"Extremely Cold" Rumors Make Winter Consumption More Popular

The electric heater was placed in the supermarket early.

Reporters yesterday visited Suning Appliance Ningbo Tianyi store found that although the weather has not really cooled down, the shop's two floor has specially set up an important area to specialize in the sale of various types of heating appliances.

From the price tag, these heating appliances range from one hundred or two hundred yuan to one thousand yuan, and there are many styles.

"We have specialized in sorting out this heating appliance since last week.

Reporters noted that the news about the "thousand years of extreme cold" has made many consumers nervous this winter.

According to reports, a few days ago, due to a sudden cold current attacks on Beijing, Beijing's electric heaters, air-conditioning, and other products have been popular ahead of schedule.

According to Beijing Gome statistics, Beijing Gome sales doubled 10 times a year, up to half a month's normal sales.

Household electrical appliance enterprises increase in output

This rumour has left some of Cixi's

"This year, the output of our electric heater will increase by 6 compared with last year."

According to Fang Qingzhen, deputy general manager of The Vanguard Group Inc, they have expanded the planned output of heating appliances this year and have placed more than half of them.

"We expect to make 4 hundred million of the single heating appliances this year."

Fang Qingzhen said.

Reporters learned that although the sales situation of heating appliances is good this year, the price of various kinds of heating appliances is still relatively stable, and there is no big change compared with last autumn and winter.

Winter clothing is also coming up early this year.

Clothing sales are also very sensitive to weather changes.

From last weekend, reporters visited Yongcheng shopping malls and found that many brands could not wait to put the new winter clothing in the most prominent position of the shop.

"At this time last year, our shops were basically autumn clothes. This year is completely different. The proportion of winter clothes in the whole store has exceeded 60%.

It is estimated that in another two weeks, winter clothing will arrive in bulk, at least half a month earlier than in previous years.

Yintai department store two floor, a women's clothing brand shopping guide told reporters.

Compared with physical stores, consumers are enthusiastic about buying winter clothes through Internet channels.

Reporters saw on Taobao's website that a shop selling Bosideng down clothing was very popular. One of the women's long down clothing sold more than 350 items in 30 days.

"Now we can sell about more than 100 units a day, more than double last year."

The shop keeper "Prince 7758258" said.

Recent rise in coal pport prices

The phrase "a thousand years of extreme cold" has also pushed the domestic coal market ahead of schedule.

Affected by many factors, the price of coal in Ningbo coal market has risen.

Luo Zhensheng, Secretary General of the coal industry chamber of Zhenhai District, Ningbo, told reporters yesterday that according to the quotation of Zhenhai coal market in Ningbo, the largest coal market in October 21st, the price of 5500 tons of coal was 880 yuan / ton, 11% higher than the beginning of the month, and 8.3% higher than that of the first month.

Luo Zhensheng pointed out that the rise of coal price in Zhenhai coal market of Ningbo is affected by many factors, and winter is coming, and the rising demand for domestic coal is the main reason.

"Every winter is the peak season for coal consumption.

This year, people in the market think this winter will be particularly cold, so more people are preparing for the coal purchase ahead of schedule.

In addition, he believes that floods in some parts of Australia have affected international coal supply, which is also one of the reasons for the recent rise in domestic coal prices.

Reporters interviewed learned that the sudden rise in coal demand has led to an increase in the cost of coal pportation.

At present, the price of coal shipping from Qinhuangdao port to Ningbo has risen to 80 yuan / ton, and at the beginning of this month, the price was only 45 yuan / ton, or up to 77%.