Garment Refurbishment Industry Is More Than &Nbsp; Consumers Need To Be Cautious.

Old clothes basically have a lot of people in our country. How to deal with these or outdated clothes or fabric yellowed is actually quite a headache. A little cheaper throw away, but like some famous brand clothes, it's not easy to throw away. It can be said that it is "tasteless and wasteful". This is particularly evident in the majority of young people who love to wear designer clothes and whose economic conditions fail to buy designer clothes. So, a new renovation. Dyeing garment The industry came into being.

At present, the industrial chain has basically formed in the textile and garment refurbishment industry. From refurbishment, dyeing and finishing equipment to various accessories and business models have already taken shape. However, it is the same as other industries in the textile and garment industry chain. Textile and garment refurbishment industry agrees with many "hidden rules" and "local methods". At the same time, it is also determined by the nature of the business in which the industry is engaged. Spin Garment refurbishment The profiteering in the industry is even higher and the problem is even more shocking.

Follow the rules: happy life of small businesses

At present, all major cities in China have small shops that are almost everywhere refurbished and dyed. Most of these shops were developed by previous sewing shops, dry cleaners and other related industries. Moreover, the profit brought by garment renovation has begun to surpass the profits generated by the original business.

Zhang Xi is a laid-off worker of a state-owned enterprise. In 2008, he took all his savings and set up a dry cleaning shop in the local area. In the first two years, the dry cleaners business was pretty good. Zhang Xi runs a dry cleaners every month for 3000 to 5000 yuan. However, after entering the 2010, the dry cleaners business has plummeted. The reason is that in the two streets near his dry cleaners, 3 or 4 new dry cleaners which are basically the same scope of business have been opened up. The competition is bigger. Not only is the business much worse than before, but also because of the rising price of raw materials such as detergent, the profit of each laundry is even lower.

It was just when Zhang Xi was in a terrible state of depression in his clothes and dry cleaning business. One day in March 2010, he did not see a news on the newspaper that there was a hot business in the field of garment refurbishment and dyeing. This news undoubtedly made Zhang Xi's eyes bright, and he seemed to see new hope again. So he began to look around for information on clothing refurbishment. Finally, after several comparisons and screening, Zhang Xi finally decided to go and join a clothing renovation company.

In this garment dyeing and finishing enterprise, Zhang Xi learned more systematically. Textile and clothing products Dyeing, color changing, color matching and simple clothing printing, sewing, cutting and so on. Then, after paying a franchise fee, Zhang Xi returned to the bar with the complete set of equipment. And immediately launched this new business in his dry cleaners. Because of the new gimmick, there is indeed a certain market demand. Therefore, Zhang Xi's textile and garment refurbishment business is developing very well.

Every day, some of the customers came to ask for help to restain the neckline, cuffs and so on. The refurbishment cost of each garment is between 40 and 50 yuan, and the gross profit is at least 20 to 30 yuan. According to the business volume of Zhang Xi's renovation of more than 20 clothes every day, his clothing renovation business can bring him nearly a million yuan a month at least.

Clothing refurbishment, small investment, quick results, relatively speaking, the threshold is very low. So, just as Zhang Xi's business was booming, more and more clothes refurbishment shops began to appear in the streets. In fact, the overall situation of the refurbishment industry is not optimistic. In addition to some of the earlier clothing refurbishment shops, there are still fixed large customers (hotels, schools, etc.). A large part of clothing refurbishment shops still rely on dry cleaning, sewing and other clothing renovation business to survive.

In addition, the clothing refurbishment industry joined the chain is also mixed. Speculation and deception are also common occurrences. At the same time, because the training time of employees is not long, the technical means are limited. Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee the quality of garment refurbishment. It is also common that textile and garment products are damaged and renovation is not ideal because of renovation. As a result, the number of consumer complaints is increasing. At the same time, as the laws and regulations of the garment refurbishment industry are not very sound, there are still many problems in the refurbishment industry.

