16 August 2005
MALIMGAS MARKET:Can outdoor ads, radio plugs bring in the buyers?
HOPING to stem the tide of voluntary closures among stallowners at the Malimgas Public Market who have decried poor sales in their stalls, the city council here has called for more outdoor advertisements as well as radio and television plugs to attract more buyers at the market.
Forty-eight stalls have closed so far, many of these for dry goods located in the second floor of the office where there are noticeably “more sellers than buyers.”
The first floor of the edifice, designated as wet market, is the only one earning yet because it is where the people are buying all their necessities.
The third floor of the market that is designed for car parking is not earning anything.
City Administrator Rafael Baraan argued that stallowners who have closed shops were old market stallholders who were given first priority to move to the new market without any precondition.
He considers many of these as mere speculators who have no plan to do business in the new market, thinking that they can sub-lease their stalls like what they did in the old market.
He is optimistic that business will be a little bit faster in the new market soon with the voluntary departure of the “speculators.”
Forty-eight stalls have closed so far, many of these for dry goods located in the second floor of the office where there are noticeably “more sellers than buyers.”
The first floor of the edifice, designated as wet market, is the only one earning yet because it is where the people are buying all their necessities.
The third floor of the market that is designed for car parking is not earning anything.
City Administrator Rafael Baraan argued that stallowners who have closed shops were old market stallholders who were given first priority to move to the new market without any precondition.
He considers many of these as mere speculators who have no plan to do business in the new market, thinking that they can sub-lease their stalls like what they did in the old market.
He is optimistic that business will be a little bit faster in the new market soon with the voluntary departure of the “speculators.”
