THE first ever shopping centre dedicated to Pop Up
Shops that opened in Deansgrange recently has succeeded in providing a low cost
platform for fledgling new businesses to promote their products while breathing
new life into existing enterprises.
The first of the Shopping World enterprise units
opened in the Deansgrange outlet on the Deansgrange Road (beside MSL Mercedes)
on Thursday, January 26.
At Shopping World you can lease your own Pop Up Shop
without having to pay massive overheads. The set up is perfect for existing and
new businesses with low rents, no bills for commercial rates, and no
electricity or heating bills to worry about.
Businesses are just required to pay a single fee that
covers all costs, including rent.
Maureen O’Halloran, marketing and public relations
manager at Shopping World, said the centre, which is currently open at weekends
only, has been so successful in promoting new businesses that it has received a
huge number of requests from local companies to open full time. As a result,
she said the centre will open on a seven days a week basis in April.
Cheaper
Maureen said the fees charged for spaces in the shopping
centre cost just e17 per square metre and compare very favourably with existing
rates charged for retail space elsewhere on the Southside.
She was also keen to point out that the longer a
person rents a space the cheaper it will become. She said that when the centre
eventually opens seven days a week retailers will be able to rent spaces for as
little as e500 per week.
She pointed out that the long term goal of Shopping
World is to provide new businesses with the platform they need to promote their
products and when they begin to make money expert staff at the centre will help
them to negotiate reasonable rents on commercial premises with local landlords.
“This will then give someone else the opportunity to
rent a Pop Up Shop space,
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“We aim to foster local business and
ultimately create jobs.
“Even if businesses are closed and they want to start
up again they can use our shopping centre to do so. If businesses have stock
that they want to sell they just have to give us a few weeks’ notice and we can
facilitate them. We take care of all the advertising for them and we cover
their public liability insurance as well.
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Because Shopping World has been able to offer its
clients ample space to open up their Pop Up Shops at low rates, customers will
also be able to purchase bargains that cannot be beaten.
Shopping World will hold an open day for businesses
only on Monday, February 13 from 4pm to 9pm, so that visitors can see existing
units and chat with the friendly staff about helping to meet the requirements
of their business.
Shopping World is currently running a weekly
competition where the winner will win their very own Pop Up Shop at the new
Deansgrange outlet at Shopping World.
Winner
All you have to do is answer a simple question: What
is the exact address of the Shopping World, Deansgrange outlet? Send all
entries to sales@shoppingworld.ie
The winner will be drawn on the Sunday evening before
closing of the centre each week. The winner will receive a free Pop Up Shop of
six square metres for one weekend from Thursday to Sunday.
Shopping World is open on Thursdays and Fridays from
10am to 8pm, on Saturdays from 10am to 6pm and on Sundays from 11am to 6pm. For
more information log on to www.shoppingworld.ie