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What is ailing the Kenya Retail Sector
timuka2
#1 Posted : Wednesday, July 19, 2017 9:57:10 PM
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Any subject matter experts in house to shed some light? A majority of the big retail outlets, more so the supermarkets, appear to be heading south.
Ericsson
#2 Posted : Wednesday, July 19, 2017 10:01:04 PM
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timuka2 wrote:
Any subject matter experts in house to shed some light? A majority of the big retail outlets, more so the supermarkets, appear to be heading south.


Economy is doing poorly.People don't have the disposable income to sustain the current number of outlets
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chiaroscuro
#3 Posted : Wednesday, July 19, 2017 11:30:38 PM
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Unplanned growth based on gut-feeling and fallacious assumptions!

Purely internal failures; nothing to do with business environment.
washiku
#4 Posted : Wednesday, July 19, 2017 11:31:10 PM
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Ericsson wrote:
timuka2 wrote:
Any subject matter experts in house to shed some light? A majority of the big retail outlets, more so the supermarkets, appear to be heading south.


Economy is doing poorly.People don't have the disposable income to sustain the current number of outlets


FYI, He asked of any "SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS"
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#5 Posted : Thursday, July 20, 2017 12:01:42 AM
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washiku wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
timuka2 wrote:
Any subject matter experts in house to shed some light? A majority of the big retail outlets, more so the supermarkets, appear to be heading south.


Economy is doing poorly.People don't have the disposable income to sustain the current number of outlets


FYI, He asked of any "SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS"

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Fyatu
#6 Posted : Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:17:27 AM
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I am not a subject expert, however, from where i am perched, i know that some Kenyans have become more frugal. They are buying stuff at wholesale stores instead of supermarkets. I know of other Kenyans who used to consume large volumes of beer but now prefer taking Chrome vodka @200 bob or mzinga of Gilbeys gin @1100(2 to 3 drinking buddies). I know of others who now eat mogoka(jaba) instead of the more pricely "Giza fupi" or "asili".....etc. People are still buying cloths at downtown stalls as well as from wathii. This is probably due to high cost of living but also because more people are more driven towards saving and buying a plot to build or saving to invest....etc but i suspect it is more of saving to build
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#7 Posted : Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:51:17 AM
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Lolest! wrote:
washiku wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
timuka2 wrote:
Any subject matter experts in house to shed some light? A majority of the big retail outlets, more so the supermarkets, appear to be heading south.


Economy is doing poorly.People don't have the disposable income to sustain the current number of outlets


FYI, He asked of any "SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS"

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#8 Posted : Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:18:21 AM
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Petrol stations particularly Shell and Total are expanding like crazy. Many new (ex jap) cars are appearing on our roads everyday. You go to Carrefour or Naivas and queues are very long full of shoppers. You attend a school meeting and nowadays there's no parking coz of too many cars, even the playing field is full. So all is not gloom. A few retailers may be suffering but that could be due to their internal problems. FYI some years back uchumi was still struggling even when every other company was making billions.
Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
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#9 Posted : Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:22:39 AM
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Fyatu wrote:
I am not a subject expert, however, from where i am perched, i know that some Kenyans have become more frugal. They are buying stuff at wholesale stores instead of supermarkets. I know of other Kenyans who used to consume large volumes of beer but now prefer taking Chrome vodka @200 bob or mzinga of Gilbeys gin @1100(2 to 3 drinking buddies). I know of others who now eat mogoka(jaba) instead of the more pricely "Giza fupi" or "asili".....etc. People are still buying cloths at downtown stalls as well as from wathii. This is probably due to high cost of living but also because more people are more driven towards saving and buying a plot to build or saving to invest....etc but i suspect it is more of saving to build


I have been seeing alot of this lately where guys buy a mzinga and take in the car instead of going to the pub.
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#10 Posted : Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:57:00 AM
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timuka2 wrote:
Any subject matter experts in house to shed some light? A majority of the big retail outlets, more so the supermarkets, appear to be heading south.


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