Following
our article a couple of weeks back about sourcing goods overseas, one of our
Traders reports that he was forced to go to China to source some key products
when local suppliers stopped importing. The local suppliers were responding to
the general downturn in business, and by-passing them to go direct to the
source has worked out well for this Trader.
There is a
rumour that the Summer Night Market footprint may not include F Shed Traders
this year. Keeping the Night Market full and busy adds to a successful
atmosphere but it would be unfortunate if fewer Traders were exposed to the
Night Market opportunity.
The media
reaction to our new food delivery service has been huge with multiple articles
across the traditional and social media spectrum. One Trader observes that there
is now equally huge pressure to get this right. He hopes the Traders who
participate are well prepared.
With
seemingly bad news on TV and in the papers all the time at the moment, one of our
Traders says he has a new daily resolution – get all his customers to leave
with a smile.
You will be
pleased to know that Spring is in the air according to one of our market
experts. Guru Pete says the bees have started buzzing around the planter boxes
and Pete is always right.
Apparently a
group of Traders have incorporated “Chocolate Day” into their working week. They
take it in turns to buy and share a couple of blocks from the Melbourne Cocoa
Company in String Bean Alley.
And to the
Trader who said we wouldn’t publish his joke – “What vehicle does a sheep drive
– a utility.”
A Trader
says the news in the latest Trader Bulletin that Chinese tourists are now more
likely to shop individually instead of through shopping groups is very
positive. Tourists being siphoned off to over-priced souvenir warehouses is
hopefully on its way out.