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Luxury shopping at it best can be found in Montego Bay at the billion-dollar Whitter Village which has helped to cement the resort town’s crown as Jamaica’s tourism mecca.
Montego Bay is not intent on being seen only as the tourism mecca but is securing its position as the ideal place to do business with the inclusion of the billion-dollar multifaceted shopping complex along the Rose Hall main road.
Known as Whitter Village, the construction cost US$40 million (or J$1.2 billion) and took just under two years to be completed. The brainchild of local developers Joe and Angella Whitter, the vision was to create the ideal convenience stop for business, shopping, food and entertainment. With the construction of the multi-million dollar convention centre in Montego Bay, this is a welcomed addition to assert the second city as a business hub according to the former president of Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lloyd B. Smith.
“Apart from being a facility that provides dining, entertainment and different types of shopping facilities, it will give Montego Bay an enhancement that it desperately needs at this time” Smith charged
He further commended the entrepreneurs for their vision and business aptitude in developing this project without the scandals that are normally associated to these mega constructions.
The architecture, which features a magnificent Village Square highlighted by a landmark Clock Tower, evokes the nostalgia and ambience of a traditional Jamaican village and was designed by one of one of Jamaica’s leading architects Clifton Yap. According to Yap “the trend in development around the world is to develop complete town centres, where people live, work and play. That’s what we hope to achieve in the long term”. He further argued that any local investor putting up that amount of investment shows commitment and foresight and they should be supported for that. “I can’t think of any local investor who would put up that kind of investment without assistance from the government.”
The Whitter Village Centre is the first phase of a comprehensive development plan for the 15 ½ acre site. The next phase will include the construction of offices and living space to create the ideal town-centre where people can work, shop and socialize within their communities.
By: Sheena Gayle
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Are you looking for a book to help you plan to buy a computer or an electronic item? Is a funny gift on your agenda for this Christmas, or are you just browsing for a crazy idea for Halloween? If your answer is a “yes”, online shopping is the way to go. Shoppers can sit in front of their computer screens and shop from the comfort of their homes. This is the reason that people just love online shopping.
Online shopping allows consumers to purchase goods and services online. These goods and services can be bought directly from a buyer in real-time without an intermediary. Most stores these days have websites and sell their products or services online. Online catalogs are available, which list the items that you can buy from these stores. Online shopping can be of business-to-business or business-to-consumer nature.
How Did It Start?
Michael Aldrich is a pioneer in the field of making purchases via the Internet. He linked a modified 26-inch color domestic TV to a real-time transaction processing computer through a domestic phone line. After this experiment became successful, Aldrich sold many systems to Ford, General Motors, and Nissan. However, Aldrich’s systems worked only via a dial-up or lease telephone connection. His ideas were copied and plagiarized. World Wide Web servers and browsers started commercial operations in 1991. Online banking and online pizza shop by Pizza Hut became popular in 1991. Gradually, eBay and Amazon opened online shops in 1995.
You can expect various products and services at affordable prices. Online shopping offers books, electronic items, clothes, footwear, and jewelry at cheap rates. You can book movie tickets or any other tickets online and gift them to your loved ones. According to a survey, 52.8 percent of the online shoppers are women.
There is a wide array of products available online for babies also. You can choose a toy for your baby, buy clothes, and browse through different products for infants and babies like baby cot, stroller, or pram.
In fact, the web has plethora of options for the whole family. You may find many options on the web catering to the needs of young and old, professionals or businesspersons, and the middle class and the elite alike.
So, just e-shop to save fuel, avoids traffic jams, and gets hold of some cheap and exciting stuff. It is faster and more convenient and gives the shopper an option to choose from a variety of products and compare and contrast them with other products. It may sound unusual but online shopping is environment friendly because there would be less air pollution if the shoppers didn’t go to shop outside because the use of vehicles will reduce considerably. The next time you can shop literally till you drop.
Sure there are some disadvantages of e-shopping but given the facilities it offers, it is increasingly gaining popularity.
By: Robbie Smith
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Visit JustEStuff and shop online for baby products and accessories. You can purchase name brands at discounted rates and choose from furniture, clothing, electronic items, and several other categories of products.
