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For some reason the program made me cringe, I used to do store opening setups for new stores (rack assembly, merchandising supervision, planograms etc).
That buyer guy was put across to be a complete muppet, but its just the way he was portrayed on TV. I agree with the person who said he shouldnt have gone home on the night before the opening, i used to work maybe 16-20 hours a day before a store opening.
He's right about toilet rolls and the picture frames maybe did have a bit too much space but is a sensible idea, especially with the prolific use of digital camera's these days & their customer bases age, im hoping they plonked a couple of the photo printing machines adjacent to the aisle to maximise sales & get the ohh thats a nice picture I'll get a frame for it, from the old women.
Would be nice to have had an update at the end of the program on how they are doing now?
That buyer guy was put across to be a complete muppet, but its just the way he was portrayed on TV. I agree with the person who said he shouldnt have gone home on the night before the opening, i used to work maybe 16-20 hours a day before a store opening.
He's right about toilet rolls and the picture frames maybe did have a bit too much space but is a sensible idea, especially with the prolific use of digital camera's these days & their customer bases age, im hoping they plonked a couple of the photo printing machines adjacent to the aisle to maximise sales & get the ohh thats a nice picture I'll get a frame for it, from the old women.
Would be nice to have had an update at the end of the program on how they are doing now?
steve.c said:
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http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-document...
Wonder if she had to risk her redundancy to set up the shop along with the borrowed funds? either way fair play I say!
Anyone who is willing to risk any outlay in the current climate gets a thumbs up from me!!http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-document...
Wonder if she had to risk her redundancy to set up the shop along with the borrowed funds? either way fair play I say!
Edited by steve.c on Thursday 12th March 15:51
Woolies in out town has been missed since it went
Some of the most entertaining TV for a long while.
The inbreeding in Dorchester was amazing.
Did anyone else find those two middle-aged twins with HUGE hair hilarious?
I agree that the buyer was a fool. and whoever was in charge of scanning prices needed a serious talking to, but I take my hat off to the owner, She had the gaul to see it through and got some great publicity. I wish her well with her venture. If I am ever in Dorchester, I will make a point of dropping by to see if I recognise any of the muppets.
BTW, Who is going to carry huge bags of charcoal through a pedestrianised shopping centre?
The inbreeding in Dorchester was amazing.
Did anyone else find those two middle-aged twins with HUGE hair hilarious?
I agree that the buyer was a fool. and whoever was in charge of scanning prices needed a serious talking to, but I take my hat off to the owner, She had the gaul to see it through and got some great publicity. I wish her well with her venture. If I am ever in Dorchester, I will make a point of dropping by to see if I recognise any of the muppets.
BTW, Who is going to carry huge bags of charcoal through a pedestrianised shopping centre?
VR6time said:
Some of the most entertaining TV for a long while.
The inbreeding in Dorchester was amazing.
Did anyone else find those two middle-aged twins with HUGE hair hilarious?
That WAS hilarious.The inbreeding in Dorchester was amazing.
Did anyone else find those two middle-aged twins with HUGE hair hilarious?
VR6time said:
She had the gaul to see it through and got some great publicity.
Dorset has a strict NO FRENCH policy so she will be dealt with for employing one. Most severely.VR6time said:
Did anyone else find those two middle-aged twins with HUGE hair hilarious?
Absolutely priceless, the best bit of the whole programme!!VR6time said:
BTW, Who is going to carry huge bags of charcoal through a pedestrianised shopping centre?
I thought that too - surely someone could have pointed that out to him before order truck loads of it.All the best to 'em though, fair play for giving it a go.
I thought the level of organisation was terrible. Orders had been booked in all for the same day which is horrific planning. The old bird loved panicing. Between standing looking at everything and crying she ended up doing pretty much hee haw. The manager bird was certainly not a good manager. Everyone was panicing and she couldnt control that or motivate them into getting it done. Never mind staying in the full night to get all stock on the system.
Tha main thing i didnt get was £8k on first day i thought was terrible. That will probably be an even busier day than Christmas. She said they were easily going to make the target of £36k a week i think it was? (im possibly wrong) How in gods name she thought that was doable i dont know. Any local who actually cared was there on the first day. Second day takings i would expect were bween £2 and £4k. My bets are Christmas if there lucky.
Malcy
Tha main thing i didnt get was £8k on first day i thought was terrible. That will probably be an even busier day than Christmas. She said they were easily going to make the target of £36k a week i think it was? (im possibly wrong) How in gods name she thought that was doable i dont know. Any local who actually cared was there on the first day. Second day takings i would expect were bween £2 and £4k. My bets are Christmas if there lucky.
Malcy
unrepentant said:
Alfa_75_Steve said:
Something didn't stack up for me about the whole show.
They did £8k in their first day - which, we have to assume, will be the busiest day of trade they'll see this year.
Even if they repeat that over a full week, we're only talking around £54k turnover per week.
At best, they'll be getting 50% gross profit over the entire store - which doesn't leave a lot of money once all costs have been taken out.
And this is based on sales being maintained at £1k / hour over a full week. Which just won't happen.
She said that her viability level was £38k per week, or just under £2 mill a year. Should be possible from 6k sq ft. The fact that her landlord has money in the business is a positive. Historically a lot of Woolies staff are part time and I doubt that she would normally have the number shown in the programme working at one time. She should be able to make a GM of 55%, especially as she has dumped the low margin stuff like cd's? I thought that she came across as pretty level headed and capable. Agree with you about the buyer though. Utter nob.They did £8k in their first day - which, we have to assume, will be the busiest day of trade they'll see this year.
Even if they repeat that over a full week, we're only talking around £54k turnover per week.
At best, they'll be getting 50% gross profit over the entire store - which doesn't leave a lot of money once all costs have been taken out.
And this is based on sales being maintained at £1k / hour over a full week. Which just won't happen.
Weekly target £38k = averagind £6333 per day on a six day week
so they need to make 80% EVERY day of the total sales they made on grand opening....fair play to her & very best of luck but I just can't see it working..
Soir said:
First day - she has worldwide media attention leading up to it, chris evans to promote on radio and open the store - people who worked there 30yrs had never seen it so busy (so it is bound to be the businest day ever) and they take £8k.
Weekly target £38k = averagind £6333 per day on a six day week
so they need to make 80% EVERY day of the total sales they made on grand opening....fair play to her & very best of luck but I just can't see it working..
Having done a few shop openings in my experience a huge crowd doesn't neccessarily lead to huge sales on the day. People turned up to see Chris Evans so yes the place was mobbed but most of those people probably didn't spend. Weekly target £38k = averagind £6333 per day on a six day week
so they need to make 80% EVERY day of the total sales they made on grand opening....fair play to her & very best of luck but I just can't see it working..
As I said earlier in the thread apparently a lot of the smaller Woolies stores were profitable. She seemed pretty pretty competent to me and the fact that the landlord has put money in would seem to suggest that they had crunched the numbers pretty well.
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