The one I visited in London a while ago was big like an H&M store but had crowded racks and limited space between them. Very long queues at the cash registers too. They had some stuff that looked good but mostly stuff that looked cheap, like you would find here in K Mart, Big W or Target.
All of the Myers Iâve been in were open-plan, no walls.
Kinda of the point. In the U.S. Marshalls and Ross do the same sort of thing, discount items from brand names. I always found some decent items in them.
I have never been to Trade Secret so I wonder what are sold there. Is it like The Reject Shop but with a large space?
Myerâs head store in Melbourne CBD (both Bourke Street and Lonsdale Street before the renovation and sell off of Lonsdale Street portion which became Emporium) had walls separating departments. However Myer stores in suburban shopping malls are open plan.
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The one I have seen in Sydney was in a former Myer department store and had leftover stock from Myer stores (after their sales) along with some stuff brought in especially for that store like cheaper brand undies and socks such as Bonds.
Iâd say itâs probably most like Harris Scarfe. Itâs mainly clothing but also has a small selection of homewares (much smaller selection than HS though)
Itâs essentially a clearance outlet but also has some stuff at standard prices.
Photo: The Lifestyle Blog
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Probably wont work in Australia. I hope not. Our two major department stores need to lift their game in terms of customer focus (improving and refurbishing store layouts) and expanding their brands. David Jones should get rid of its private label and return to the âhouse of brandsâ strategy. Just because its in a department store, doesnt mean customers will buy your own private label - H&M + ZARA already have that covered.
That pic looks like a Target.
We used to have Waltons in Sydney which was like a slightly downmarket Myer. It was the place youâd go to for brands at cheaper prices.
I remember the Waltons at Caringbah and Rockdale. They were quite dumpy but sold branded goods and clothes.
Rockdale Plaza in Sydneyâs southern suburbs opened in 1997. It replaced Rockdale Shopping Centre. The original centre featured three main stores - Waltons, Flemings and a Franklins. Ahhhh, the memories.
The new plaza has a Maccas, Woolies, Aldi and Big W
The Canberra Outlet Centre has Trade Secret and Harris Scarfe. HS is good, TS has mostly odd clothing. The shoe section is particularly tragic - they donât have a range of sizes for a particular style just random pairs of shoes. My experience is they are nothing like each other.
The Olden Days before the high rises were built. 
Waltons was up the front there along Princes Highway.
The big pin, just in shot, reminded me that there was a bowling alley there too.
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Bunnings taken to court in NZ over slogans like âlowest prices guaranteedâ.
The company is facing 45 charges of misleading customers with advertising campaigns that are strikingly similar to those found in Australia, including the ubiquitous slogan: âLowest prices are just the beginning âŚâ
The Commerce Commission will allege that Bunnings misled shoppers by claiming the have the lowest prices, even though its products were not necessarily the cheapest on the market. Each of the charges carries a maximum penalty of $NZ600,000.
Advertising claims made in New Zealand included: âBunnings has the lowest price on everything you needâ; âEverything is at the lowest price guaranteedâ; and âWeâve got the widest range and the lowest prices.â
Itâs been documented several time by Choice that the claims are useless from a consumer stand point because the models sold of many of the products are exclusive to Bunnings.
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Noticed that every Bunnings has recently, very quickly painted/added âour policyâ next to its slogan on the exterior of every location Iâve seen. Will be interesting to see if they get done in NZ for misleading advertising.
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Isnât that basically how Bunnings does things? By tricking people into buying a product which is only ever-so-slightly different from ones sold elsewhere (same brand, just a different model).
Pretty sketchy but probably technically legal.
Bunnings say a couple of things about prices. Firstly, that they will beat competitorsâ prices by 10% on the same stocked item; this is the one that is usually worthless because much of what they sell cannot be purchased anywhere else. The other is they have a number of slogans that include the phrase âlowest pricesâ e.g. âEverything under the sun at the lowest pricesâ. (just enter âBunnings catalogueâ into Google); that seems to be what NZ are going after.
It seems that Bunnings are now saying that âour policy is to have the lowest pricesâ - rather than necessarily having them 
news.com.au giving it to Gympie painting it as a sort of 1980s museum town as a new video store just opened, and it still has a dine-in Pizza Hut and an ice rink.
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/allyoucaneat-pizza-a-video-store-and-a-roller-skating-rink-the-town-where-the-80s-and-90s-live-on/news-story/063280e669b6878459dd38b7a2cb9d07
There are still a few ice rinks around, and plenty of dine-in pizza restaurants in Australia.
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clickbait as fuck.
also reaching a little far to consider ice skating rinks an 80s thing?
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Aldi SĂD, one half of the two parent companies of Aldi the other being Aldi Nord, and which operates Aldi operations in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Ireland, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and Australia, unveiled a new revised corporate logo on March 2nd, which will roll out across stores (worldwide Iâd imagine) in June, with it already in use in China. Itâs the first revision since 2006:
Not sure if weâll expect Signage changes especially in Perth seeing how it just opened here and would be pointless to change perfectly working signage, but I wonder if weâll start to see the new logo on products soon.
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Yes. Pretty sure itâs Roller Skating that was an 80s thing.
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