Valletta to hold Super Shopping Weekend

Claire Busuttil

Oct 27th 2011, 23:35

prosit Valletta LC

Mark Spiteri

Oct 26th 2011, 23:31

Super Shopping Weekend
Escapism from reality - will this be the answer for the crisis hitting the retail outlets in Valletta ?

Mario allison

Oct 26th 2011, 23:09

Well done to the valletta council for really trying to get valletta back on its feet,one thing though, the outlets must try harder to winn the confidence of us buyers once again . The jacket i wanted was so much cheaper out of the sale than in the sale daylight robbery now i got my jacket from hamrun

Ramon Mangion

Oct 26th 2011, 22:48

I cannot see the wow factor here, as this is normal practice abroad. In catania for example Centro Sicilia is open till 9pm even on a Sunday

W Cassar

Oct 26th 2011, 21:31

WOW impressive...not....that would be normal business hours in the UK. We are so behind the times ...when are shops going to be allowed to open on Sunday!

Monica Muscat

Oct 26th 2011, 21:06

I would suggest that for the forthcoming weekend, the Park and Ride will be made free of charge. Personally I think that this event will not attract much business, considering that the shops away from the commercial centre will not have any custom, as people tend to keep to the City Centre. As for the catering business, Fridays and Saturdays are always good days, with Sundays less so. As for the shops remaining open on Sunday up to 1:00p.m., this is really no new thing. Living in Valletta, I always note that business is quite brisk on Sunday mornings, but as always, parking is a problem, especially Friday/Saturday evenings, hence my suggestion that P.& R. will be made free for this weekend.

Vanessa-clair Farrugia

Oct 26th 2011, 21:06

This should happen each and every weekend, and not just in Valletta!

Paul Borg

Oct 26th 2011, 21:02

ARRIVA take note and be on time please . Valletta needs renewed consumer confidence, so this news is a series of events that will take place in Valletta- 1st was notte Bianca next is the SUPER SHOPPING weekend. And don't forget NYE celebrations .

Gordi Felice

Oct 26th 2011, 20:56

why is the capital city of malta the most quite place in the evenings?? If you go abraod capital cities are very busy in evenings.

Mario allison

Oct 26th 2011, 20:38

Well done to the valletta council for really trying to get valletta back on its feet,one thing though, the outlets must try harder to winn the confidence of us buyers once again . The jacket i wanted was so much cheaper out of the sale than in the sale daylight robbery now i got my jacket from hamrun

G Sciberras

Oct 26th 2011, 20:22

Brilliant idea ...timing may be not so good umless people get their salaries by Friday 28th ..

john vella

Oct 26th 2011, 20:18

I hope this will not become the norm to other towns and villages.
All those working in this business as employees are they going to be payed double time for their effort?

C Cassar

Oct 26th 2011, 20:14

Let's hope that all tax is paid on the takings. Everyone MUST insist on VAT receipts. If the retailer refuses, walk away.

Reno Calleja

Oct 26th 2011, 20:09

I appluaud this initiative by the Valletta Local Council.

I think I had the opportunity to reveal in the Times blog some months ago, that as Minister of Tourism I had proposed way back in l982, in a meeting I had with Joe Borg and George Agius the Presdident and Secretary General of the GWU respectively, that shops in Valletta should remain open late at night. This I argued would be helpful to the Tourism industry and will create more jobs because the shop owners would employ more sales persons.

I remember that Joe Borg and George Agius, less emphatically, came on me like a ton of bricks. They feared that the sales persons would be exploited because shop owners would force them to work longer hours without proper compensation and without giving them time to rest.
Off course my arguments that that our laws should be enough to protect these workers were completely sidelined.

Off course this was never made public. The GWU at that time was part of the Cabinet.

J Caruana

Oct 26th 2011, 19:47

NO SALE NO GAIN MATES.....You need to give consumers an initiative to go shop in Valletta...not just open shops but rather lower prices for that particular weekend....

George Smith

Oct 26th 2011, 19:35

It is a good idea to keep the City busy with shoppers. Shops must be open every Sundays till 1.00 afternoons for the tourist and local people. Most of the Maltese work long hours during the week and the only chance to go shopping on Sundays. Let us keep our City ALIVE.

Charlene Bonnici

Oct 26th 2011, 19:29

pity my pay check will be available on Monday :)