertising as well as radio.
The CEO
concluded by saying –“The next 5 years is going to be tough. We happen to be
trading at a point in history when a difficult renewal is happening”.
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