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The StALE Way To Success
Big, lazy and sale. What do these three words have in common?
Sales seem to be the only technique our mega-big retailers can
think of - no, change that - can do (why waste time thinking!)
to get more than their fair share of the available business. And
by continually using this approach and seemingly dominating over
their smaller competition the message they send out is that it's
the only successful way to promote.
This goes way beyond retail to every type of business
enterprise. The truism becomes 'if you want to have a successful
promotion make it a big SALE'.
There are many other effective ways to promote without
destroying margins and starting a price war. You'd think
Australia's department stores would realise this. Yet despite
claiming that they are about quality, choice and service (ha,
ha!) they act like their discount department store counterparts.
I remember about a year after Dawn Robertson, yet another
American Coles Myer import was brought in to resuscitate
Australian department store icon Myer Grace Bros, attending a
function where she was the guest speaker. She was very
impressive. Focussed, energetic, a retailer through and through.
She told us that Myer was moving away from the sale mentality,
that things would be different. And for a few hours I believed
her. Until the next day when Myer had a big storewide discount
based sale!!!
I'm not the only one who is thoroughly fed up with this
behaviour. Late last year the excellent 'Sellers & Sources
Fashion Merchandise Report', a must read for smaller clothing
retailers in Australia and New Zealand, featured this issue.
Their front page story began -
"When David Jones and Myer resort to a constant round of
destructive sales, it gives rise to criticism that surely if
they were better retailers they would not have to resort to such
tactics to
get customers through the doors. After all, most
upmarket boutiques are trading quite well at the moment and if
they can do it, why can't the majors?
Sellers and Sources approaches a range of it's readers each
month to check on trading conditions, which labels and styles
are selling and which aren't etc. The same edition included
these comments. (I've not identified the retailers but you will
find them in Edition 10, 2004 of Sellers & Sources.)
"We haven't been too affected by recent Sales but because we are
so close to Albury we do feel the effect of Myer having sales
all the time. Christmas will never be the same because people
get their Myer Gift Vouchers and simply wait until Sale time."
Wangaratta, Victoria.
"David Jones could make a much bigger profit for their
shareholders if they had Sales twice a year. It worries me that
they show so little regard to the labels and the people who make
them. They do not value their product, the market or the
industry they are in." Woollahra, NSW.
"I am about 20 metres from Myer's side door and every time I
look up I see a Sale sign....They should stop all this
discounting because it encourages a Sale mentality among
customers. They make it very difficult for us small traders but
they don't care about that." Ballarat, Victoria.
Mildred Eden, editor of Sellers & Sources, as well as providing
a great source of information for clothing retailers has been
advocating a common sense approach for her industry for many
years. To find out more contact her in Melbourne on +61 3 9428
5729 or fax +61 3 9429 6076.
About the author:
Jurek Leon is a speaker, trainer and consultant. To subscribe to
Jurek's FREE monthly email newsletter contact him at Terrific
Trading by phone on +61 8 9312 1075, email
info@terrifictrading.com or view his website
www.terrifictrading.com
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