#shoppingcentres — Public Fediverse posts

Major UK supermarket receives one-star rating after food hygiene inspection

Food hygiene inspectors found out-of-date sausages and over-filled freezers at the Iceland store in Swanley Square Shopping Centre…
#Iceland #IS #Europe #Europa #EU #breakingnews #iceland #island #shoppingcentres #SUPERMARKETS
https://www.europesays.com/2987147/

ON EFFECTIVE COMMMNICATION…
When a sign feels more like a threat…

Spotted this at the entrance to the Gateway shopping centre in Sorell, Tasmania, where Woolworths is situated. It’s a great example of how tone shapes the experience of a place.

The message is clear enough but the tone is pure hostility. Words like “STOP” in huge bright red letters, “NOT PERMITTED”, “THEY WILL BE CONFISCATED”, and “WE WILL DEAL WITH YOU” set up an adversarial relationship before people even walk through the door. It doesn’t feel like a welcome; it feels like a threat even to people not riding bicycles, scooters or skateboards.

From a public‑relations perspective, this kind of messaging tends to backfire. It suggests to me that the communication skill of centre management could be improved in making the place feel inviting. Ironically, research on compliance shows that people are more likely to follow rules when the tone is respectful, clear and framed around shared safety, not punishment.

The centre may well have a problem with people riding bicycles, scooters and skateboards inside the building. Nonetheless, a more respectful and effective version could say something like: “For everyone’s safety, please do not ride scooters, bikes and skateboards inside the centre.” And if people still do, the centre management could ask them not to in a non-threatening tone more likely to gain compliance.

Same rule. Completely different vibe.

If we want community spaces to feel like community spaces, the language we choose matters. Tone isn’t decoration. It is part of the experience.

I make this comment as someone with a background in advocacy and communications.

#communication #signs #publicrelations #Sorell #shoppingcentres

‘Perfect’ B&M £14 statue ‘transforms your garden’ and ‘looks like’ £35 B&Q https://www.allforgardening.com/1758064/perfect-bm-14-statue-transforms-your-garden-and-looks-like-35-bq/ #garden #gardening #GardeningDeals #GardeningIreland #GardensAndFlowers #lotus #OnlineShopping #shopping #ShoppingCentres

‘Perfect’ B&M £14 statue ‘transforms your garden’ and ‘looks like’ £35 B&Q https://www.allforgardening.com/1758064/perfect-bm-14-statue-transforms-your-garden-and-looks-like-35-bq/ #garden #gardening #GardeningDeals #GardeningIreland #GardensAndFlowers #lotus #OnlineShopping #shopping #ShoppingCentres

‘Elegant’ B&M £5 light will ‘give your garden a modern chic look’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1754454/elegant-bm-5-light-will-give-your-garden-a-modern-chic-look/ #B&MLimited #FurnitureUk #garden #GardenCentres #ShoppingAdvice #ShoppingCentres #ShoppingPicks #SolarPower

https://www.europesays.com/britain/29890/ Charming UK city with ‘the best high street in Britain’ and 200 independent shops #AlfredTheGreat #Britain #HighStreet #KingArthur #RoyalFamily #ShoppingCentres #Travel #WilliamTheConqueror #Winchester

https://www.europesays.com/uk/941408/ Charming UK city with ‘the best high street in Britain’ and 200 independent shops #AlfredTheGreat #Britain #England #GreatBritain #HighStreet #KingArthur #NorthernIreland #RoyalFamily #Scotland #ShoppingCentres #Travel #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales #WilliamTheConqueror #winchester

B&M’s ‘magical’ £8 garden buy creates ‘soothing’ sounds by day and glows at night https://www.allforgardening.com/1739720/bms-magical-8-garden-buy-creates-soothing-sounds-by-day-and-glows-at-night/ #B&MLimited #garden #gardening #homeware #HotAirBalloons #ShoppingAdvice #ShoppingCentres #ShoppingPicks #SolarPower #weather!

Victoria Police make more than 100 arrests, seize 30 weapons during first weeks of shopping centre operations

Police say more than 100 people have been arrested in the first three weeks of an operation targeting…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #arrests #eastland #fountaingate #highpoint #knives #machetes #Melbourne #northland #operationpulse #police #shoppingcentre #shoppingcentres #TopNews #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/379165/

1969 – Shopping Centre, Phibsborough, Dublin
Architect: David Keane & Partners

Almost universally disliked by the public as it dominates the area, an office tower with a strip mall and parking as a podium. The exterior precast panels alternate, with recessing panels on the tower and the podium panels protruding
https://www.archiseek.com/1969-shopping-centre-phibsborough-dublin/
#ArchitectureOfDublinCity #1969 #DavidKeanePartners #Dublin #PhibsboroughDublin #ShoppingCentres

Nice to see #France preparing to ration #gas energy in the future.

Apparently chemical and glass-making factories will be the first to face cuts in supply, followed by #stadiums, #shoppingCentres and other non-essential venues.

#energy #plannedDegrowth #degrowth #glassMaking #factories

@adamasnemesis
Its really true the #supermarkets and #shoppingCentres are almost fitted out to be as ornate and decorative as medieval #churches.

Re: walkable we have had some very characterful old buildings and trees that made our built environment walkable from an aesthetic and restorative viewpoint but they were sacrificed for drab, blocky designs with no character and we don't enjoy walking in that area.

See also #RestorativeEnvironments.

@koherecoWatchdog @mangeurdenuage