Spades Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 How much does this cost us to run? We would obviously be paying rent to have the unit. I would have thought it would have made quite a lot of sense to close the shop and leave just the megastore remaining? Its never hugely busy in there, surely the income doesnt exceed the outgoings for rent/staffing etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowsaintsfan Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 i think this was mentioned a year or so ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicko Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 I suppose it depends on what sort of lease we have on the unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976_Child Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 I agree. In good years it would be ok to run it as a loss-leader because it keeps the club firmly in the public's view what with all the people walking past the shop. However suring the bad times it makes no sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Chuckle Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 I raised this last year about shutting the west quay shop but i think its better to keep this open. The megastore should only open on match days and the westquay shop should open all the time IMO The staff in the megastore must have nothing to do during the day? Went in yesterday and 5 members of staff stood around and me and my mates the only people in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 I was in west quay yesterday and the shop wasn't open so maybe they are shutting it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_No_7 Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 I was in west quay yesterday and the shop wasn't open so maybe they are shutting it? no. it was closed due to staff meeting at the ground, said the staff in there. went in there today as well, and it was really quite busy, and had the matt DVD playing full blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 The problem with shutting it could be the rent and the terms they pay. A lot of the stores have long leases with large penalties for breaking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 I agree that a good option would be to only have the mega store open on match days & West Quay open weekdays. Would certainly help cut costs. I've always wondered why a small ticket kiosk was never put in the West Quay store, would surely make sense. People wouldn't have to go out to the stadium & whilst people were in West Quay buying tickets they might be tempted into buying stuff in the shop. I know it may be the same case with the mega store at the stadium but its easy for people to park in the north car park & go straight to the TO without going near the mega store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummer Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 I agree that a good option would be to only have the mega store open on match days & West Quay open weekdays. Would certainly help cut costs. I've always wondered why a small ticket kiosk was never put in the West Quay store, would surely make sense. People wouldn't have to go out to the stadium & whilst people were in West Quay buying tickets they might be tempted into buying stuff in the shop. I know it may be the same case with the mega store at the stadium but its easy for people to park in the north car park & go straight to the TO without going near the mega store. You can get tickets in West Quay, but at the Mayflower kiosk not the Saints shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 As ever, most of us are speaking from a position of ignorance. We don't know whether the store makes a profit or what sort of lease the club (or rather SLH) has signed. I think we can safely say that if it would have saved the club money to close it, it would have been closed (like the corners of the ground). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit2 Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 The problem with shutting it could be the rent and the terms they pay. A lot of the stores have long leases with large penalties for breaking them. I spoke to the club about this last year when it was first brought up. At the time there was a long standing lease agreement with West Quay and would have cost more to shut the shop then keep it open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 You can get tickets in West Quay, but at the Mayflower kiosk not the Saints shop. Not any more. Only place you can get tickets in the city center now is from the ticket kiosk in the Mall (Marlands). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 The problem with shutting it could be the rent and the terms they pay. A lot of the stores have long leases with large penalties for breaking them. And that's the exact reason it'll be staying open unless we go down the swanny. Had it confirmed today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronCitySaint Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 And that's the exact reason it'll be staying open unless we go down the swanny. Had it confirmed today. I would imagine that is reason it has stayed open to this point but doesn't being in administration give the option to deal with things like this? Now SLH is supposed to be protected from its creditors so it might be possible to break (or at least renegotiate) long term leases. The lease would certainly be irrelevant in the case of SLH going into liquidation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 3 April, 2009 Share Posted 3 April, 2009 I have a customer who is taking on a lease in the Westfield centre in Derby, it is very similar to West Quay but much newer, he has acquired a cracking deal to fill the unit. However he said that if he did not have such a good deal he could not even dream of taking such a unit as he would have to take over £1m through the till to make anything. Another example is the place that use to cut my hair in Reading the chap there has an immensely successful unisex Salon, when the Oracle shopping centre was being filled with retailers they begged him to take a unit; he worked out that he would have to cut hair from January until September before he could think about paying himself. Both of these examples give you an idea of how much it costs to have a unit in a modern shopping centre thats why its very rare to see an independent retailer in such surroundings, Saints shop in West Quay is an independent retailer surrounded by multiples. The council may have secured a unit or 2 from the developers as part of the deal to build West Quay which they could be sub letting to Saints for favourable rate as the City benefits from Southampton Football Club especially when the team is doing well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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