A Tram Under
The Sheds – Why aren’t we adopting one of Melbourne’s icons says one trader.
Melbourne’s trams are a great attraction for the city and an old tram on Queen St or
even under the sheds could be a real point of difference. Imagine a tram set up
with micro stalls or as a food outlet with stalls hanging off it. If you put it
under the sheds, you could incorporate it in Night Market activities. It sounds
like a great idea. What do you think?
New Winter
Attire – Mick swears this headgear was just the thing for Friday’s cold winter
blast but do you think we should tell him about the impact on his dress sense?
A Car Park
Idea – this trader thinks we should immediately move all C and D Shed traders
over to J-M Sheds. This would create a vibrant market offer without all the
current gaps and allow the vacant space in C and D to be used for car parking. The
considerable income generated from car parking could be channelled into
promoting the market.
Weather
Protection - A trader has reminded us that the market was first built in the
1870’s with open air aisles but when the custodians of the market decided to
create new sheds (K-L) in the 1930’s, they designed continuous roofing as the
most appropriate way to manage market activities. Why is that so hard to grasp
when it comes to F Shed and SBA in 2018?
J Shed Sun
Protection – meanwhile shading has been installed in a trial section of J Shed
to minimise the impact of heat and sunlight degradation on some products. Sun
protection has been an issue in this aisle for a long time and it is great to
see action being taken. The shade panels can be removed to adjust light entry
and traders will be watching the impact of this measure over coming weeks.
Stall
Cancellations - thanks to one of our
Market Officers for pointing out that the Operational Mobile Number (0418222119)
can be used for texting stall absences. If you are not happy with the standard
stall cancellation phone number (where you leave a voice message) you can text
the Operational Mobile Number and have a record of your cancellation.
Trader Outed
For Non-payment of Rent – it doesn’t happen very often but apparently a trader
has been excluded from trading because of excess rent owed. Generally these issues
can be worked out and the secret is to talk through matters with management.
A Wonderful
Sight – a number of traders said how good it was to see buses queuing up on
Peel St. to off-load delegates from a Melbourne conference. On this occasion
the business seemed to stop at souvenir sellers, but business is business, no
matter where it comes, from and who benefits.
Another Wonderful Sight - was the souvenir trader at the bottom of LShed on Friday at around 3:30 , who had delayed packing up due to a bus load of tourists turning up. As the rest of the market packed he experienced a frenzy of buying.
The Vacant SBA Container - apparently 21 applications were received for this container and 5 have been short listed for interviews next week.
The Vacant SBA Container - apparently 21 applications were received for this container and 5 have been short listed for interviews next week.
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COMMENTS:
13/05/2018 12:33:48 Conference Delegates "Would it be possible for someone to do a quick survey from Stallholders and ask a simple question, did the conference delegates have an impact on their takings....lm guessing 95% would say NO,unless your product line is between $5 & $10 these type of customers have little impact on the majority of stallholders."
In the absence of a proper survey I think you are correct. As stated above the business seemed to stop at souvenir sellers. One of our souvenir traders explained that this was a different group of delegates to some previous occasions like the Tupperware conference. This group showed little intent to purchase beyond inexpensive souvenirs. Maybe that will be different with the next group. - Ed
13/05/2018 22:46:33 Car Park Idea "Think it through . A car park between A&B and E sheds .Are you going to build an access tunnel or bridge for customers oh&s and would cars be entering or exiting Queen st for traffic flow ??"
Damn! I hate it when a good idea gets shot down by logic. But, quite like the bridge idea - sort of a forest canopy walk over the rooftops. Thanks for your input. - Ed.
16/05/2018 14:26:54 car park idea "Wouldn't the Victoria St shops and A & B sheds be disconnected from the rest of the market community with 2 aisles of car parking in-between them."
Yes they would, and we need to think it through as our previous poster suggested. A lot of pedestrians use that top walkway to navigate between different sections of the market. Thanks for your input - Ed.
COMMENTS:
13/05/2018 12:33:48 Conference Delegates "Would it be possible for someone to do a quick survey from Stallholders and ask a simple question, did the conference delegates have an impact on their takings....lm guessing 95% would say NO,unless your product line is between $5 & $10 these type of customers have little impact on the majority of stallholders."
In the absence of a proper survey I think you are correct. As stated above the business seemed to stop at souvenir sellers. One of our souvenir traders explained that this was a different group of delegates to some previous occasions like the Tupperware conference. This group showed little intent to purchase beyond inexpensive souvenirs. Maybe that will be different with the next group. - Ed
13/05/2018 23:39:01 Conference Delegates "A posable 2300 delegates visiting
the market over the course of a week and some traders still are not happy
.Maybe there never happy. Many were purchasing cheaper items but
in good quantities and with that many people circulating the sheds that has to
be a good thing for the Market and they were buying food & drink while here
as well. So spreading the love.
Perhaps other traders will benefit from
future customer demographics . In the meantime every little bit helps. "
Thanks for your input. Let's not get too angry at traders who see business happening but are not directly benefiting. I think you are correct - the next group visiting may bring a totally different buying trend. It might be a rugby crowd from Queensland, or a conference with a completely different demographic. In the meantime we should applaud visitation of any sort - and let's keep them coming. - Ed
13/05/2018 22:46:33 Car Park Idea "Think it through . A car park between A&B and E sheds .Are you going to build an access tunnel or bridge for customers oh&s and would cars be entering or exiting Queen st for traffic flow ??"
Damn! I hate it when a good idea gets shot down by logic. But, quite like the bridge idea - sort of a forest canopy walk over the rooftops. Thanks for your input. - Ed.
16/05/2018 14:26:54 car park idea "Wouldn't the Victoria St shops and A & B sheds be disconnected from the rest of the market community with 2 aisles of car parking in-between them."
Yes they would, and we need to think it through as our previous poster suggested. A lot of pedestrians use that top walkway to navigate between different sections of the market. Thanks for your input - Ed.