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Jennifer Andrews: Oyster Property Group spokesperson talks retailers' expectations for Black Friday · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Retailers getting a boost from Black Friday, which is today
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  Speaker 1: now outpacing Boxing Day sales. Thirty nine percent of us
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  Speaker 1: say we do most of our gift shopping on days
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  Speaker 1: just like this one. Jennifer Andrews is Oyster Property Group
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  Speaker 1: and manages Dress Smart shopping center. Jennifer, good morning, Good morning,
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  Speaker 1: So what's the plan today.
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  Speaker 2: We're expecting a really great Black Friday. Back Over the
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  Speaker 2: last few months, it's been a difficult retail time in
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  Speaker 2: New Zealand, but obviously statistics are showing that things are improving,
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  Speaker 2: so we're preparing for a very busy day today. We
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  Speaker 2: have discounts all through the weekend, but particularly Black Friday
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  Speaker 2: is when most people like to come out to find
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  Speaker 2: the discounts. Consuming New Zealand recently warned that not all
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  Speaker 2: Black Friday deals are what they see at Dress Smart.
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  Speaker 2: Our promise is to is consistent and we deliver all
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  Speaker 2: year round savings of thirty seventy percent, and we're a
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  Speaker 2: true outlet center in terms of that daily discount, but
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  Speaker 2: on Black Friday, retailers off the savings that get better
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  Speaker 2: than that, So we really do see it as a
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  Speaker 2: very popular day to come out shopping.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Jennifer, what's your best deal today? Because it's
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  Speaker 1: thirty to seventy percent off? I mean, can I get
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  Speaker 1: something for ninety percent off today?
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  Speaker 2: Potentially? There are stores that have discount on top of
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  Speaker 2: that feed for example, which is Women's Where and Children's Where,
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  Speaker 2: they will have a discount on top of their regular discount.
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  Speaker 2: But all of the stores are offering great offers. I
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  Speaker 2: was there yesterday walking through them, and there's just so
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  Speaker 2: many options. I think our retailers are telling us that
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  Speaker 2: in particular, customers are after luxury guesting brands like Coach
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  Speaker 2: we have, which is a high end brand, but they
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  Speaker 2: have huge discounts on all of their accessories today. And
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  Speaker 2: then summer essentials are really popular at this time of year.
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  Speaker 2: Beach where holiday clothing.
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  Speaker 1: Get your Janels opened, your beach balls, Jennifer. Have you
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  Speaker 1: got enough car parks?
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  Speaker 2: We'd have plenty of car park Have you gone over
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  Speaker 2: over seven hundred car park?
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  Speaker 1: And does it get full?
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  Speaker 2: I think if you come out before say three pm,
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  Speaker 2: the morning's always best. But we manage it really carefully.
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  Speaker 2: We have people walking through making sure that the cars
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  Speaker 2: circulate really well. So yeah, and you've got the whole weekend.
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  Speaker 2: The retailers keep their discounts going all weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer looking forward to it, getting out there and spending
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  Speaker 1: some money. Jennifer Andrews with us from Oyster Property Group.
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  Speaker 1: They manage Dress Smart shopping center that's in Auckland.
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