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zz stoufivule suntribune thursday nov 15 2007 7 profits likely up at nofrills this year from page 1 staff photohannelore volpe lisa harrison opened sydneys home decor and more in downtown stoufiville in advance of walmart opening last year its advantage is offering unique services said helene johnson president of the vvhitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce ifs impossible to compete with wal- mart she said thats why retailers have to offer either upscale or less expensive merchandise for moneyconscious young families walmart is a good place to buy clothes and other items she said overall it the arrival of walmart has been very good mrs johnson said despite the location of the giant retailer just outside of town a new pet shop opened in stouffville just three weeks ago mayers pet shop moved its business of 45 years from toronto to main street near the stouffville fire hall another downtown pet store the pet stop closed earlier this year people come into the shop delighted there is a downtown pet shop again ms baleksaid walmart was no deterrent to open ing a business here she said in her old location walmart zellers and large gro cery stores were nearby and another pet shop was across the street what sets her shop apart from the big box retailers is the extensive selection of pets including fish birds and small animals and everything needed to look after them sydneys home decor and more has an edge on bigbox stores because of the services it offers owner lisa harrison said she opened her business several months before walmart arrived she sells gift items furniture and home decorating items that can be personal ized to the customer towels can have names initials or sayings embroidered on them the store also offers decorating and furniture reftnishing services and sells antiques when people go to box stores they know what they are going to buy when they go to the little shops they come across all kinds of unique items they werent expecting ms harrison said pat montgomery of candlelight and memories a downtown tea and gift shop has noticed sales are down since walmart came people grocery shopping at walmart for instance will stay at the store to buy items such as candles napkins and small gifts so they dont have to make another stop she said her shop has many items not found in larger stores a lot of faithful customers return to her shop again and again mrs mont gomery said because of the merchan dise and prices the supercentre hasnt had an alto gether detrimental effect on steve and liz balsdons nofrills store although sales were down somewhat when walmart opened mr balsdon is expecting profits to be up for this year- end stouffville people are pretty loyal to our store he said the initial effect nofrills experienced certainly wasnt what many american grocery stores encounter a drop in sales of between 20 to 30 per cent in the wake ofwalmarfs arrival mr balsdon said the ida drug store prepared itself for walmarts arrival by eliminating some lines of merchandise and combining operations with houston pharmacy the drug store offers traditional and alterna tive medicines and products as well as personalized nutrition counselling even though many people come to walmart from other municipalities they arent too likely to come to our store owner rob croxall said lynda sargeant of iindys floral bou tique believes its beneficial to stouffville if people stay in town to shop in the big box stores or in the downtown area sooner or later they will patronize the downtown she said the walmart store is a few years ahead of its time mayor wayne emmer- son said we have less than 28000 peo ple in the municipality in the past four years only about 3000 new residents have moved here he said many customers come from markham and beyond he said canadian tire opened its new store which is three times the size of the old outlet on main street next to walmart this month it includes a marks work wearhouse store boston pizza and tim hortons restaurants are under construc tion with more stores coming to the complex hours monday friday 10 am 8 pm saturday 10 am 6 pm 6384 main st stouffvilleon 4166945342 plenty of parkins at rear important notice c stouffville rcwhtwiy rauas care change of location lmpr room lebovic centre annual general meeting nov 1907 730pm the purpose of this meeting is to elect the officers for the coming year and give a financial report for year end the general public are encouraged to attend and even get involved should they be so inclined the speaker of the evening will be staff sergeant ricky s veerappan diversity cultural resources yrr the topic will be the changing culture of our community save an additional 1 030 off 1 040 off the already reduced outlet prices on selected bed sath fashions save an additional the already reduced outlet prices on selected furniture save an additional 10 off the already reduced outlet prices when you use your sears card or sears mastercard on all instock on approved 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