Today as i was waiting for a client at westgate mall,i poped inside Nakumatt to grab a paper: Behold there were queues of guys pushin trolleyfulls,some with humongus Lcd Tvs amongst other luxury goods. Mind you all this in the middle of the week

A recent study in BD reveals that westgate had the highest spending/customer while the least was the burnt Downtown.

In the paper i read about the obesity epidemic in private schools and marasmus in the public ones

Where is all this money coming from? i thot we were in recession. Someone tell me coz i want in too.



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Up till the mid 1980s. Deacons was the average family's clothing store...them and Yuken (a.k.a.,Y-Fashions).

Then came the collapse of the textiles industry in Kenya...thanks to Mitumba imported mainly by Gideon Moi...

Yuken folded but Deacons re-positioned themselves to the upper class...got the Woolworths franchise and they survived.

Lesson: when times are hard,re-position your business to the upper class in society...they are the last to feel the pinch.

Have you ever heard DT Dobie complain about their Mercedes franchise? No; but they are always crying about unfair competition on the Nissan front.

http://www.nation.co.ke/...n/-/vk9xqg/-/index.html

As at February 10,the retail chain had registered 600,000 smart cards and from the information collected,65 per cent use over $75 for shopping while 25 per cent parts with $50-75 and those who shop for below $50 account for 10 per cent. The Average Basket Value of loyal customers is $37 from which Nakumatt Westgate takes the giant share of $71 while the burnt Nakumatt Downtown contributed $5.69.'

This means that the avg shopper at westgate-including newspaper buyers like me (Kes 35) spend about 71*80=5680 per visit. Tsk!



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@ Waria

Kwani how old are you! When was life ever fair.............

Life is hard.......then you die!