Readership on Victraders continues at
a high level with the weekly article “Heard Under The Sheds” aggregating the
most attention overall. But there are issues that attract more attention than
others and we think you will agree that this list of the most read articles in
2018 covers some pretty important issues for our market.
Filling Empty Stalls – the problem of gaps and unused spaces in
the Upper Market. This one drew a particularly strong response from a trader. https://www.victraders.com/2018/02/filling-empty-stalls-at-qvm.html
A Trader On The Board – this has been an on-going issue for traders
and the recently announced Committee of
Trustees probably gets close to achieving their aim. https://www.victraders.com/2018/03/a-trader-on-qvm-board.html
A Call To Traders - Acting
Lord Mayor, Arron Wood, calls on traders who support renewal to speak out and
as often happens with popular articles the comments section is very active. https://www.victraders.com/2018/03/a-call-to-traders.html
A Key Trader Request Is Answered – this is all to do with taking renewal
matters out of QVM management focus and letting them get back to managing our
market - https://www.victraders.com/2018/04/a-key-trader-request-is-answered.html
Stop Making QVM A Political Bouncing Ball – the Lord Mayor elections drew plenty of
outside advice on how QVM should progress. Everybody wanted to get on the QVM
bandwagon. This rant by the Victraders Editor called for a business focus for
our market. - https://www.victraders.com/2018/04/stop-making-qvm-political-bouncing-ball.html
More Car Parking At QVM – this was a simple little article about
increasing car parking numbers at QVM but it certainly gained a lot of
attention. - https://www.victraders.com/2018/08/more-car-parking.html
Retail And Warships – this article about the future of retailing gained the highest readership of the year and that is probably because it had application to retailing generally, not just QVM. Victraders is intended primarily for traders but obviously there are issues that gain much wider readership. - https://www.victraders.com/2018/09/retail-and-warships.html
A Scam At QVM – this article was about a group of customers
attempting to scam a trader out of money through simple EFTPOS fraud and it
contained an interesting lesson for all traders. - https://www.victraders.com/2018/10/a-scam-at-qvm.html
Council Considers People’s Panel Report – Plenty of readers took an interest in this
article which reported that City Council had largely endorsed the findings of a
panel of traders, management, and customers about the future direction of QVM -
https://www.victraders.com/2018/12/council-considers-peoples-panel-report.html
It is no
coincidence that many popular articles are followed by a comprehensive list of
comments. We want to thank all traders for their contributions to Victraders
over 2018. It should be noted that most articles, are driven by trader
comments, views, and often, frustrations. We hope that we have raised the level
of debate with our content.
We also note
that feedback from management is an important ingredient in getting messages
out and we thank all levels of management for their willingness to engage in
candid discussion.
Here’s to a successful 2019 for all participants in our wonderful market. – Ed.