2. Zhong Da cloth wholesale market has a vast area, and its radiation capacity is equivalent to that of the four major cloth wholesale markets in China. Before the construction of CUHK Textile City, there were 14 cloth markets and more than 4,000 stalls. On Ruikang Road where it is located, there are Kangrui Cloth Accessories Professional Street, Kangrui Garment Accessories Decoration Cloth City, Changjiang Garment Accessories City, Xinkang Cloth Cloth City ... There are Heng Chang Cloth Market and Wufeng Cloth Market in the west. Last year, the completion of Guangzhou International Textile City nearly tripled the number of shops in CUHK's fabric wholesale market, forming a huge fabric wholesale business circle together with the original wholesale city.
3. Similar to Zhong Da Cloth Wholesale Circle, there is Tianxiong Textile City located at Dechang South Road, Guangzhou Avenue. According to the local person in charge, the whole construction idea of Tianxiong Textile City was originally based on the cloth market of Zhong Da University, and was transformed to some extent. The overall scale is relatively large and the construction is relatively standardized.
4. Compared with the first three wholesale markets, the Hai Yin market is smaller, mainly composed of Hai Yin Buji and Hai Yin Wool Trade Market. If the four major cloth wholesale markets have a Huashan sword, then the most depressing thing should be Guangfu South cloth market.
From the shoe city in the west of the station, the clothing wholesale circle in front of the station to the cloth wholesale market in Zhong Da ... but all the centers of the wholesale market are the "black spots" with the most chaotic traffic. As the saying goes, "containers and vans run amok, tricycles and trolleys run amok". But in contrast, the traffic on Guangfu South Road, where the roads in the old city are already relatively narrow, is relatively smooth and orderly.
For the wholesale market, the traffic is smooth, and you don't have to worry about being hit by big cars and cars when you walk ... These are not good signs, only the decline of this wholesale market can be seen.
Ms. Yang, a merchant specializing in the wholesale of accessories, complained bitterly: Guangfu South Fabric Market, which has a history of several decades, can not only be called the "old market" of Guangzhou cloth wholesale, but also the earliest cloth wholesale market in Guangdong, which was originally the main site of provincial spinning and municipal spinning. Since 1980s, self-employed individuals have entered the market, gradually encroaching on the territory of provincial textile and municipal textile, forming a more dynamic individual wholesale distribution center.
Ms. Yang entered Guangfu Road in the mid-1990s when the fabric market was the most brilliant. It was very prosperous at that time. The annual sales of any ordinary stall is around 1 100 million, and there are many export orders. However, since the establishment of CUHK and Dongguan cloth markets, Guangfu South Market has gradually declined.
A senior industry insider said that the decline of Guangfu South Market is actually a normal phenomenon that the wholesale market is alternating between old and new. "At present, there are two major trends in the development of China's cloth wholesale market: first, the large-scale comprehensive market wins with hardware, functional support and classified management; The other direction is to develop specialized and characteristic small markets. But both of them are indispensable for their superior geographical location and mature industrial chain around them. "
Cuhk's fabric market is obviously typical of the former, with a vast area, complete classification and superior traffic conditions, which can fully meet the needs of one-stop procurement.
However, the old Guangfu South market is different: the narrow roads and inconvenient parking in the old city have become its "hard injury". In addition, the area is limited. Although it is supplemented by Xiang Yang Road and Paddle Road, it is scattered and there are also obstacles with inconvenient transportation.
"Gradually, many big buyers have moved to Zhongda, and there are no export orders. In order to grab customers, some businesses here even had zero profits, but they still couldn't make up for the various' hard injuries' formed by geography. " Ms. Yang said.
Finally, Guangfu South Market had to gradually adjust its positioning and move towards the low end. At present, only the middle and low-grade fabrics of work clothes can be sold here, and the sales volume is shrinking day by day-"Now it is remarkable that a booth can achieve sales of 50 million yuan a year."
The Unique Survival of "Hai Yin Cloth"
Of course, not all large wholesale markets can be as prosperous as CUHK's cloth market. Tianxiong Textile City rose in the upsurge of the "city-building movement" of the national textile city, but it returned to a low profile in the process that the "city-building movement" was gradually questioned.
Although Tianxiong Textile City is huge in scale, it has not been able to replace Zhong Da market to become the vanguard of Guangzhou cloth wholesale due to its obvious imitation of Zhong Da and lack of differentiated characteristics. According to insiders, the only feature of "Tianxiong" is that some foreign merchants set up stalls in the market, but despite this, its sales volume is still not excellent.
If it weren't for Hai Yin's crooked sword, then, with the decline of Guangfu Nanshi and the unenlightened Tianxiong cloth market, Guangzhou cloth wholesale market might really be the only Zhong Da market that outshines others.
However, the Shaw Brothers' "unique skills" are always surprising. It stands to reason that Hai Yin, located in the old city of Dongshan, is also restricted by urban traffic like Guangfu Nanshi, and its scale is far less than that of Zhong Da and Tianxiong Port. It is almost impossible to be a "big and comprehensive" comprehensive wholesale market, and even the conditions for being a specialized small and medium-sized market like Shaxi in Zhongshan are not necessarily available.
However, Hai Yin has taken a unique road-combining the cloth management with the specialty stores such as furniture and cloth, tailors and craft uniforms. Now, when we enter Hai Yin, we don't know whether we are doing wholesale or retail here. Exquisite tailor shops and cloth shops occupy the best position on each floor of the cloth city. As long as the tailor shop here is a little famous, it must be crowded all day long. Tailor-made guests choose the style of clothes and visit the "city" immediately. It takes less than an hour to collect fabrics, linings and accessories in one stop.
After visiting the cloth city, I found that the products here are obviously high-end routes, with silk fabrics ranging from 60 to hundreds or even thousands of yuan per meter; Belt buckles, shoelaces and other accessories have various styles and complete colors, but the wholesale price of a pair of belt buckles in Xiang Yang is only 0. 1 yuan/meter, and the retail price here is 3 to 5 yuan.
"In fact, although the retail profit is high, retail alone is not enough. However, the characteristic operation and retail made Hai Yin Fabric City famous and polished the golden signboard of "high-grade fabric". The decorative fabrics here, as well as some fabrics with ethnic characteristics, or especially unique and high-end fabrics, have attracted many high-end fashion brands and foreign merchants. " The proprietress of a small shop proudly said, "Don't look at my small size here. Most of my fabrics can't be found in China. The designers of' GuGuHui' often come to me to approve cloth. "
Although there is a little difference between "zero" and "batch", even the wholesale volume is obviously not as good as that of CUHK, Hai Yin's unique mode has created a unique lifestyle of businessmen, which is different from CUHK, Guangfu South or Tianxiong Cloth.