Timberhill Has It All Specialty Stores Anchor Stores • Blockbuster Video • Winco • Ross • Beards Custom Frames • Campbell's Cleaners • Crossroads Camera • Goodwill Restaurants etc. • Coffee Culture • Dairy Queen • Los Arcos • Oasis Restaurant • Pizza Hut • University Hero • TCBY • Go Wireless • GNC • H&R Block • PakMail • Perfect Look • Petco • SuperCuts • Trumps Hobbies • Wells Fargo Clothing • Fashion Bug • Maurices • Ross Timberhill Directory Random Corvallis Facts Originally called Marysville, the legislative assembly changed the city's name to Corvallis in 1853, from the Latin phrase cor vallis. Home of Harold Reynolds-Former professional baseball player/ESPN commentator. Home of Singer-Meredith Brooks Home of Linda Caroll-Mother of elegant singer Courtney Love. Biz Demographics places Corvallis as 7th in the nation for great places to do business . Men's Journal rates Corvallis as the 8th greatest place to live in the nation. Former OSU graduate invented the computer mouse. (Douglas Engelbart) Demographics As of 2000, there are 49,322 people, 19,630 households, and 9,972 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city is 86.03% White, 1.16% Black or African American, 0.76% Native American, 6.42% Asian, 0.29% Pacific Islander, 2.52% from other races, and 2.82% from two or more races. 5.72% of the population are Hispanic or Latino 17.7% under the age of 18 28.4% from 18 to 24 27.0 from 25 to 44 16.8% from 45 to 64 10.1% who are 65 years of age or older The average household size is 2.26 and the average family size is 2.88. The median age is 27 years. For every 100 females there are 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 98.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $35,236, and the median income for a family is $53,208. Males have a median income of $40,770 versus $29,390 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,317. 20.6% of the population and 9.7% of families are below the poverty line. TARGET GROUP---- College Students/Working busy Women Population Distribution Surrounding Timberhill Timberhill is surrounded by all different income levels but is centrally located in the $ 26,000 to $32,000 area. What if you don’t have a car? Cash Fare Single RideDay Passes Coupon BooksAdults (18 years and older): 75 cents $1.50 $11.25Youth (6-17 years old): 35 cents 75 cents $6.50 (Seniors): SAME AS 6-17 YEARS OLD • • • With your valid OSU ID, you can ride all Corvallis and Philomath routes just by showing your ID each time you ride (subject to annual agreements with OSU and ASOSU.) The Corvallis Transit System is divided into 11 bus routes that interact at transfer points at the Downtown Intermodal Mall or Timberhill Shopping Center to provide bus service to the community. There is no bus service on the following days: Sunday, Labor Day, New Years Day, Thanksgiving Day, Memorial Day, Christmas Day and Independence Day. Winco- The Anchor Store General Manager: Dave Goulding • ESOP: Employee Stock Ownership Plan • LLC Partnership • EDLP Strategy • Corvallis Store SWOT Analysis of Winco Strengths • Employee owned • Freedom to be low-cost leader • Loyal employees Weakness • Low service level (intentional) • Difficulty maintaining cleanliness SWOT Analysis of Winco, cont. Opportunities • Huge growth • California • Distribution centers Threats • Wal-Mart SWOT Analysis of Ross (the other anchor store) Strengths • • • • If you are 55 or older you receive a 10% discount every Tuesday “Everyday you can save up to 65% on the same designers and brand names found at leading department stores.” (www.rossstores.com) Can receive up to hundreds of new items every week Offer a wide variety of goods from clothing, picture frames, purses, and shoes Weaknesses • • Not very organized, have to spend time searching what you are looking for Items not carried regularly; if you don’t buy it when you see it, you probably won’t be able to find it later SWOT Analysis of Ross Opportunities • • • Find a way to keep it better organized, easier to find what you are looking for More advertising of what brands they carry and the saving that they offer Better customer service Threats • • Clothes stores nearby Internet retailers: Example: www.bluefly.com SWOT Analysis of Timberhill Shopping Center Strengths • • • • • • • Convenient one stop shopping Public transportation Plenty of parking available Lots of selection: restaurants, clothing, grocery, video rental, etc. Well maintained appearance Benches provided outside for those reluctant male shoppers Covered walkways Weaknesses • • • Far from campus Interstate through parking lot Store hours too variable SWOT Analysis of Timberhill Shopping Center Opportunities • • • • New stores to come in due to closing stores Better use of huge parking lot Student shopping day at the beginning of the year for dorm students Bring more entertainment in Threats • Fred Meyer • (Ghetto shopping center on Circle) * Not really any other threats, because there is nothing like the Timberhill Shopping Center A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… You could… Study hard for midterms like our favorite student Bryan is here at Starbucks! “Studying Human Anatomy is hard stuff!!!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… But If you got tired of studying and wanted to run some errands… You could: Work on your studley figure like our favorite student Bryan here at GNC! “Pump, Pump, Pump it up! Check out my rippling biceps!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… “ What is happening with Brittany this week? Oh, I like what she has done with her “do”!” You could… Get a fabulous “do” at Perfect Look like our favorite student Bryan to go with his new rippling biceps. He is looking FOXY!!! A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… You could… Get some fancy new accessories to go with your new “do” at the Fashion Bug! “That purse and those red slippers are to-die-for!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… After completing your fabulous new image… You could: Find a cute cuddly pet to soften your image a bit at PETCO. “Everyone loves a guy with a bunny!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… You Could: Get four new cell phones from GO Wireless since you will be so popular due to your new fabulous look like our favorite student Bryan! “Hello..Oh hold on, I have to answer my other phone..Hello, Yeah can you hold on, I have to answer my other other phone…!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… Due to your immense popularity because you are so fabulous and to please your fans… You might have to: Ship a very large package such as yourself Fed Ex to other countries like our favorite student Bryan is doing at PAKMAIL. “Be sure and use the bubble wrap, I am fragile!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… You could: Try and order a quick snack from Dairy Queen if all that shopping makes you hungry like it does our favorite student Bryan. But remember, you must have a car to go through the drive-thru. “You won’t take my order because why? But I am fabulous!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… You Could: Do some laundry to keep yourself looking fresh and fabulous like our favorite student Bryan. But watch out for that “dryer monster” that always steals your other pink sock. “Laundry-basket surfing is always a favorite past time while waiting for my fabulous pink socks to dry!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… You could… Get mucho margaritas after a hard day of studying and shopping like our favorite student Bryan at Los Arcos! “Muy Bien! Cinco grande margaritas, por favor!” A Day In The Life Of A Typical Student At Timberhill… “This movie gets me every time…Tear” And finally, You could: Go rent your favorite movie, THE NOTEBOOK of course, to watch with your new cuddly bunny after such a long hard day of being fabulous and studying hard like our favorite student Bryan here. Sources: • www.timberhillshoppingcenter.com/ • www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet • www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvallis,_Oregon • www.ci.corvallis.or.us. • www.rossstores.com • All Winco information courtesy of Dave Goulding, the General Manager.