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After 2 years and at a cost of more than $1.6 billion the Westfield Sydney City centre opened its first phase in time for Christmas 2010. A few months on, after the Christmas shoppers and Boxing Day bargain hunters are gone, we thought it was worth taking a look at the centre during every day trading. ShopAbility’s Alison Sinclair reviews.
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Peter Huskins reviewed this store in May 2010. Recently, Alison Sinclair re-visited for another sneaky peak at the latest and greatest…
For years residents of the Sutherland Shire have insisted that anything good in Sydney could be found ‘in the Shire’…so I thought it was worth visiting the latest upgrade to the Woolworths Supermarket in Caringbah to test the theory. Could this be Sydney’s best Woolworths?
The ‘Fresh Food People’ charter is on display for all to see with an obvious focus on fresh produce within this store. The market feel of the fruit and vegetable displays can be seen in the dark wooden crate-style fixtures, which present the food well and keep inventory to a minimum. This ensures the stock turns over quickly, reducing risk of spoilage and providing shoppers with better quality produce while also keeping the investment in inventory low.
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by Peter Huskins
What a store!
Indulgent, exclusive, all class….a pleasure to walk around let alone do you daily or weekly shop in. The industry stalwart I visited the store with spent >$250 on food for a family breakfast the following weekend, and he is a well travelled industry expert well versed in the ways of humble shop keepers.
This store, number 3 of 3 scattered across Melbourne, has been open for about 10 months and when I visited just after Australia Day, it looked like it had just newly opened – well merchandised, full shelves, fresh areas brimming with produce, clean floors and detailed areas, friendly approachable staff well dressed in a clean uniform.
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If the way to the heart is via the stomach, grocery has a role to play in Valentine’s Day, suggests Norrelle Goldring. For Retail World Magazine.
Yes the hot cross buns may be out already but there is at least one retail occasion between Back To School and Easter. It’s called Valentine’s Day.
Back in a September RW issue last year we wrote a roundup of occasions that can be leveraged at retail. Among the ‘Gifting’ occasion set we listed Valentine’s Day. On thinking about it though, I reckon Valentine’s is also a ‘consumer’ occasion focussed around food – primarily dinner, but also breakfast.
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Coles Berwick has been renovated for some while now, and the discussion point around the trade has been that this store is something of a hybrid between a Coles supermarket and a Kmart or a Target with extensive floor area devoted to a considerably expanded General Merchandise range.
We understand that there is in fact no synergy with or alignment between Coles and one of their sister DDS formats, totally completed in house and no doubt modelled on similar formats that have been successfully rolled out overseas……do I hear the UK for example???
Keep in mind that Coles are trying to maximise the spend from every shopper rather than directly targeting Woolies, but certainly shopper spend rates in other co-tenants is on the radar particularly the Fresh stores.
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… and what have you done to leverage it? ShopAbility discuss, for Retail World Magazine.
Back in a September issue of Retail World we outlined some of the different types of occasions, including Gifting. Christmas is the mother of all gifting occasions in the western hemisphere, but for supermarkets there’s more to Christmas than providing the gifts themselves. Or rather, supermarkets can play to Christmas related occasions related to gifting and gift giving. Let’s have a look at what’s traditionally been done and what some of the gaps are.
Which parts of Christmas related occasions can supermarkets own, rather than play me-too catchup?
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… lots of different things that make shoppers jolly. ShopAbility discuss retail opportunities arising from Summer and other seasons. For Retail World Magazine.
Ah, Summer.
Traditionally all about Santa on the one hand, and Coca-Cola and seafood salads on the other. But there’s much more to Summer, and other seasonal occasions, than that. Let’s have a closer look.
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What opportunities does summer bring for you, depending on what type of convenience store you are? ShopAbility discuss, for Convenience World Magazine.
Last time we discussed the fact that ‘convenience ain’t convenience’; that there are different types of convenience stores (local, minimart, transit, arterial, roadhouse) and they play different roles to shoppers. This time we’re going to look at how this might play out during the summer
Aside from Christmas, summer in Australia is synonymous with beach & sun, entertaining (predominantly bbqs), holidays and going away (more bbqs – but away from home), and heat (requiring refreshment). This throws up a number of retail opportunities for you both within and outside of the usual categories of drinks and snacks.
