Gone were the days when cost-conscious consumers would have to make their purchase in unglamorous, out-of-town warehouses, hunting for rejected and defective merchandize for the sole aim of saving a few coins. The outlet malls today strive to provide both seasoned and occasional shoppers an experience different from that given by their yesteryear’s counterpart.
The location of outlet
malls has moved from cheaply occupied lands to strategically situated retail malls accessible by the complex network of city public transportations. New
merchandise is offered alongside with the off-season, leftover or slightly
imperfect inventory. Prices are marked down insanely; huge, enticing and
sensational discounted signs colonize the entire malls ostentatiously.
Shopping at Spencer Outlet
Centre invokes plenty of nostalgic moments to me. This was the place where we
purchased our essential household items when we first arrived at Melbourne. The
alluring low prices lulled us away from the upscale department stores at Bourke
Street. We ended up purchasing all our bedroom-related products from the very
affordable Pure Zone. It was the place where we happily picked up our very
sturdy, non-stick 12-cup muffin pan at $9.99, and thereby commenced our
unending baking adventure of muffins, buns and scones.
We found our favourite
Aladdin’s genie glass teapot, and bought my stretched canvases with wooden
edges at the Kaisercraft store. Both were lovely deals. The mall reminds me of
those amazing moments when we grabbed our marvelous bargains from Cotton On
Mega, Kathmandu, the Shoe Warehouse, Chemist Warehouse, and those numerous
other fabulous discounted stores under the same roof.
Spencer Outlet Centre
might not be the your favourite swanky shopping mall in town. You will never
find your Aesop products with its aesthetic packaging here. Your luxurious
Chanel store with its elegantly designed dresses will never make its footprint
here.
The mall is designed
specifically for the resurging price-conscious buyers who love a good bargain
without compromising on the quality. The mall is for those who get excited looking
at discounted price tags, those luggage-towing shoppers hunting for their last
minute bargains before boarding the Skybus to airport, and those city workers
who enjoy a quick purchase during their lunch break. The mall is for those
mathematically shrewd consumers who wouldn’t mind carrying a half-price
designer handbag, wearing a casual tee of $10, and have no qualms wearing a
pair of out-of-fashion shoes. And these, briefly, sum up who I am.
Location:
201 Spencer Street,
Docklands VIC 3008
(Next to Southern Cross
Station, easily accessible by tram 86, 96, 109 and 12)
Opening hours:
Saturday to Thursday: 10am – 6pm
Friday: 10am – 8pm
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