Analysis: The economic winter experienced by veteran hardware wholesale market

Zhang Youquan always wanted to sleep, but he had to get up early every day. As an 80-year-old, he didn't like to be like Dad, staying in the Chengbei Hardware Wholesale Market and guarding the shops. Not only was the dryness of the “sit down” business, the reduction in orders for cables in 2011 also caused him to lose a lot of patience and confidence.

South China Hardware and Electric Appliance City was the earliest developed hardware and electronics wholesale gathering place in the late 1980s. It passed through the Rainbow Bridge from the Minjiang Road Foshan Bus Station and more than 500 wholesalers were hidden on both sides of the Rainbow Bridge. Turning Rainbow Bridge to the right again, less than one kilometer is the Chengbei Hardware Wholesale Market. As an extension of “South China Hardware Electrical City”, more than 5,000 shops in electrical appliances, hardware, hydraulic machinery and other industries are densely distributed over 700 acres. On the land.

“In the entire southern part of China, the size of these two hardware and electrical appliances wholesale markets is one of the best, but now the radiation capacity is poor, and other markets are more and more thin.” Uncle Shu, who is a cable wholesaler, is more willing to put in Zen. City South Hounan Hardware City is called Dunhou Market. The wholesale market is a barometer of the economic index. In 2011, the market environment was depressed and orders were generally reduced, affecting the daily lives and emotions of each businessman in the two wholesale markets. Some people choose to stick to it, and others are ready to leave.

Some cable factories that could not sell lighting suddenly discovered that for a day or two, no wholesalers called for orders, they couldn't help panicking. They immediately called wholesalers and wholesalers were helpless: bundles of colorful cables kept stacked. In the shop, the pin does not move.

Every day from 8:30 to 9:00 in the morning, the Huanan Hardware & Electric Appliance City beside the Chan River Station and the Chancheng Railway Station will ring the sharp sound that the rolling gate has been lifted. In the South District of South China Hardware Electrical Appliances, due to the obstruction of the building and the ceiling, the light is dim, and only the surrounding citizens and wholesalers usually stroll out.

"Don't look at the bosses here driving the scenery of BMW. Now the business is so bad that even petrol can't afford it." Mr. Feng, the owner of Baili Lighting in the Southern District, said impatiently, usually from 10 to 12 o'clock in the morning. It was the time when the guests visited the most, but only one or two old customers came to stroll around and took a few bulbs.

December is supposed to be a month when the lighting market is relatively prosperous. The decoration of many properties will be completed before the Spring Festival. Accordingly, the demand for lighting will be obviously driven, but there is no excitement in previous years in the Baili Lighting Shop. Mr. Feng complained that in the worst time of business, that is, in July and August of 2011, his store had no single ticket for two days.

Bad business practices not only affect lighting, but also appear in various wholesale stores. Yu Shu's shop is located not far from the entrance of the Electrical City, and it mainly serves the cables of local companies such as Zen-Cable, Nanzhuang Zhongnan Wire and Cable Factory, and Shunde Dadu Cable Factory. In the 1980s and 1990s, when South China Hardware City was first formed, it was not a business. “At that time, it was still the seller’s market. As long as someone got the goods and grabbed them, we would go to the Foshan Lighting Factory in the morning to get goods in line. After that, we would be able to sell each box with 5 blocks and 10 blocks. At 10:00 in the morning, we would come from Yangjiang. Maoming and even the bosses of Hainan and Hubei Three Gorges came here to grab the goods. Later, commercial housing began to be built. We switched from the lamp to the fan and switched to cable wholesale.”

What does business do well? This is the simplest “business case” for the wholesale market owner. Qi Shu said that due to the drive of real estate, the cable market has experienced an almost 100-fold increase in market capacity in the last decade. However, Yu Xie admits that in 2011, the wholesale of cables generally stated that business was worse.

The wholesale market also affects the nerves of each upstream company. Especially in the second half of the year, some cable factories suddenly discovered that there were no wholesalers calling for orders in a day or two. They couldn't help panicking. They immediately called wholesalers and the wholesalers were helpless: bundles of colorful cables kept stacked. Shop, do not move.

The reporter visited three cable wholesalers in South China Hardware and Electric Appliances City. They are reluctant to talk about the dismal operation in 2011. Some told reporters: "The state's real estate control, real estate shutdown, a small purchase of the project, of course, our business is not doing well. 2011 is a loss."

The divided wholesale market, Zhang Youquan, bargained with an old man who had bought flashlights throughout the morning and waved his hand. “Five for five, a few cents, I really don’t want to say anything more. "The hardware wholesale market inside and outside the province is blooming everywhere. Business is getting harder and harder. Selling a bit is just a bit.

Zhang Youquan is also an agent cable business. Throughout the morning, he had bargained with an old man who had come to buy a flashlight and waved his hand. “Five for five, a few cents, I really don't want to say anything again.” Zhang Youquan didn't have as much patience. Business is harder and harder to do, and selling one thing is a bit.

At noon on December 24, 2011, the sun in winter was warm. In the wholesale market, the masters who pulled the tricycle and the driver who opened the minibus were not busy. They simply stopped in front of the shop and lay their feet on the beam for a while. Zhang Quanyou’s father kept silent in the store. At 11:30, he took out a bowl of rice from the corner of the shop and put it on the rice cooker, and started to cook with a spatula.

