On visiting the store for the first time. Once I was over the kool "newest store factor". Nothing exceptional especially so given this is Farmers newest store. - Of course bear in mind, we are not here to appreciate the view of the architectural wonder. We are here to "shop - buy and look at product. As long as the background allows us to do that then fine. Like a well designed website, Farmers "background noise" used a lot of white and sparkling light to view new items against.

In terms of layout and standard; an exact replica of the other stores around Auckland. I wanted to find the Mens department, which; was located in its normal place, up the elevator stairs and to the rear of the store.

Parking Something I appreciate when shopping in Malls, is the get in get out quick factor. - Especially as parking at Dressmart mall is an example of how terrible that experience can be, along with the incessantly long time to find a park.

There is ample parking just outside of Farmers Department store, Use the new parking access - Car park 1 or 2 at the Southern end to be closer.

Note for Elderly shopping As I have mentioned Farmers Store stretches over 2 floors with escalators to ease your journey. The department store square footage is very large. For elderly people who might wish to peruse as they shop, this may become either uncomfortable or tiring. Apart from asking the attendants to provide seating;

Taking advantage of Farmers online internet shopping Make use of their online shopping facility and do your 'perusing" there. That will help you minimize the time spent in store.

Farmers Store Layout As Farmers store layout follows the same design everywhere, including the location of departments. You should be able to check their online shopping layout to make sure of where you need to go instore;

Foot Traffic - Using Google Maps to advantage An important facility provided through Google maps is a time based, customer visit frequency. This is an 24 hour bar graph that shows what time traffic is in store. This shows the peak and quiet times. This assists you by providing information that could help you to plan your travelling times.