The Federal Government yesterday announced that small retailers, those with stores under 1,000 square metres, will be exempt from mandatory unit pricing. This will be of interest to newsagents selling grocery products, those covered by the regulations.
While this looks like a victory for small business, it, in my view, widens the gulf between them and big retailers.
Unit pricing is not that difficult since the work is done by the software and the data included on shelf talkers and other labels produced. I certainly plan on using unit pricing and eliminating an opportunity for a customer to prefer a bigger competitor over one of my businesses.
The Australian has more on the Government’s announcement.
Hi Mark
Another instants of governments failure to understand or connect with small business.
You are right, its the customer that counts and we have to act in the way that they expect not how ~Governments think we should.
Steve