Box
Storage - so storage boxes have been moved out of the roller door facility in M
Shed and everything is ok. Or is it? One trader pointed out that maybe we have
just shifted the boxes elsewhere, as our photo shows. More to be done here and we have been advised that follow up will take place with the traders concerned.
Night
Market - the last Wednesday Night Hawker Market received a thumbs up from a
number of traders. Now the Night Market has a three week break before the start
of the bigger Summer Night Market.
Colourful
bollard covers brighten up the Peel St facade with a bit of a bonus for one of
market family - Guru Pete doesn’t have to clean out cigarette butts from the
hole in the top of the concrete blocks anymore. Happy Pete. And by the way,
Pete’s weekly tip on the Victraders facebook page came in third on Saturday and
paid a whopping $6. Happier Pete.
Getting
back to basics – one of our traders said that it is easy to forget our prime
purpose here at QVM. With all the politics, rules and regulations, future
plans, and endless debates, we are really only here for one thing – to sell to
our customers. Everything else is incidental.
On
a similar vein, another trader has resurrected his collection of Inspirational
Salesmanship CD’s. He figures that salesmanship skills, especially closing the
sale, need regular reinforcement by himself and his staff.
A trader asks why it is necessary to place a pallet of market tables on a major walkway at the market. It was early in the morning but foot traffic from the car park to the Fruit & Vegetable traders in A and B Sheds can start early.
Taylor
Swift might be a great performer but there was general disappointment with
crowd attendance over the weekend. A number of traders thought that 50,000 or
so fans at Etihad Stadium should have had a bigger impact.
A
week ago we published a photo of Trader Mino receiving help from market insurance
man Leon Nissen. Mino had experienced a robbery at his showroom/warehouse and
needed help making an insurance claim. Leon has been around our market for a
long time and is well versed in insurance requirements for traders. We asked
Leon for his contact details and here they are – Leon Nissen 0418563091 lnissen@scottwinton.com.au Leon is
an Account Manager with Scott Winton, Insurance Brokers.
Retail Expertise - in
last week’s Heard Under The Sheds we mentioned a traders suggestion to include
some retail expertise in the appointment of the Committee of Trustees. One
trader has asked whether there really are any experts in retailing these days. Retailing
is being re-invented as we go and there are plenty of so-called retail experts out
of work following high profile retail collapses. Given the success of
activities like the Night Market and the undoubted experience of current
traders maybe we already have what we need at QVM.
A great little story from one of our traders about the time he took part in an expo at a major conference centre and nobody turned up. There were plenty of sellers but only half a dozen buyers although he noticed that each one of those buyers was carrying a broom. The broom seller near the main entrance had a simple philosophy - don't worry about how many customers there are, just do your best to sell to each one. Its called making the most of limited opportunities.
A great little story from one of our traders about the time he took part in an expo at a major conference centre and nobody turned up. There were plenty of sellers but only half a dozen buyers although he noticed that each one of those buyers was carrying a broom. The broom seller near the main entrance had a simple philosophy - don't worry about how many customers there are, just do your best to sell to each one. Its called making the most of limited opportunities.