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streetwise wrote:I think they should charge an entrance fee for any one who goes without purchaing goods worth ksh 1000.00.
This will sort the issue and they can pay me a commission for this advise In theory, it is very simple to sort out the issue. You can buy a coupon at the entrance, say worth 300/= (or whatever amount) for you to gain entrance. This coupon would then be redeemable at all stalls. When you buy stuff, you pay using the coupon and add the difference in cash. The coupon should expire the same day. But that is in theory!!! 1) They are not the only mall. competition is very high. 2) The target customers might also not like the "inconvenience". 3) Once in a while even the "high worth" customers might just be passing buy to pick something small like painkillers and they would feel they are being robbed or forced to buy other things. 4) Some tenants - especially supermarkets - might complain because they will feel you are locking out potential customers. 5) There is no precedence! Even the fancy malls in the US and Dubai don't charge an entrance fee. Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/3/2007 Posts: 1,635
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MaichBlack wrote:dunkang wrote:TRM has way much better occupancy rate than Mountain Mall. Problem with TRM is excessive overcrowding with thousands of raia flocking in during the weekends and holidays. At times I even feel unsafe.
Garden City may try to keep us, RAIA we Githurai, away by charging exhobitantly especially that there are residences within the mall compound.
And BTW, why the heck is that Mobil Plaza thing at Muthaiga almost unknown and the way ni ya kitambo hapo. Will not help one bit!! Most people who frequent malls are not there to buy anything - other than stuff from the supermarket and maybe a quick bite. Next time you go to any mall try to observe. You can start with TRM next time you are there. The shops in the first and second floors selling clothes, perfumes, shoes, jewelry etc. hardly have any customers inside yet the corridors are full. A fellow from Githurai will not suddenly buy a pair of Clarks at 12,000/= yet he knows where he can buy a pair in Githurai at 1,200/= and the seller even throws in a pair of open shoes as a discount! Watu wataenda Garden City kungethia tu kama kawaida even if a pair of socks is going for 2,000/=. Woe unto them (Garden City) if the 3 acre garden they've been talking about is freely/directly accessible by raia. Picknick destination mara hiyo hiyo. Na kulala chini ya kivuli! Good point. Even in Western countries Malls are not just places for shopping anymore. They have become a modern cultural 'green commons' - a hangout for the youth, who buy very little. "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/5/2011 Posts: 1,059
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Wakanyugi wrote:MaichBlack wrote:dunkang wrote:TRM has way much better occupancy rate than Mountain Mall. Problem with TRM is excessive overcrowding with thousands of raia flocking in during the weekends and holidays. At times I even feel unsafe.
Garden City may try to keep us, RAIA we Githurai, away by charging exhobitantly especially that there are residences within the mall compound.
And BTW, why the heck is that Mobil Plaza thing at Muthaiga almost unknown and the way ni ya kitambo hapo. Will not help one bit!! Most people who frequent malls are not there to buy anything - other than stuff from the supermarket and maybe a quick bite. Next time you go to any mall try to observe. You can start with TRM next time you are there. The shops in the first and second floors selling clothes, perfumes, shoes, jewelry etc. hardly have any customers inside yet the corridors are full. A fellow from Githurai will not suddenly buy a pair of Clarks at 12,000/= yet he knows where he can buy a pair in Githurai at 1,200/= and the seller even throws in a pair of open shoes as a discount! Watu wataenda Garden City kungethia tu kama kawaida even if a pair of socks is going for 2,000/=. Woe unto them (Garden City) if the 3 acre garden they've been talking about is freely/directly accessible by raia. Picknick destination mara hiyo hiyo. Na kulala chini ya kivuli! Good point. Even in Western countries Malls are not just places for shopping anymore. They have become a modern cultural 'green commons' - a hangout for the youth, who buy very little. Mobil plaza now Oillibya plaza is probably the best place to go if you are not the showy kind, it is only recently that some guys saw it after the tress were cut for thika road, Mature crowd mostly wenye inchi wa Muthaiga To Each His Own
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/22/2009 Posts: 7,910
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Rank: Member Joined: 3/15/2010 Posts: 391 Location: nairobie
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/23/2011 Posts: 1,740 Location: Nairobi
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The customer can be from any where so long he buys.
Not window shopping only.
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/8/2007 Posts: 709
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kayhara wrote:Wakanyugi wrote:MaichBlack wrote:dunkang wrote:TRM has way much better occupancy rate than Mountain Mall. Problem with TRM is excessive overcrowding with thousands of raia flocking in during the weekends and holidays. At times I even feel unsafe.
Garden City may try to keep us, RAIA we Githurai, away by charging exhobitantly especially that there are residences within the mall compound.
