Transformation Of Export Oriented Shoe Companies In China

Affected by many factors, such as the slow recovery of orders in the European and American shoe market, and the appreciation of the renminbi and the rising price of raw materials,

Chen Zheyang, the business director of Guangdong Cheng Feng Machinery Co., Ltd., said that the company was basically a foundry when the Taiwan shoe company moved to Dongguan more than 10 years ago when it moved to Taiwan.

Zhu Yulun, chairman of the Dongguan Exhibition Service Co., Ltd. also said that although the export of shoes products in the first half of the year showed an explosive growth in Dongguan, it was mainly because European and American customers had sold almost the same amount of stock in the previous period. The temporary replenishment order is likely to be a rebound rather than a reversal, and the export prices of shoes will continue to fall.

"The shoe market is changing, and the European and American markets are relatively saturated, while domestic and emerging markets are growing rapidly, and the ASEAN market has doubled in the last one or two years.

And China's domestic market is also very large. Europe and the United States consume about 7 pairs of shoes per person per year, while China has only about 2.8 pairs. If the average annual per capita increase is one pair, it will increase more than 1 billion 300 million pairs.

Although it is difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises to expand domestic sales channels, it is very important to take this step.

Zhu Yulun said.

In Dongguan, there is a widely known saying: over 60% of the world's high-end shoes or shoes are from Dongguan, and light sports shoes account for 1/4 of the world's sports shoes.

However, these enterprises encountered many difficulties when they turned to seize the domestic market.

Dongguan shoe enterprises have been engaged in export sales for a long time. They lack experience in the operation of domestic brands, and they do not know much about domestic sales channels. Moreover, export brands are not well-known in China, nor are they familiar with mainstream domestic sales channels.

In many enterprises that export to domestic market, weak brand operation ability and weak channel construction are the important obstacles that restrict the pformation of enterprises.

At present, the domestic market has basically been sold domestically by BELLE and Lining.

Chu Xiuqi, President of China general merchandise business association, said that domestic and foreign shoe factories have competitive advantages in manufacturing, independent design, research and development, but they are weak in brand and channel.

There is a difference between domestic and international styles, marketing methods and price. These export-oriented shoe companies need to identify the brand positioning and make corresponding adjustments to the production mode. The association is also advocating department store innovation, considering the recruitment of some export oriented enterprises to avoid homogenization competition in the department stores.