Compete with Follies?
Jeepslow
Georgia
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 1:44 PM
So, here in the ATL, there is one killer player in the daytime strip club scene. Low price, high mileage and lots of dancers... Everywhere else just kind of dies in comparison. And you can tell when you walk in.
I did a 7 club, mostly day-shift, tour this week. And it was a little disappointing (but also expected). Nobody is even trying to compete. They are doing the same things that they did as their business died. No specials, no tightening quality on the dancers. Nothing different.
Meanwhile, Follies is also showing cracks. Their dance staff has dropped in diversity. Some of the patrons are turned off by the new dancers. They aren't as crowded as they have been in the past, and a lot of the dancers that really built Follies reputation have left the club, or even the business. And then there are the "fixtures" of the club (not talking about furniture here)... that lead to a customer walking out smelling like an ashtray at best.
I guess the question is, what would it take for a club to take business away from "the dominant player"? I know that doing the same things that the clubs that have been losing market share have been doing thus far isn't going to make it.
Is it going to take ultra high mileage dances and free-for-all VIP rooms? Or could it be a smoke free environment with more attractive dancers, while still allowing some better mileage?
I just think back to a couple of decades ago when there were a bunch of clubs in the ATL that all had reasonable day-time shifts. None controlled the market, and when one faded, there was another that came up a bit... the "best" club would change every once in a while, but it didn't take years...
I was just thinking as I was writing a review on one of these other clubs.
I did a 7 club, mostly day-shift, tour this week. And it was a little disappointing (but also expected). Nobody is even trying to compete. They are doing the same things that they did as their business died. No specials, no tightening quality on the dancers. Nothing different.
Meanwhile, Follies is also showing cracks. Their dance staff has dropped in diversity. Some of the patrons are turned off by the new dancers. They aren't as crowded as they have been in the past, and a lot of the dancers that really built Follies reputation have left the club, or even the business. And then there are the "fixtures" of the club (not talking about furniture here)... that lead to a customer walking out smelling like an ashtray at best.
I guess the question is, what would it take for a club to take business away from "the dominant player"? I know that doing the same things that the clubs that have been losing market share have been doing thus far isn't going to make it.
Is it going to take ultra high mileage dances and free-for-all VIP rooms? Or could it be a smoke free environment with more attractive dancers, while still allowing some better mileage?
I just think back to a couple of decades ago when there were a bunch of clubs in the ATL that all had reasonable day-time shifts. None controlled the market, and when one faded, there was another that came up a bit... the "best" club would change every once in a while, but it didn't take years...
I was just thinking as I was writing a review on one of these other clubs.
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The south side of town is even worse. No mixed clubs at all. Goldrush has the potential if they could get some diversity of dancers. It was a very good club back in the 90's.
I used to drive to Columbia SC once a month but it now sucks. If Follies fails I may have to hit the road again. Huntsville Al is getting some good reviews.
Where did I put that crystal ball? :)
For w/e reason seems Follies is playing by a different set of rules and is able to get away with it while others clubs seemingly can't or won't - they're sorta the only game in town in terms of mileage so they get almost all the biz for those custies looking for mileage and safe to assume most custies prefer mileage.
Pin Ups in Decatur, Blaze in Conley, Strokers in Clarkston, and Babes.
I wonder if these clubs just don't care about the ordinances or if they are allowed to operate that way in that particular area - if it's the latter then why hasn't a mixed club opened in those areas where some black clubs are allowed to operate with contact dances and thus there'd be other mixed clubs with mileage.
And I cannot mention flashers without also pointing out the fat fucking blonde lying cunt of a whore waitress
this happened in forest park with crazy horse and pink pony south.
very few customers care about a smoke-free environment if the club offers high mileage.
I talked to a girl who was trying out Oasis who had been working mostly at either Fannie's or Riley's on Fulton Industrial. She also said she had worked at Follies. She said her Fulton Ind club allowed mileage similar to Follies, but she said it just wasn't busy enough to make a lot of money. She was a cute skinny brunette white girl. Needed to work night shift and didn't like Follies at night which was why she didn't go back there.
I've been meaning to visit the Fulton Ind clubs just to add them to recent list, but so damn far away.