And BTW, why the heck is that Mobil Plaza thing at Muthaiga almost unknown and the way ni ya kitambo hapo. Will not help one bit!! Most people who frequent malls are not there to buy anything - other than stuff from the supermarket and maybe a quick bite. Next time you go to any mall try to observe. You can start with TRM next time you are there. The shops in the first and second floors selling clothes, perfumes, shoes, jewelry etc. hardly have any customers inside yet the corridors are full. A fellow from Githurai will not suddenly buy a pair of Clarks at 12,000/= yet he knows where he can buy a pair in Githurai at 1,200/= and the seller even throws in a pair of open shoes as a discount! Watu wataenda Garden City kungethia tu kama kawaida even if a pair of socks is going for 2,000/=. Woe unto them (Garden City) if the 3 acre garden they've been talking about is freely/directly accessible by raia. Picknick destination mara hiyo hiyo. Na kulala chini ya kivuli! Good point. Even in Western countries Malls are not just places for shopping anymore. They have become a modern cultural 'green commons' - a hangout for the youth, who buy very little. Mobil plaza now Oillibya plaza is probably the best place to go if you are not the showy kind, it is only recently that some guys saw it after the tress were cut for thika road, Mature crowd mostly wenye inchi wa Muthaiga its only at mobil plaza that you find a tusker can 500ml at Ksh 120. @food plus/chandarana mainly rich muthaiga housewives shop there.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/27/2010 Posts: 951 Location: Nyumbani
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faa wrote:kayhara wrote:Wakanyugi wrote:MaichBlack wrote:dunkang wrote:TRM has way much better occupancy rate than Mountain Mall. Problem with TRM is excessive overcrowding with thousands of raia flocking in during the weekends and holidays. At times I even feel unsafe.
Garden City may try to keep us, RAIA we Githurai, away by charging exhobitantly especially that there are residences within the mall compound.
And BTW, why the heck is that Mobil Plaza thing at Muthaiga almost unknown and the way ni ya kitambo hapo. Will not help one bit!! Most people who frequent malls are not there to buy anything - other than stuff from the supermarket and maybe a quick bite. Next time you go to any mall try to observe. You can start with TRM next time you are there. The shops in the first and second floors selling clothes, perfumes, shoes, jewelry etc. hardly have any customers inside yet the corridors are full. A fellow from Githurai will not suddenly buy a pair of Clarks at 12,000/= yet he knows where he can buy a pair in Githurai at 1,200/= and the seller even throws in a pair of open shoes as a discount! Watu wataenda Garden City kungethia tu kama kawaida even if a pair of socks is going for 2,000/=. Woe unto them (Garden City) if the 3 acre garden they've been talking about is freely/directly accessible by raia. Picknick destination mara hiyo hiyo. Na kulala chini ya kivuli! Good point. Even in Western countries Malls are not just places for shopping anymore. They have become a modern cultural 'green commons' - a hangout for the youth, who buy very little. Mobil plaza now Oillibya plaza is probably the best place to go if you are not the showy kind, it is only recently that some guys saw it after the tress were cut for thika road, Mature crowd mostly wenye inchi wa Muthaiga its only at mobil plaza that you find a tusker can 500ml at Ksh 120. @food plus/chandarana mainly rich muthaiga housewives shop there. Go @Swenani time you started shopping
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/27/2010 Posts: 951 Location: Nyumbani
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MaichBlack wrote:dunkang wrote:TRM has way much better occupancy rate than Mountain Mall. Problem with TRM is excessive overcrowding with thousands of raia flocking in during the weekends and holidays. At times I even feel unsafe.
Garden City may try to keep us, RAIA we Githurai, away by charging exhobitantly especially that there are residences within the mall compound.
And BTW, why the heck is that Mobil Plaza thing at Muthaiga almost unknown and the way ni ya kitambo hapo. Will not help one bit!! Most people who frequent malls are not there to buy anything - other than stuff from the supermarket and maybe a quick bite. Next time you go to any mall try to observe. You can start with TRM next time you are there. The shops in the first and second floors selling clothes, perfumes, shoes, jewelry etc. hardly have any customers inside yet the corridors are full. A fellow from Githurai will not suddenly buy a pair of Clarks at 12,000/= yet he knows where he can buy a pair in Githurai at 1,200/= and the seller even throws in a pair of open shoes as a discount! Watu wataenda Garden City kungethia tu kama kawaida even if a pair of socks is going for 2,000/=. Woe unto them (Garden City) if the 3 acre garden they've been talking about is freely/directly accessible by raia. Picknick destination mara hiyo hiyo. Na kulala chini ya kivuli! And where are the shoppers supposed to come from? At least hiyo nasikia foxrivers iko next to rich neighborhood.These guys would have built a large discount store/supermarket with prices less than any other supermarket and they would have done an Equity in this sector. People from as far as Ruiru would have done their shopping there.Now they only have guys from Thome and garden but judging by their old pickups which pick barley waste from EABL, they might not be people who will spend in that mall.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/23/2011 Posts: 1,740 Location: Nairobi
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The rich choose very wisely how to spend thier money.
The middle class spend all thier money and even borrow to spend. these are the guys to focus on
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