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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 857105, member: 1262"]Many of the antique malls in my area are almost fully occupied. There is about ten of them for a metro area that is just over 2 million inhabitants. The majority seem to be in either old supermarkets or old industrial buildings with the supermarkets being in better locations and having higher foot traffic. From dealers I talk to the largest and most popular antique mall, which has nearly 600 vendors, can clear $250,000+ in sales in a busy weekend.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the dealers would do much better if they purged stale merchandise more often. There are quite a few booths that have items that I recognize as have being there for over 5 years. Some of these items are nice but just massively overpriced several times what I'd consider fair market value. Also booths that are so jammed packed with stuff that you're afraid to enter do themselves an injustice. Tasteful displays and not just a jumble of random of items would help sales I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still I think most of the profits are in being the owner of the antique mall and not a vendor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 857105, member: 1262"]Many of the antique malls in my area are almost fully occupied. There is about ten of them for a metro area that is just over 2 million inhabitants. The majority seem to be in either old supermarkets or old industrial buildings with the supermarkets being in better locations and having higher foot traffic. From dealers I talk to the largest and most popular antique mall, which has nearly 600 vendors, can clear $250,000+ in sales in a busy weekend. I think the dealers would do much better if they purged stale merchandise more often. There are quite a few booths that have items that I recognize as have being there for over 5 years. Some of these items are nice but just massively overpriced several times what I'd consider fair market value. Also booths that are so jammed packed with stuff that you're afraid to enter do themselves an injustice. Tasteful displays and not just a jumble of random of items would help sales I think. Still I think most of the profits are in being the owner of the antique mall and not a vendor.[/QUOTE]
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