Angst over rent
payment queues
– apparently a combination of a shorter trading week and a busy easter has
created excess demand for our dwindling cashier service and long queues at the
office. On the other side of the coin, a
number of traders have praised the new online invoicing system and said they
found it easy to adjust to a new method of payment.
Big Crowd But.... – our photo was
taken in K Shed at around 11:00am on Easter Saturday and as you can see the
numbers were quite impressive. Traders reported that business wasn’t great in
the morning but a brief rush after midday had many traders happy with the
result.
US Holidays. A couple of
traders have recently returned from holidays in the US and admit to feeling
refreshed by the experience. America may have its share of troubles but their
can-do attitude, at least in retail, was seen as very positive.
One
trader visited a flea market where a stall sold Ferraris – not toys, the real
thing. He asked the market organisers what he had to do to get a stall and they
said just turn up in the morning. He asked if they wanted to know what he was
selling and they said “No, just turn up”. And when asked “what about two
stalls?” he was told “Well, that will cost you twice as much” – sounds easy.
Night Market – apparently management
held meetings with both food and specialty merchandise traders during the week
to discuss the 2016/17 Night market season and what needed to be done for next
season to ensure ongoing success. Visitor data and consumer research data was
shared with traders as part of the discussion. Nice to see some information
sharing.
Trader Representative
Committee
– some brief feedback at last in this weekend’s Trader Bulletin on the activities
of the Trader Representative Committee including the very interesting prospect
of a compensation fund for traders during renewal. We look forward to more
detail on that one.
