| Re: [I] Achy, achier, achiest [message #251226] |
Sa, 08 April 2006 07:55 |
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8'FED wrote:
> Lister wrote:
>> 8'FED wrote:
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>> Surely it's not the first IKEA in Oz?
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> Remember, I'm in Adelaide. Quite a long way from the big eastern
> capitals. We obviously don't get television advertisements for shops
> that are way over in Melbourne or somewhere - that would be silly.
As I said in another thread now lost in cyberspace, Adelaide is about
8 hours' drive west of us here in Melbourne. That's at highway speeds,
too, mostly - 100km/hr (if you're staying legal).
I should add that my local(ish - only half an hour away) Ikea has recently
closed (I'm sure I mentioned this else-thread). Their claim is that it was
too small. What I've heard is that this store was profitable and the new
super-store in the inner suburbs was losing money, so they closed the
small [1], profitable
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| Re: [I] Achy, achier, achiest [message #251227 ] |
Sa, 08 April 2006 07:58 |
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Geoff Field wrote:
> 8'FED wrote:
>> Lister wrote:
>>> 8'FED wrote:
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>>> Surely it's not the first IKEA in Oz?
>>
>> Remember, I'm in Adelaide. Quite a long way from the big eastern
>> capitals. We obviously don't get television advertisements for shops
>> that are way over in Melbourne or somewhere - that would be silly.
>
> As I said in another thread now lost in cyberspace, Adelaide is about
> 8 hours' drive west of us here in Melbourne. That's at highway
> speeds, too, mostly - 100km/hr (if you're staying legal).
>
> I should add that my local(ish - only half an hour away) Ikea has
> recently closed (I'm sure I mentioned this else-thread). Their claim
> is that it was too small. What I've heard is that this store was
> profitable and the new super-store in the inner suburbs was losing
> money, so they closed the small [1], profitable...
Damn! Did it again.
.... outer-suburbs store to try to force people to the huge, unprofitable
inner-suburbs store.
What I suspect actually happened was that those who would have
shopped at Ikea would have gone to the many other stores nearby
instead.
Geoff
[1] That's relative, of course. In actual fact, it was *much* bigger than
a lot of the nearby furniture shops.
--
Geoff Field
Professional Geek,
Amateur Stage-Levelling Gauge
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