VituVingiSana wrote:@KL - Which stores do you go to? And when?
These stores depend on traffic from specific 'clients' who shop at certain times...
I pass by the Deacons stores in Village Market, Westgate, town and Sarit regularly, and occasionally see the ones in Junction and Prestige. I have never seen more than 10 customers in a store at any given time. The busiest one I've seen is the Mr. Price in town, which has moderate, but steady walk-in traffic.
Comparing this to my experience with clothes stores from abroad, the traffic in those stores was like a feeding frenzy! People leaving with hands full of bags, lining up outside the store in the morning... I remember during my short tour, how once I had to settle for a small size Grant Hill basketball jersey, because the XXL ones were sold out. Another time during winter I found it hard to find those puffy jackets in the store cause they were sold out. This experience of mine just makes me wonder where Deacons are getting their money from, because it doesn't seem to me like they have a good amount of walk-in traffic :-/