LULU Capturing inside sales by their products

manucv74
By manucv74

I found in Lulu that they are trying to capture the inside sales by their products. Last week we tried for some branded items in food stuff and found that most of the items are being replaced by Lulu products. They had done in such a way that we have to go to lulu products as the other major brands are not at all available in the shelf. I dont think this is a good move which forcefully makes the customers to purchase their products as the other good brands are not available which i turn affects them only by loosing prospective customers.

By flor1212• 28 Sep 2010 10:40
flor1212

pun intended when I mentioned the 0.50 thing!

By kadavsk• 28 Sep 2010 10:38
Rating: 4/5
kadavsk

All dress material in LULU is either from Crawford market or Dadar footpath market.

By Arien• 28 Sep 2010 10:04
Arien

Lulu sucks, big time

By mjamille28• 28 Sep 2010 10:02
mjamille28

what's with the Lulu bashing? :/

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1346439

By s_isale• 28 Sep 2010 09:59
s_isale

is today the jealous brigade day?

By XceptionalGreat• 28 Sep 2010 00:25
XceptionalGreat

Ma'afi Comma.. Ma'afi Full Stop Ya Habeebi !!

By sanju1068• 27 Sep 2010 17:58
sanju1068

Shawanawaz ur countdown begins...........

By Ice Maiden• 27 Sep 2010 16:53
Ice Maiden

its your money, so you get to decide what to buy. If you don't like Lulu buy another. Choices are available.

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 15:30
anonymous

manucv74

Were you a little bit lazy to move your arse to the other mall?

Since you are from Cochin you might want to check this out:

http://getaway2india.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/kochi-queen-of-the-arabian-sea/

By gudone• 27 Sep 2010 15:04
gudone

comment... next time try with punctuations also.

and u said rite...

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 14:54
anonymous

OMG what did shanawazt say that got this response???

By suzan• 27 Sep 2010 14:54
suzan

Go to another supermarket then

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 14:52
anonymous

shanawaz i think you are one among those non mallus who like to blame anything or everything on mallus in this competetive world even i used to think like you before but please note this this is not going to help you in imoroving yourself in ay feild maybe you had a very bad experince with a mallu before but you must know that you cannot blame the entire mallus for that atleast mallus succeed in almost everything they do today in qatar or the entire middle east (gulf) mallus can be seen every where doing all sort of buisness successfully thats because they have got the will to do it from cafetarias to corporate companyies like IT Frirms and petroleum companies to even hotels if u pick 10 indians randomly in qatar u will find 3-4 mallus and but maybe one each from other different states and even then there will not be enough to represent from all parts of india so there are chances that out of the 4 mallus 2 can be fraudsters but if u find only one non mallu indian or a pkistani then he there are a lot of chance that he can be a fraudster so its not that all mallus are bad its obvious that when they are more in number u will defenetly be able to pick up more people with different characters in them maybe ur boss in ur office is a mallu or even the chaiwala is a mallu either of the one is giving u a trouble and thats why u must have comented upon the entire malabaris here few years back there used to be offers in dasman when we visited ther one of the sales person told us why are u in here u go to lulu all malabaris go there only though he was kidding that must be the the talk within he and his collegue which was managed by some north indians now u tell me shanawas if there was offer going on in both lulu or dasman which one wud be ur first choice the answer lie there itself moreover most of the lulu products are not bad quality and thats how u do buisness provide the public with cheap price but the same quality as the other brands do just because u cant do any buisness or succeed in it dosent mean u will have to turn jealous and blame the entire mallus for that , i myself is a buisness man and and most of ma partners where mallus but few months back i had this friend of mine who used to be a paki who asked me to help him since he was goig through a tough time i trusted him and invested but the very next month itself he came beggin to me to help his bro by giving him a share of the profit from our buisness whereas his bro never invested a penny even i agreed thinking that its not a huge amount exactly after 5 months luckily after i covered my expense from the profit he stopped givig me the profit moreover whenever someone ask him the money which they lend him at the time of investment he say that he gave it to me so come and ask me if i want i can do a lot to him as a revenge but am not doin it thinking about his family and child but that also dosent make me hate or blame the entire paki community for that because i even have got a lot ot other pakis who are gud and is ma childhood friends too in some way i blame myself for just blindly trusting him so this is what the world is learn from ur mistake and make sure that no one else can cheat on u atleast inthe future just because malabaris keep following things like that they succeed and u will see outlets like LULU,Seashore engineering and ITCCs if u wanna become that successfull try to go for it by urself stop critising others, it only suits old uneducated women and men in rural parts of underdeveloped countries.

