Showing posts with label Nairn Business Asc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nairn Business Asc. Show all posts

Monday, August 01, 2011

Nairn shopkeepers should adjust?

Here's some thoughts in from a regular Gurnite, would anyone else be inclined to agree?

"I think, Nairn’s Business Association should
a) strongly protest and run berserk against the new signs along the B9090 keeping away potential (paying) visitors from Nairn, but
b) the shopkeepers would be well-advised to reconsider their opening times:

People who make the effort to drive into Nairn for shopping at Sainsbury after their working day and who want to “explore” Nairn’s High Street, will be bitterly disappointed to find out there is only the Coop open.

A shopkeeper I spoke to said he might try longer opening times perhaps next year and in summer only.....
From my point of view this is a completely lost opportunity – a disappointed customer will not make a second approach.

When working last week in our front garden, a couple – tourists – stopped and asked where they could find Nairn’s shops – it was 5.15 p.m. .......my husband and I could only recommend the Coop.....
Opening times until 6.30 or even better 7 p.m. would be very helpful to present Nairn as a vital place and not as the sleepy village.

If Nairn’s shopkeepers will not adjust their habits to the new situation they will miss a one-off. They cannot blame Sainsbury if they are not prepared and willing to offer fresh ideas in reply."