The online user said that the conversation raised two questions: 'How do FnB owners even make a profit in this climate of high rental?' and 'Why do so many people still jump headfirst into such business?'
The online user said that the conversation raised two questions:"How do FnB owners even make a profit in this climate of high rental?" and"Why do so many people still jump headfirst into such business?"
“I stay at a pretty obscure HDB neighbourhood in the west and there is pasar malam that just opened a couple of days ago,” the netizen said. “It’s the first one in a very long time. Gone were the days of bustling crowds, stores filled with pirated games and DVDs. The stretch of stores was confined to a small street, and the vendors were waiting for customers most of the time.”
According to the user, this conversation raised two questions: “How do FnB owners even make a profit in this climate of high rental?” and “Why do so many people still jump headfirst into such business?”They shared their experiences and insights on the night markets, while others empathised with what store owners have to deal with. Some even compared the markets’ state to how they were years ago.
“They told us, it’s always out of their hands. More like a circus troupe ala town to town, the same group of stalls in that troupe following the schedule. These days there are more and more empty tents and not much variety from one troupe to the last. Well, the special ones are the flowers and plants or the claw crane arcade.”Image: Reddit Singapore screengrab / @brandonbass
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