Here we are, the big weekend before Christmas. If today and tomorrow are anything like the last two weeks we will see cracker sales. All stores in which I am directly involved and in a variety of demographics are trading well. The only items we are discounting are Advent Calendars. Year on year, where we have such data, we are in great shape. But all that can change at Christmas based on one or two days trade. Hence my interest in this weekend. Rain would be nice – people flock to shopping centres when it rains.
Being in an outdoor “plaza”, I hope it doesn’t rain, it certainly drives the customers to the indoor shopping centres – away from our store. One thing to consider when purchasing a business.
We’ve had a slower start this morning, probably due to a lot of Christmas parties last night? The first half hour we had twelve customers, two flys and a gecko enter the store! Very slow but hopefully picks up when everyone wakes up.
“we will see cracker sales”
Hahaha, good one!