The image is the planned shopfront for our Frankston newsagency. We have been working with designers, the landlord and other stakeholders for months to find a fit which is flexible and fits the various requirements we face. What started as a partial fit has become a complete refit. Nothing from the existing newsagency will be retained. Where we have spent the most time have been in obsessing about flexibility. We consider it vital that the shop be able to be easily reconfigured as the needs of the business change.
On the front left of the shop will be our card and gift offer. To the right from the counter back will be magazines and next to that will be stationery. Across the entrance we will feature categories and products we wish to push.
Now all we need is final building approval before we can lock in dates.
This was one of my favorite newsagencys to haunt when I was living down there. What’s going to go on that concrete pole?
Michael, The one at the front of the shop is gong and deep in the ship it will be embraced by product. This shop will focus on three core categories giving (cards, wrap, packaging and gifts), reading (magazines, newspapers and books) and working / creating (stationery for home, school and office and art supplies). Mark
That’s great to see it gone, it was annoying. I’ll have a squizz when I’m down there next.
Tattslotto? Are they still twenty metres away? I really admire how you’ve survived in there without it.
Hi Mark,
Well I hope yours goes better than hours… We were scheduled to to relocate our shop in about two weeks. Had been in discussions and negotiations with the shopfitters since July (and narrowed it down 1 from 4). These guys were not the cheapest, but impressed and they knew the deadline for the move was the last week of November.
This is a well known shopfitter, who came highly recommended. However the disconnect between the designer and the estimater was appalling and know one looked after us the customer.
The quotes never reflected the design, and no matter how many times you stated this, they would not listen. Major works were taken out of the proposal and the quote would increase (cause we did not include x, y & z), the loading charged on subcontractors was in some instances 100% and in the end they did not have any powerpoints in the shop…
Having never gone through something like this, we expected the to keep us informed, advise of developments and be proactive. Given the cost we could have built a house.
In the end with about four weeks to go they have advised they cannot do until after xmas. All this when they knew from July we had to move by late December, and with no time to engage another shopfitter.
We are now left with the unenviable task of having to relocate all existiing fixtures and fittings ourselves, and will have to put up with old fixtures, not configured for the new shop until Jan/Feb.
Just as well we have great customers, as the local removalist has offered a team to help us move, a carpenter has offered to come in and pull all fixtures down and reinstall with the help of a local builder and many of the customers are helping with the packing and moving.
We will make the deadline, but the shop will be at best open and hopefully we can make something of the Xmas trade.
It is a bitter lesson we have learnt, but what can we do? Word of mouth can be your best and worst form of advertising, and these guys will never be recommended from us.
Cheers
Peter
There is a Tattersalls kiosk right in front of the shop to the left – not in the drawing. Mark
I would love to know who it was as i am about to undertake the refit nightmare also
Vaughan
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