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How many Olde Worlde Sweete shops does Kilkenny need?
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05-09-2011 6:58pm#1
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samapple789 wrote: »Did you not here that the sweat shops are the new dunnes stores in kilkenny we can never have to many !!
No there is 5 of them in kilkenny the 3 that are right next to each other and one in each shopping center
And are they supplying Dunnes?? No shipping charges from the Far East so.....
Ah, beaten to it, feck ya Mastroph !!0 -
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samapple789 wrote: »Did you not here that the sweat shops are the new dunnes stores in kilkenny we can never have to many !!
Where are these sweat shops that you speak of??
EDIT: Fúck I was very slow on this one. Thats what happens when you dont refresh a page and think no new posts were made.0 -
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flower tattoo wrote: »I believe we're up to 3 now within a 5 minute walk of each other. Are these shops really cheap to set up or something?
I'm not from Kilkenny myself but this thread was on the front page and caught my eye.
Putting aside the leasing and staffing costs, yes they would be quite cheap as shops go. A till, a weighing scales, a counter and some shelves. Can be more if you take out one of the Olde Worlde sweetshop franchises where more moeny is spent up front on decor. The big draw though is that the margins are massive. Every Tom Dick and Harry shop owner is trying to get in on the action now. However, its like the adage about stocks and shares or property etc, "When the dog in the street is telling you something is a great investment or money spinner, the canny investor knows its time to get out while the goin's still good."
Family were thinking about it for a while there here in my own town on the East Coast and I made the above arguement against the idea as well as a few others. They went so far as to make enquires about leases on 'For Let' units on the local mainstreet. Persuaded them against the idea and whaddya know. Bullet dodged big time. Have just discovered one has just opened, he himself will have just discovered that another is on the way because signs went up ' ** ***** Sweetshop Opening Soon' further up the street. Neither of them know that a third is opening aswell (I have a family connection in the Confectionery business supplying a lot of product to these shops)
Whatever about any given town being able to support 1 specialist sweetshop, I foresee most of the people getting involved in these as simply ending up with another financial noose around their neck rather than the moneyspinners they hoped would change their financial fortunes for the better.0 -
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I think the one opposite Xtra Vision stays open till 11pm every night. As far as having three I say go for it and the best of luck to all of them. Grab the bull by the the horns.
That in itself is a bad sign already. A specialist sweetshop that opens till 11pm!! We started opening our shop an hour earlier in the mornings and an hour later at night till 10pm last year to make up for lost turnover since the recession hit. But our shop is a convenience store so even with extended hours no one would raise an eyebrow. Desperation must be setting in for a specialist sweetshop to open even later unless he feels he is tapping the goldmine late night munchies market. Is he selling Rizla's alongside the sweets?
I had another LOL moment here this morning. My information about the proliferation of specialist sweetshops in my town that I posted last night is already out of date!! Theres another two on top of the three I mentioned last night making 5 in total.....and there all on the mainstreet. Theres only going to be 3 doors between one pair and then 5 doors to the next 1. The other two are a little further away though but still on the mainstreet. I know this because they've all taken up the leases in the commercial lets the family were looking at when we were thinking about opening one.
They are all going to struggle until each folds with large debts in turn with only the last man standing. Grabbing the bulls by the horns. You know that doesn't always work out well don't you! Even in terms of employment, I think the headaches for the staff with the Welfare department after coming off the dole and then going back on after 2 or 3 months are not to be sniffed at. For many of these staff they'd probably have been better off staying on the dole for those few months. ie. Come off the dole work for 2 or 3 months till the shops fold, re-apply for the dole and be without any income for another 2 months till the backdated dole check comes.
Goodluck to them alright but there is a difference between filling a gap in the market and overfilling a gap in the market by a factor of 5 0 -
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That in itself is a bad sign already. A specialist sweetshop that opens till 11pm!! We started opening our shop an hour earlier in the mornings and an hour later at night till 10pm last year to make up for lost turnover since the recession hit. But our shop is a convenience store so even with extended hours no one would raise an eyebrow. Desperation must be setting in for a specialist sweetshop to open even later unless he feels he is tapping the goldmine late night munchies market. Is he selling Rizla's alongside the sweets?
I'm not going to pretend I know anything about business but I thought them staying open to 11pm was a clever idea.
Xtravision is open to 11 isn't it? What do people like to have while they're renting a film? Sweets. Oh look, the sweet shop across the road is still open...0 -
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