SLIDE 1 A PRESENTATION BY MALCOLM BALL
Chief Executive, WMC Retail Partners Plc
PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE BOX AT YOUR CHAIR UNTIL INSTRUCTED
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RETAIL THEATRE WITH A DIFFERENCE
SLIDE 3 SO WHAT IS RETAIL THEATRE ?
Pike Place ‘fish throwing’ - https://youtu.be/FNJN9l_xvjg
SLIDE 4 SITE HISTORY
- 68,000 sq ft of market with 98 traders
450,000 shoppers per annum
- 12,000 sq ft soft play attraction
30,000 visitors per annum
- WMC’s flagship market - operated
from 2006 with a 25-year lease
SLIDE 5 THE FLOOD
- Flooded in November 2010
- Only four traders had insurance
for their stock
- 30 traders forced out of business
- 25% of rental income lost
- Kidzworld (formerly Ben’s
Playworld) closed for six months.
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KIDZWORLD TODAY
SLIDE 7 CORNISH MARKET WORLD FROM FLAGSHIP TO NEMESIS …
“To do nothing wasn’t an option - we had to stop the haemorrhaging effect of year-on-year losses given that we still had 15 years remaining on our lease”
SLIDE 8 A NEW ERA
- A top-three Cornish visitor attraction
- 21st century market
£1.8m INVESTMENT
SLIDE 9 MUCH MORE THAN A FACELIFT
- A3 Sam’s Diner - 2,000 sq ft - now open
- A1 leisure retail - 8,000 sq ft
(two offers under consideration)
- open for Whitsun holiday
- A revamped 32,000 sq ft market hall
- completed by the end of the year
- Cornucopia - 13,000 sq ft food hall, visitor
attraction and evening entertainment venue -
- pening in July 2017
- Cornucopia play (formerly Kidzworld) - 25,000
sq ft (looking to attract 150,000 visitors by
- 2018. Rebranded and open for Easter 2017
SLIDE 10 COMPETITION
DISCOUNT STORES ONLINE SHOPPING AUCTION SITES
Proposition: High-quality local food and products with retail theatre to engage customers
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SLIDE 12 FLOORPLAN
- 19 Cornish food producers with some F & B
- Looking to attract between 190,00 and
290,000 visitors annually
- Sell 70,000 Cornucopia pasties and 50,000
tasting tickets.
SLIDE 13 TASTING TICKET
So what is this tasting ticket and where is the retail theatre?
Twinning first ever pasty museum, in Mexico!
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KNOW YOUR PASTY! ?
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ TRUE OR FALSE?
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ TRUE OR FALSE?
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ TRUE OR FALSE?
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ TRUE OR FALSE?
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ TRUE OR FALSE?
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ TRUE OR FALSE?
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ
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CORNISH PASTY QUIZ