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Australia:Shoppers beeline for Aussies departmental
stores – post Christmas sales |
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2004-12-28
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Hobart saw bargain hunters on the run to get the best picks for the post-Christmas sales at departmental stores. At Myers, over 200 people held on patiently waiting for its doors to open at 7am as most merchandise went for 30-50 per cent of the price.
"Some had got there by 5.30am," said Myer Hobart manager Peter Monachetti.
"People love a bargain and have a strategy of how to tackle the store."
Early birds got 100 survival bags containing water, chocolate and special in-store vouchers but they weren’t enough for those who waited for the doors to open, he said.
Monachetti said, "These sales are about giving us a chance to move our summer stock to make room for our winter stock, which we are getting in at the end of January."
Monachetti said assessments that pre-Christmas sales had taken the wind out of bargain hunters'' after-Christmas plans were wrong.
"You just had to be here today to see how hectic it was," he said.
"We''ve been flat out since we opened up."
Menswear, homewares, footwear and the latest favourite entertainment topped as favorite on the shoppers list.
Meanwhile, Operations Officer David Clarke at Harris Scarfe which opened at 6am yesterday, said sales logged during 6-10am period had been at least 40 per cent more than at the same time last year.
"Extended trading hours are very popular with Tasmanians," Clarke said optimistically adding "They are definitely deferring purchases until after Christmas."
Tasmanian bargain hunters were favoured by trading laws as stores can remain open on a Sunday.
While shoppers in Canberra, Victoria and rural Queensland also hit the stores yesterday, New South Wales will only open today.
West Australian shoppers have to wait until tomorrow and South Australian until Wednesday.
In Melbourne, record crowds up to 5000 shoppers stormed department stores and lined up from Myer on Bourke St Mall for over an hour as gates opened at 7am. |
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