The Off-Season Is Half A Month Ahead Of Schedule&Nbsp; Textile City Merchants Do Not Do Credit Business

Affected by weak domestic and foreign markets, frequent fluctuations in raw material prices and other factors, plus the Spring Festival in 2012 came earlier than previous years, China's textile city market entered the off-season of sales half a month earlier than previous years. A reporter recently visited the major markets of China Textile City and found that since December, the passenger flow in the major markets has decreased significantly, although there are still a small number of customers visiting inquiry Products, but it is rare to place orders directly.

The off-season comes half a month earlier

"At this time in the past years, there were still some customers in the market, but now, there are almost no customers in the market, and the off-season is more than half a month ahead of schedule." Mr. Li, the operator of the North Market of China Light Textile City, told reporters that in addition to the early arrival of the off-season, the fluctuations in cotton prices this year have also made the profit of the fabric, which was not high, even thinner.

Although the cotton price has fallen, the cost has greatly increased ", Mr. Li said," the labor cost has also been much higher than in the past. Last year, the average monthly wage of workers was about 2000 yuan. This year, the price has risen wages It has also increased a lot, and now the average is more than 2500 yuan. " The rising cost of raw materials and labor has increased the cost pressure of many business operators.

The market is light and no longer sold on credit

According to some textile city operators, when the market was good in the past, they often provided credit business. "When old customers buy goods from us, we usually ask them to sell them without collecting any money, and then give them to us after they free up the funds. At that time, business was good and they were doing a lasting business, and we didn't worry about being cheated."

But this year's market has made many business operators dare not take it lightly. "We gave the goods on credit to some foreign customers. Someone sold the goods directly at the cost price, and then ran away, and no one was found." Ms. Zhou, the operator, said that she had been cheated this year. Fortunately, the amount was not too large, a total of 10000 yuan.

It is understood that at the end of the year, many business households do not provide credit business in order to recover funds.

Win the market by product development

"It is difficult to do business this year. To keep the market, we have to focus on characteristics and quality." President Wang of "Yaoguang Textile" said that in the face of the changing market environment, textile companies should give play to the advantages of "R&D trade", increase product innovation and stick to the market position.

"It is also a piece of grey cloth, which has different finishing after printing and dyeing, quality It's very different from the grade. " According to President Wang, many textile companies in China Light Textile City were still able to firmly hold the market position this year when the market was depressed, thanks to the continuous development of new fabric products. Even if the demand for cloth for external orders decreases sharply, many textile companies are still able to "make up for losses outside the dike" and expand their sales to domestic customers.

Many people in the textile industry believe that textile companies should not simply "sell cloth", but timely walk out of a "R&D trade" path of "relying on product development to win the market". In recent years, most of the operators of China Light Textile City have the ability to research, develop and produce fabrics. Some key textile companies have also formed a unique model of "industry university research" cooperation with scientific research institutes to develop products. A series of innovative products have quickly occupied the market.