Outdoor events industry

lostinrates

Good to here from you fc.

Yes, lots of retailers use putdoor events to sell.....and surpirisingly unrelated ones...e.g. Lots of hot tub sellers at county shows.

Edit: horse and hound online did run somekind of online shopping extrvaganza when badminton was cancelled, not sure how that went but muct have been helpful. Tbh, lots of the stuff i might buy at places like badminton i can get online at comparative prices now anyway...and not drag it around all day trudging through mud or baking in the sun, or both at the same time, so its all the same t me!

Nikkster

Saw this today and thought of this thread...

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Saw this today and thought of this thread...

Its interesting innocent are complaining, i thought they were owned by coke who are Part ofthe corporate sponsershipmor partners or whatever, so as a whole would have thought it was good for the 'mothership' of the company.

Nikkster

Personally I didn't read it so much as them complaining? From a quick google it looks like Coke are majority shareholders, rather than innocent having been completely taken over.

In some ways its not surprising that there is limited appetite for the multitude of festivals this year. I guess they were hoping this would tie in, but either people just feel too busy or too poor or were waiting to see what the weather would be like nearer the time.

paddyrg

lostinrates wrote: »

Its interesting innocent are complaining, i thought they were owned by coke who are Part ofthe corporate sponsershipmor partners or whatever, so as a whole would have thought it was good for the 'mothership' of the company.

Just be aware in just about every single case whatever is said in public/press and real reasons behind the scenes are wildly different!

Kennyboy66

lostinrates wrote: »

Its interesting innocent are complaining, i thought they were owned by coke who are Part ofthe corporate sponsershipmor partners or whatever, so as a whole would have thought it was good for the 'mothership' of the company.

I'm pretty sure it will be only Glastonbury not taking place as a result of the Olympics (and they do have a 'fallow' year every so often anyway).

There has been an enourmous growth in festivals. Whether they be food, drink, music or whatever and there were signs last year that the market was well over-saturated with high profile late cancellations and busts.

The Harvest festival (Alex James' farm, attended by Cameron, Jeremy Clarkson and assorted other t*ssers) went bust last year owing £1m to creditors from 2011.
There were 7000 attendees - so basically £140 per head.

There are plenty of shysters and incompetents out there.

As far as Innocent go.

I used to buy Innocent smoothies (for kids), however they have sneakily reduced pack size from 1000ml to 750ml in 2011 while keeping the prices the same. It's the equivalent of a 33% increase.

Not so innocent then.

kabayiri

Kennyboy66 wrote: »

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As far as Innocent go.

I used to buy Innocent smoothies (for kids), however they have sneakily reduced pack size from 1000ml to 750ml in 2011 while keeping the prices the same. It's the equivalent of a 33% increase.

Not so innocent then.

Trade Descriptions should force a rename

"Innocent until proven guilty"

edgex

chucky wrote: »

Errr no, Olympic rules mean that no events can take place during the Olympic events. It's not a rule that the people in the government or previous government want so that the Olympics go well and nothing matters but because those are the rules. It happens in every country that has held the Olympics.


Explains a lot really.

linky to these rules?

PasturesNew

Kennyboy66 wrote: »

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There were 7000 attendees - so basically £140 per head.

My small, local nightclub gets more than that through its doors some weekends.....

aardvaak

B**dy p*ssing oylmpics who cares about them - they are a total waste of money and time and all about a few prats blowing their own trumpets - when it comes my tv will be very much off.