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Chadstone Open for New Years Day 2010 as Boxing Day sales continue
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:12 pm By AdminThroughout the 2009 end-of year and 2010 New Year, Chadstone shopping centre will be open for trade.
Chadstone is open until 5:30pm on Thursday 31st Dec 2009. It will open late in the morning at 10am on Friday, 1st of Jan 2010.
A continual stream of post-boxing day shoppers are still picking up on-sale bargains throughout the week after Christmas. Although some sale items may be sold out, smart shoppers wait until after Boxing Day to avoid the big crowds, and still pick up great deals.
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The new extension which opened on the 18th Nov 2009 originally included free $100 shopping vouchers for the first 100 people through the doors.
Even though the official opening time was at 9am, shoppers were lining up well before that. Queues started even at midnight.
It was revealed that centre manager Stephen DeWaele has admitted to handing out the vouchers early because of 'safety' fears. Shoppers who lined up all night were told at 8am that the vouchers had already been given away hours ago. Centre management was expecting only a few hundred to queue, but instead, several thousand lined up to await the opening.
Mr DeWaele said “We had people lining up from midnight, and I’d have to say we were overwhelmed with the number of people who came to the centre.
“And to manage it safely ... we had to take the decision to give the first 100 there the vouchers.
In an effort to calm the disgruntled shoppers, 'goodie bags' were given to those who missed out on the vouchers.
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Chadstone is open until Midnight on Boxing Day 2009.
On Boxing Day 2009, hundreds of thousands of shoppers flooded Chadstone to do their Boxing Day shopping. Every single carpark was overflowing, and finding a park was next to impossible. The overflowed caused some problems at intersections, especially on Middle Road where cars banked up to the traffic lights at Warrigal Road.
Plenty of traffic controllers, security staff and pedestrian crossing officers were on the job again today to ensure the smooth running of the day. Police were again in attendance in case incidents arose, which were likely given the sometimes bad tempered driving and car park pinching that could flare up into road rage.
Despite earlier warnings, some several hundred shoppers are still parking their vehicles in the surrounding 'Permit Zone' streets, without first checking for potential parking restrictions applying the street. Stonnington parking inspectors were in force for the entire day - Boxing Day has always been the big revenue raising day for them.
Some shoppers said they didn't care, and would rather put money in Stonnington's coffers than abide by the law. Nonetheless, streets filled with illegally parked vehicles. During the middle of the day Capon St, Webster St, Midlothian st, Virginia Gv and Castlebar Rd were filled with cars. Once the streets were full, shoppers then turned to parking on nature strips, which also attracted parking fines.
The fine has been lowered from $113 last year to $70 per offence this year.
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For many stores, up to 30 percent of sales revenue for the entire year are made duing the Christmas period. This makes Boxing day one of the most critical days for any retail business within major shopping centre.
Retailers are hoping the Boxing day sales will be a hit, making up for the past few months of lacklustre spending due to the recession.
During Christmas eve, shoppers in Australia spent $8.5 billion in gifts. On the other hand, an estimated $250M worth of unwanted goods will be returned for refunds.
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