JB Hifi coming to Dunedin

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#63364 25-Jun-2010 08:19

Store will be open mid September in the Meridian Mall, JB Hifi's first South Island store. About 30 jobs will be created.

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#345108 25-Jun-2010 08:45

They are in the process of opening a store in Bayfair (Mt Maunganui) also.

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#345110 25-Jun-2010 08:52

Yep, can confirm the Dunedin store. Not sure why they chose to go to Dunedin before Christchurch though :S

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#345114 25-Jun-2010 09:04

1080p: Yep, can confirm the Dunedin store. Not sure why they chose to go to Dunedin before Christchurch though :S

Economics. They will want a store that is going to make them money. If its in the wrong location, and the rent is too high, then they obviously will not make any, or enough, profit.

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#345115 25-Jun-2010 09:05

Obvious choice really, Dunedin is way better :) and even Marbecks opened their first South Island store in Dunedin.

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#345117 25-Jun-2010 09:08

semigeek: Store will be open mid September in the Meridian Mall, JB Hifi's first South Island store. About 30 jobs will be created.

Or transferred from NL, B&B, HN and SCity.
Those other tech stores must be quaking if the effect on them in other areas is anything to go by.

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#345141 25-Jun-2010 10:45

I think it's to do with the large student demographics (and their tendency to overspend).

They have one in Palmerston North too.

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#345172 25-Jun-2010 11:58

Yeah its taking over half of k-mart, should be about the same size as the Noel Leemings here apprently.

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#345381 25-Jun-2010 20:44

That won't be a particularly large store compared to some of the other players (Smiths / HNorman).
And I'm picking they won't be going overly high end (it's a mall store after all).
But they will no doubt sell a lot of games / consoles etc - and the likes of the games store in the Golden Centre may struggle. I don't know if it'll hurt Harvey Norman / Noel Leeming... more the smaller players who may already be close to the brink profit wise? It could actually stimulate the market at Bond & Bond across the road...

I do think staff will leave the likes of Noel Leeming / Powerstore etc to take up a lion share of the jobs. Of course, they typically move management etc from other JB stores.

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#391258 13-Oct-2010 11:21

Anyone know the opening date, according to the news article awhile ago, it was meant to be open September, but still not open.

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#391486 13-Oct-2010 19:28

Their website says...
"It will open on Friday 15th Oct 2010"

So there we go then.

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#392638 16-Oct-2010 16:53

Didn't see that on the website. Must be going blind haha. Am quite impressed with JB's. Some of their prices seem a bit higher, but not too bad. The three times I went there since yesterday, it has been flat out.

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#392708 16-Oct-2010 20:01

With Powerstore's Garage Sale and the opening of JB Hifi... there would have been some bargains to find!
Was there a lot of advertising out there promoting the launch? Or was it all a little 'softly softly' until they get 100% sorted?

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#392726 16-Oct-2010 21:02

I didn't see any advertising promoting the launch, other than the spread in Fridays paper.
As for Powerstores garage sale, I had a quick glimpse at prices in todays paper and wasn't too impressed. They had a 1TB WD Elements external drive for $133. You can buy them at PBTech for around $109 - everyday price now.

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#392734 16-Oct-2010 21:59

That's not exactly a top price...
It's not really a place to buy hard drives / the latest tech though... Powerstore seems to be more of a Ma and Pa shop, especially when compared to JB / Harvey's.

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#392792 17-Oct-2010 10:57

Great news, if only Burger Fuel would make its way down to Dunedin as well.

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