Melbourne Central mall has roared back to life as shoppers flock to its Monopoly Dreams store,students meet to hang out and commuters come for lunch.
Only a few hundred shoppers queued outside Myer and David Jones in Melbourne’s CBD before opening,but retailers are hoping for a rise in Boxing Day sales profits.
One change created a dead end and a perception of nefarious behaviour in Melbourne’s once-vibrant playground that is worse than the reality.
Despite a fall in vacancy rates across the city,agents say the upheaval of the pandemic wreaked havoc on some of Melbourne’s main strips.
Traders at South Melbourne Market have accused Port Phillip Council of trying to turn the market into another Chadstone Shopping Centre by hiking fees and demanding expensive stall fitouts.
Shoppers are expecting to set spending records this Boxing Day despite rising coronavirus case numbers.
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Melbourne Fashion Week will stage runways at MCG’s underground car park,the Sea Life Aquarium,and the Regent Theatre in an effort to get shoppers offline and in stores.
Shops are welcoming back customers and Melburnians can again head to the regions.
The pandemic,and the changing face of shopping,has left Melbourne’s famous Bourke Street Mall facing “grim” times with rents tumbling and vacancies rising.
Small business owners are worried their enterprises won't make it to the end of a September spent in lockdown.