"Shoe Island" Reputation Develops Healthily In The External Market

　 Many people will think of the name "shoe island" as long as they bring up the Ping Ping Road with the older generation of Shantou people. As the most concentrated place of shoe store in Shantou, Ju Ping Road has developed into a large scale wholesale and distribution center in Guangdong Province after decades of development. Every day, customers are busy and busy.

In the old urban area, Ping Ping Road is located between Anping Road and the outer road. The whole road is only more than 100 meters. The buildings on both sides are still old style arcade buildings. However, the decoration of the shoe shop is brand new, and there is no old city like that old and cold feeling. There are hundreds of shoe shops on both sides of the road which are not spacious.

　　 History

Town Street develops a history of "shoe island".

Talking about "shoe island", we have to mention the town street, which is located on the road of Ping Ping Road and Yongping Road, which is the birthplace of "shoe island". Reporters learned that in the liberation of the former Town Street has already sold shoes shop, most of which were sold slippers, sandals, cloth shoes and so on. In the 80s of last century, shoe stores grew more and more, and it was flourishing in 90s. Nowadays, the distribution of shoe shops spreads from Pingping Road, and the surrounding Yongping Road, Ping Ping Road and Anping Road have also opened dozens of shoe stores.

Located in town street, a "Lao Cai shoe line" is a time-honored brand in many shoe stores. It has been in operation for more than 30 years. "Lao Cai shoe line" mainly deals in leather shoes and sneakers. It is somewhat deserted because of its remote location. Reporters in the shoe line met the shop owner's wife, Yan Lao Tai, and she talked. Yan Lao Tai told reporters that in the 80s and 90s of last century, more than a dozen shoe shops were concentrated in the town street, and "Lao Cai shoe line" was among them. "No exaggeration, at that time, all the goods in the shoe store were placed in the alley, and even pedestrians were hard to get through." It can be imagined that the shoe industry thrived in that year. Nowadays, many houses in towns and towns have become dangerous houses, so many shoe stores have been closed. Only Lao Cai shoe shop is still waiting here. Yan Lao Tai told reporters that shoes business can sell hundreds of pairs of shoes at the best time of the day. Although business is gradually fading, many old customers will still find shoes here. Yan Lao also told reporters that leather shoes in shoe lines come from Fujian. They are all made of genuine leather and are very durable. Once an old customer came to the store to buy shoes. He said he had bought a pair of leather shoes here before, and the quality was very good. He wore them for ten years and joked that he would buy another pair of leather shoes that could be put on for ten years.

　 Present situation

"Shoe island" reputation develops healthily in the external market

"Shoe island" shoe store concentration, competition is quite fierce, but business is still booming here. Mr. Yang, who manages the wholesale shoes of men's Zhuang shoes, told reporters that "shoe island" has many brand styles of shoes, and the long history and loud reputation of "shoe island" also attracted many young people to come here to buy. The shoes of Ju Ping Road "shoe island" are mainly middle class shoes. The price is cheaper than the big shopping malls, the most expensive is only two hundred yuan, the cheap is only twenty or thirty yuan, and the shoes brand operated here has more than 300. Mr. Yang said that previous customers bought shoes with a low price. Nowadays, customers focus on brand and product quality. "Shoe island" can meet different needs of customers. As far as Mr. Yang's shoe store is concerned, not only many customers in the eastern region often come to buy, but also wholesale to Chaoyang, Chenghai and other neighboring cities, and the source of tourists is almost all over Guangdong Province. It is understood that Ju Ping Road "shoe island" sales in recent decades have been steadily rising, the annual wholesale shoes out of about several million pairs, cheap and inexpensive is the main reason to attract customers. Many shoe traders are just looking at the reputation of "Ping Dao" shoe Island, and have chosen to open shop nearby. While the old shoe dealers in Pingping road need to relocate because of the dilapidated housing relationship, they will still choose to shop in the neighborhood, but they will not move too far away. New and old shoe stores are camping at the shoe island of Ju Ping Road, so that the shoe industry in this area will continue to move forward in the direction of healthy development.