COMPARE THE MARKET

Yesterday was our first market stall at Greenwich Market and always, keen to try new venues for accessing our lovely customers we jumped at the opportunity, especially as it was a superbly reasonable £10 pitch fee! The market is in a covered courtyard in the middle of a square surrounded by beautiful buildings in the heart of historic Greenwich. With The Cutty Sark and Royal Maritime buildings nearby plus a plethora of independent shops in the area it is a hotspot for tourists and locals.

This is the first venue we have been to where we've received feedback, which we thought was really useful (and not just because they said such lovely things about our stall). They highlighted the importance of signage and as one fellow stall holder succinctly described it "the signage is your sales assistant". It greets your customer and offers them concise information about your brand and products without making them feel that when you're saying 'hello' your actually thinking 'buy something?' Needless to say today we are sorting out some extra signage because the other good thing to come out of yesterday was an invitation to trade on Fridays at their Vintage and Craft Market.

What's that we hear you cry...Clementine & Bloom are going up in the world? Well we are really chuffed as this as it is a step towards trading at a regular weekend pitch in such a lively and established market.

Hope to see you there...!