Peta Muller reported this story 9 November 2009.
Online shoppers are going ballistic in the lead-up to Christmas with US retail giant 1saleaday opening its doors for business in Australia.
Tens of thousands of Australian shoppers have already snapped up bargains within only weeks of 1saleaday launching with prices averaging to 90% below retail.
23 year old Melbourne entrepreneurs Simon Mochkin and Eli Feiglin brought the retail giant to Australia under a partnership deal.
“1saleaday is a massive business in the US, and now all Australians can leverage our huge buying power to access unbelievable deals on a daily basis," said Mr Mochkin.
"We're not only giving the best prices to the Americans but now Australians can access them as well," he said.
With the leadup to Christmas, bargain hunters are jumping at the chance to take advantage of the website’s one product a day deal, advertised every 24 hours.
"We're getting tens of thousands of unique visitors a day after just a short time and selling thousands of products daily,” said Mr Mochkin.
1saleaday not only provides a variety of products at heavily discounted prices, but also thrives on product giveaways.
“We're committed to giving out free products, because rather than spending money on marketing we want to give the savings back to our customers,” Mr Mochkin said.
Mr Mochkin believes giving away products provides customers with confidence in the deals and offers advertised on the site, with customers only paying postage and handling costs.
"1saleaday is already becoming a daily shopping experience for thousands of Australians, it becomes so addictive and the bargains are so good that you just want to look at it every day,” he said.
“We're off to a flying start, and the timing could not be better as the high Australian dollar makes our buying power even stronger," he said.
Peta Muller reported this story 29 October 2009.
Budgeting for high end quality design fashion labels has never been easier credit to the Take 2 Markets opening its doors in Melbourne.in June 2007.
With the harsh state of the economy forcing many Australians into tight budgets, shoppers are excited by the possibility of finding designer fashion labels at bargain prices.
Take 2 Markets Owner Rina Chia said, "We have stallholders selling top brand garments, some of which have not been worn at all; at 50-80% off the price that one would have to pay in a department store or boutique."
Mainstream labels and vintage garments are also available from stallholders including shoes and accessories, in addition to selection of new merchandise from local designers.
The emphasis of Take 2 Markets is on value and quality and as such conditions require stallholders to provide descriptions of items for sale prior to being offered a stall.
"At Take 2 Markets the focus is on quality rather than quantity and I encourage women to seek out the better pieces in their wardrobe so they can get good money for their clothes by selling at Take 2”, said Ms Chia.
Accountant and regular shopper at Take 2 Kate Garland acknowledges that prices for desirable labels make them often unattainable to the average wage earner.
“Dressing like a princess on a working girl’s budget is hard to achieve, you don't need a lot of pieces to dress rich, only a few that are interchangeable and superior quality,” said Ms Garland.
"Women are getting very savvy by buying recycled clothing and using what they have already got, so there is less demand for cheap imported garments”, said Ms Chia.
As the economy drives society to become more astute with budgeting, Take 2 is seizing the opportunity to provide an outlet for shoppers to have the high quality goods without causing financial ruin.
“Second hand is definitely not second best anymore”, said Ms Chia.