Most of the bosses in the wholesale market are family-run businesses, some are father and son soldiers, and some are husband and wife partners. In order to save costs, lunch is used to cook in shops. The diligent and thrifty business philosophy seems to be even more important under the bad market conditions.

"Package meal, package accommodation, 1,500 per month, willing to do more than a maximum of one year." Li Chijian, a real estate agent in the South China Hardware Electrical Appliance City, said that because the current wholesale profits are low, even if the summer fan When people are needed, they do not dare to hire more workers.

Li Chijian pointed to an induction cooker and said: "The price of the factory wholesale is 170, if you do wholesale, you will sell 180, and the retail will be 190, you really only earn 10 bucks!" The wholesaler would have to price even if he wanted to sell. Drop again and again. However, the same Shenzhou Induction Cooker, in the United States or Suning's hypermarket, the price may double.

In South China Hardware Electric City, there are at least 50 dealers of brands such as Shenzhou Electric Appliances, Cherry Snow Cabinets, and Midea Electric Appliances. An owner of the electrical appliance, who asked not to be named, told reporters that a store owner who also acts as a representative of China Electric intends to clear the venue in 2012. “It only came in last year. It happened to hit a bad environment this year, and switched to work.” Li Chijian has done electrical wholesale In recent years, in addition to the indirect effects of real estate regulation, he attributed the reduction in orders to the large number of transfers from the Foshan factory to the outside world. "At the end of 2010, there were a lot of factories in Nanzhuang to buy rice cookers as prizes. Now there are few."

In fact, since 2008, Foshan implemented the “Tenglong Bird Exchange” for the ceramic industry, and a large number of ceramic enterprises were forced to move to other places. In 2011, the ceramic industry was generally affected by real estate and also restricted production and stopped production. At the same time, orders for high-power lighting and lamps needed for the new plant have also been significantly reduced this year. Mr. Feng, the owner of Bailey Lighting, said that the economy is not as good as Foshan opened a new factory, a lot less, garment factories, ceramics plants, toy factories have a serious decline in demand for lighting this year. In his store, many downlights and tubes come from Foshan lighting, Chuangmei, Jiamei and other manufacturers in Foshan.

Although the South China hardware and electrical wholesale market is large in scale, radiation in southern China has been declining over the past decade. In Foshan Nanhai alone, there are Guangfo Hardware City and South China Commodity Wholesale Market, and the hardware wholesale market inside and outside the province is even more blooming. Many store sales staff stated that business is mainly maintained by customers who have accumulated and matured, mostly surrounding real estate projects, factories, and nearby residents. "In order to compete for customers, some cable agents desperately slashed prices, the profit margin was as low as 0.5 points, and some were even caught in adulteration. The market for electrical hardware in the field was more and more fierce." Yu Shu expressed sigh.

The loneliness of the successor after 80s is “sitting here and waiting, very lonely and very boring.” For the 80s, it seems difficult for the parents to lay the foundation for new development, and the fierce market competition makes them feel that there is not much opportunity. It seemed to be faster before the computer all afternoon.

Jingxiu Hardware Fittings is located in District B of Chengbei Wholesale Market. It is covered with stainless steel sinks and faucets in more than 30 square meters of stores. After lunch, at 3 pm, some decoration companies, project purchasers, and individual guests nearby visited Jingxiu shop from time to time.

The boss Pan Xin is only 25 years old. The regular customers like to joke with him and say, "You are the youngest boss in the market." However, every time a veteran guest cuts prices, Pan Xin always finds it very laborious.

Pan Xin graduated from college after his father followed the shop. Although only three years, he has been a bit "numb" of this career. "Every day is sitting and waiting, in addition to old customers, few new customers, it is difficult to think a bit new business development." 80 after Panxin felt that if the guarding the father's shop, no change seems a little boring. Here to do wholesale day after day, the economic environment is good to make more money, the economic environment is almost no money, every day around the shops dozens of square meters, it is better to do ceramic sales with classmates to come faster and more freedom.

The same after the 80's Zhang Youquan kept the computer next to the poker, the customer came to say hello, continue playing after the next one. "The business is not good, the engineering procurement has fallen badly, and it is worse than a year. It was too busy every day. Now it is shipped once every two days. It is so cold and boring to sit here and wait."

For Zhang Youquan, it is difficult for parents to lay the groundwork for new development. The fierce competition in the market makes him feel that there is not much opportunity for the new generation of 80s, and that they will be faster in front of the computer throughout the afternoon.

"At the beginning of the 90s, there were still people who ran to get goods at 12 o'clock in the evening, and sold a thousand fans at the most." Uncle Shu recalled the fact that when business was booming, he still talked about it. He was accustomed to changes in the market. , "The best one is someone who does poorly. At worst, someone always does well."

In the South China Hardware and Electrical Appliances Wholesale Market, after 6:30 in the evening, a sound of tight gates rang again. After 7 o'clock, there were very few customers who came here to buy goods.

"National real estate regulation, real estate shutdown, a small purchase of the project, of course, our business is not doing well. 2011 is a loss." --- A cable wholesaler "in order to compete for customers, some cable agents desperately price, The profit space is as low as 0.5 points, and some are even caught in adulteration. There are more electrical hardware markets in the field and the competition is becoming more and more fierce.” ———

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