On the afternoon of September 9, there was an endless stream of customers coming in groups at the Beijing Dahongmen Clothing Trade City located on Nanyuan Road, Fengtai District. “Mulberry silk dress, original price 300, current price 60, last few days!” “Full clearance, 2 pieces 50% off!” On the first floor of the trade city, there are eye-catching discount labels on the windows and hangers of each shop.
“I heard from my neighbors that there was a sale here, so I bought more than 10 pieces of clothes for myself and my family in one go, for less than a thousand yuan. It’s quite a bargain.” Ms. Wang, a customer who was sitting in the atrium to rest, said that a chair was occupied by large and small shopping bags beside her. “There are many styles of women’s clothing sold here and the prices are affordable,” said Ms. Wang with emotion.
“This cotton coat originally cost 898, but now it only sells for 100. If you really like it, it can be cheaper.” In the east area on the first floor, Ms. Liu, who sells middle-aged and elderly women’s clothing, is working hard to sell to customers. Said that all merchants are selling items regardless of cost in order to clear their inventory as soon as possible. Therefore, 10% off sales have become commonplace.
“I have worked here for more than 10 years, and now I am really reluctant to move. We are going to go back to our hometown in Zhejiang to open a store. Before leaving, we must clear the inventory as soon as possible.”
The 1st to 5th floors of the Trade City mainly sell men’s and women’s clothing, mostly middle-aged and elderly styles. The 6th floor is a food court, minus 1 The first and negative 2 floors have been closed and were originally areas for small commodities, shoes, hats and cashmere sweaters. The further you go upstairs, the more businesses have moved out. On the second floor of the south area of Phase 1 of Building A, a whole row of shops have been emptied, leaving only a room full of clothes racks.
The reporter noticed that there is currently no announcement of store closures in the Trade City. According to merchants, on September 1, they received the “Instructions on Matters Concerning the Shutdown of Dahongmen Clothing Trade City”, which reminded everyone that “the contract termination date is October 7, 2021”, from September 11 to 10 Cancellation procedures can be handled on October 7th, and the market will provide a sales period from October 8th to October 30th. The market will be officially closed from October 31st.
The owner of a men’s trousers store said that most businesses are ready to move out. “Some of us are moving to Yongqing, Hebei, and some are moving to Gu’an. Some regular customers have added WeChat to us and can contact us again in the future.” Another shop owner said that the news of the closure has affected the shopping mall’s customer flow. recover. “There have been obviously more customers in the past two days, and we can sell at least 20 pieces of clothing in a day.”
According to data, Dahongmen Clothing Trade City was founded in 1998, with an area of nearly 350,000 square meters and more than 8,000 square meters. A large professional clothing wholesale market with several stalls, it was once one of the largest clothing wholesale markets in Beijing. </p