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 14:48
anonymous

Forcefully???

Did they put a gun to your head and locked down Lulu from inside threatening you to buy it else they won't let you out?

By cherukkan• 27 Sep 2010 14:48
cherukkan

flor, pare, there was another thread for the .50 issue. All hypermarkets in Qatar is doing it and the products you get from them are different. Either chewing gum or tofilux even if you shop in Almeeras.

By cherukkan• 27 Sep 2010 14:46
Rating: 4/5
cherukkan

What branded items are you worried about? Are you talking about the masala powder or detergents. Masala powders are the same if it is packed in a branded package or packed in an ordinary plastic bag and tagged it as Lulu. Most of their products are good quality products at a better price. They are not doing it on all products and if you are not happy to buy them then dont buy them from Lulu. They are buying bulk and packing them in their warehouses to sell it at a reasonable price and of course with their margin. However all those products are imported with proper documents and inspected.

By baldrick2dogs• 27 Sep 2010 14:34
Rating: 3/5
baldrick2dogs

Nobody is forcing you to shop at Lulu, or to buy their brand if you shop there. If you don't like it, vote with your feet.

By Kozhikodan• 27 Sep 2010 13:58
Kozhikodan

Don't ever try to under estimate "MALLBARIS". They are always a bit above you. Try to learn from them " How live a happy life". They have the best purchasing capacity in this city.

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 13:45
anonymous

Flor, thats not only the place who is giving gum ..u will get it all over qatar ...

there is a serious shortage of coin in qatar. dont know why ...

By flor1212• 27 Sep 2010 13:37
flor1212

at least you get something back of the 0.50 worth of chewing gum or candy! Lol!

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 13:33
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

It's a great move by LuLu, especially if they can offer you the same quality at a lower price.

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 13:33
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

In fact, lulu and Carrefour is just giving you an option to buy their own products along with other brands for cheaper price. I don’t think they have removed some of the brands due to this.

as far as i know ..these products also coming from some known brands factories. the price is less as there is no known brand name . I have tried some Carrefour and lulu products and they are not less quality. end of the day they are in to this business for long and they are well aware that they lose customers if they sell bad products and they have tight competition also.

so its ur choice if u want to save little money or no

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 13:29
anonymous

If u can't find the desired brands, just ignore LULU. I'm a regular LULU customer, but never bought any LULU brands.

By britexpat• 27 Sep 2010 13:27
Rating: 5/5
britexpat

It's a great move by LuLu, especially if they can offer you the same quality at a lower price.

The alternative is not to shop at LuLu..

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 13:25
Rating: 3/5
anonymous

Carrefour is doing the same ... most of the unbranded stuffs (names are FIRST 1 and etc )are there coming from their factory with less price .. that’s how u remain in the competition...

Cant blame only Lulu ..

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 13:24
anonymous

thats business! bottom line is a good profit.

By t_coffee_or_me• 27 Sep 2010 13:19
Rating: 3/5
t_coffee_or_me

Dont buy other brands if you not comfortable with it.

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 13:17
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

it is good prize and quality

By anonymous• 27 Sep 2010 13:15
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

as long as there r malbaris(no offence) lulu will continue making profits no matter what they sell

By gudone• 27 Sep 2010 13:11
gudone

hmm .. ya u r rite

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