Poor Export Of Clothing, Hangzhou Merchants Discount Early Season

In August, Hangzhou was still "scorching summer", but in the Hangzhou department store and Hangzhou intime department store, autumn clothes and even winter clothes have become the leading role of clothing counters, and T-shirts, skirts, shorts and other summer wear have been labeled "discount".

At the end of July, most of the counters began to dispose of goods on a large scale, more than a month earlier than the summer wear in previous years.

    “夏折”战提前打响

In the major department stores of Hangzhou, the "autumn clothes listed" brand was displayed in the various counters, and some customers wearing short sleeves and short skirts tried on winter clothes such as jackets, windbreaker and so on.

Women's clothing salesmen at ZARA store said they started discounts for summer wear in early August, with a discount of up to 70 percent off, and the autumn store in the store was on the shelves in mid August.

The reporter saw in Yintai department store that the autumn dress which was only listed in the middle of September has been put on the spot now.

The discount for most counters is 50 percent off, 1 to 70 percent off.

    提早“换季”有难言之隐

What causes the summer sale discount season "premature delivery" and "autumn and winter loading"?

Ye Hang, a professor at the school of economics, Zhejiang University, thinks that this year, whether it is spring clothes, summer wear or autumn clothes, the listing speed is faster than in previous years. This means that the discount season for each time period is earlier than in previous years. The purpose of business is to solve the problem of capital chain tension and reduce inventory pressure.

"Because of this year's RMB appreciation and raw material prices and other factors led to a sluggish export, in this case, exports to domestic sales is a good choice for businesses to avoid financial risks," ye said. "Moreover, the weakness of consumption has led to increased inventories and tight funds, so it has to be promoted earlier and more funds are recovered."

    与“国际接轨”？

Some people in the industry said that the new clothing was listed and the discount season was ahead of schedule, in addition to reflecting the current tense situation of business capital chain, it also showed the pace of China's clothing retailers accelerating the integration with the international market from one aspect.

At present, many new brands in the international market tend to be listed one or two seasons in advance. The purpose is to lead the trend and display the brand strength.

Liu Xiaojie, President of the Wangfujing department store office, said that in addition to solving the problem of tight capital chain, shopping centres also hope to ensure that the speed of goods loading is in line with international standards through the early discount season, "after all, the international first-line brand represents the prevailing vane of the year."