tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942067.post4995588799493470665..comments2023-06-03T13:55:01.528+00:00Comments on Perspective: # Yassar HalimYDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05439738645587471765noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942067.post-40256433908623427292007-04-22T12:08:00.000+00:002007-04-22T12:08:00.000+00:00I really dislike those mega supermarkets, especial...I really dislike those mega supermarkets, especially two recent developments in Geelong. I. They close a library for six months to add a Gaudi (or something) supermarket. 2. They put a bridge across Yarra Street blocking off the view of the sea, just to supersize the current supermarket. Westfield is so so so rich and driven by the greed ofshareholders and overpaid board members I believe. Meanwhile they make 'my' fish-shop move somewhere else! I prefer to shop at family-owned businesses - e.g. a local green grocers. Best of all I like the real fruit and vegie market such as Footscray in Melbourne.<BR/>Our food costs will skyrocket if we don't get rain because the PM is saying there will be no water for irrigation of the Murray Darking river areas where most of our food is grown.<BR/>w.Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942067.post-61596890483991412432007-04-17T08:14:00.000+00:002007-04-17T08:14:00.000+00:00Nice post YD. Those big corporation have legal an...Nice post YD. Those big corporation have legal and tax advantages and usually are exploiting underpaid labor somewhere along the chain. We should all try (just my opinion) to buy locally as much as possible.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942067.post-45716316643956349982007-04-16T10:05:00.000+00:002007-04-16T10:05:00.000+00:00KL is bustling with hypermarkets too. There's Gia...KL is bustling with hypermarkets too. There's Giant, Carrefour, Tesco, Jaya Jusco (Aeon) and Makro. Looks like every housing estate is near to one such and they are killing off the small-timers. A disease of the times. Call it progress, I suppose.HappySurferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444290549991093661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942067.post-11476057986500054912007-04-13T17:20:00.000+00:002007-04-13T17:20:00.000+00:00Khengsiong,To reap the economies of scale and oper...<B>Khengsiong,</B><BR/>To reap the economies of scale and operational efficiency, large companies do most of the time outperform small ones. Franchising is a a global approach of doing business, which is very suitable for today's world. So I agree with you that franchising is a new way forward.<BR/><BR/>For high-end products which need the specialized skills, (electronics, hi-tech stuffs), I do welcome large firms who have larger funding and better R&D team to come out with high quality yet cheap stuffs. <BR/><BR/>However, for things like vegetables and foodstuffs, using giant corporation to fight with little farmers/ retailers do not impress me. This is especially hurting those developing countries which do not have high technology/economy power but only rely on agricultural productions as means of living.<BR/><BR/><B>Z.J.</B><BR/>Thanks. I believe in survival of the fittest too. However, lately there has been too many case of totally unfair competition, where giants supermarkets decided to open not only one, but three or more chain stores within one area. Little stores can improve themselves and compete if there are different markets and different products.<BR/><BR/>However, with the large army marching in which decide to sell everything under the sun, we can't deny that there is some element of playing on unfair grounds. The regulators are deciding whether there is a breach of unfair competition, let's see how it goes.<BR/><BR/><B>moody</B><BR/>You said it very well! Just don't infiltrate every single corner! Yup, I do buy things from mega stores, and I do appreciate the cheap and quality products achieved by economies of scale, but hey, give the lil' ones some space to breath, will ya?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your insight!YDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439738645587471765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942067.post-47710427463185894422007-04-13T15:48:00.000+00:002007-04-13T15:48:00.000+00:00Bravo, YD! Bravo!I don't think your thinking is t...Bravo, YD! Bravo!<BR/><BR/>I don't think your thinking is too "old-fashioned" or "small-town girl". You're just showing that you're a human being with sense, heart, and soul. Real life is always better than plastic, I say, and that's what you get in small, local shops like this one. (Though, like you, I don't hate the big supermarkets. I just wish they would stop trying to build so damned many of them in every available corner! Places like that are where you should make a trip to on a weekend, or something of the sort!)The Moody Minstrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342935635794595909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942067.post-79612000249915304992007-04-13T03:25:00.000+00:002007-04-13T03:25:00.000+00:00适者生存呀!!!在现在很多地方, 那些小形的商店都差不多被自由购物市场所代替. 这样的发展或者改变,...适者生存呀!!!<BR/><BR/>在现在很多地方, 那些小形的商店都差不多被自由购物市场所代替. 这样的发展或者改变,并不代表小形的商店要退出,它们可以改变其銷售方式.<BR/><BR/>有竞争及变化才有进步, 你不认为是吗?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942067.post-19521292060986684142007-04-13T02:23:00.000+00:002007-04-13T02:23:00.000+00:00Being a shutterbug, I often browse online forums f...Being a shutterbug, I often browse online forums for photographers. In one occasion, a forum member living in the States asked if he could open a camera store. The responses he got were mostly negative - he could not compete with mega stores or online retailers.<BR/><BR/>For those who wish to be their own bosses, perhaps the next best option is franchising.<BR/><BR/>Mega stores do have one plus point - the staffs are generally less 'pushy'.khengsionghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388168568808671784noreply@blogger.com