The healthy and harmonious development of garment refurbishment industry, besides the self-discipline of relevant practitioners, the relevant functional departments also need to increase supervision. {page_break}

Shocking: the grey channel of foreign garbage

When it comes to old clothes refurbishment and sale, naturally we have to mention Jieshi Town, a provincial market. Jieshi town is a fishing town developed on the basis of Jieshi Bay in history. It is convenient for transportation, and the distance between water and water is 115 nautical miles, 155 miles and 213 nautical miles respectively. Before the reform and opening up, most of the people living in this town lived by fishing and lived a simple and peaceful life. But after the reform and opening up, because of the special geographical location, smuggling and motorcycle industries were flourishing.

Later, with the government departments concerned, the crackdown has been increasing. The business of smuggling and assembling motorcycles has faded away, but the smuggling of "foreign garbage" clothing products has jumped up unexpectedly. In the new Rao village of Jieshi Town, the planning of village and town construction is messy. But unlike other villages and towns, the streets are crowded with shops and are very busy. What is even more surprising is that all these shops are engaged in the reselling of "foreign garbage" clothes. The industry is called "old clothes" business locally. The scale of the business is large and the number of participants is large.

Zhang Lijun is a native of Jieshi town. She began to walk around the old clothes and resale business just like most people around her a few years ago. Every few days in the morning, she will arrive at the base of "foreign garbage" clothing in Jieshi town on time. One piece was on a vacant lot near a local wholesale market. At this time, the lights were already bright and loud. Basically, all the "foreign garbage" garments transported to Jieshi town through various channels are discharged here.

There are 4 or 5 large container trucks parked on the open space. It is understood that each of these large container trucks can carry more than 10 tons of "foreign garbage" clothing. Here, secondhand garments can only be calculated by weight because they are too large. In simple statistics, according to the weight of a half kilogram of "old clothes", only one container truck draws about 200 thousand pieces of clothing. And it's almost three hundred and sixty-five days a year, every day. The number of "foreign garbage" clothing entering China's clothing market illegally is obvious.

Zhang Lijun picked up several large packages of "foreign trash" clothes and then pulled them back to the store with three wheeled motorcycles. The weight of each package of "foreign trash" clothing is more than 100 kilograms, and there is an unwritten stipulation in the locals. The price of one piece selection is different from that of one package per pack for the purchase of "foreign garbage" clothing. The former is more expensive, while the latter is cheaper, but the color and quality of the "old clothes" are entirely dependent on the luck of the buyers.

After the entry of "foreign garbage" clothing products into these scattered shops, Zhang Lijun and his hired workers first took part in the clothes in their bags. Men, women and even children should be treated according to their styles and thickness. When these "foreign trash" clothes were first transported from the distribution center to the shops, they were stacked up in a mess, still rubbish, and almost never found a good seller. It is said that these clothes are deliberately compressed in the transportation process to save space for containers. It feels like pickled vegetables in the salt water jar and wrinkled.

Subsequently, these "foreign garbage" clothing began to be refurbished by households. But here is a much simpler way of refurbishing clothing than a refurbished shop. They usually use the brush and detergent to clean up the obvious stains of the "foreign trash" clothing, then start to patch up the buttons, and attach the trademark to the next step. Only some of the woolen clothes with a slightly higher price are added for ironing. After that, the vast majority of "foreign garbage" refurbished clothes were hung at the shops for sale at will.

In Jieshi town's "foreign garbage" refurbishment industry, basically all of the clothing products will not be sterilized. Moreover, almost all shops that sell old clothes are renovated without license. Many villagers only know the business of processing and running "old clothes", but it is not clear that this is actually illegal.

Local publicity slogans against smuggling of "foreign trash" clothing are everywhere. The local government even organized special publicity vehicles to publicize the harm of this kind of clothing to the masses. However, under the massive publicity slogans, there are still two wheels and three wheeled motorcycles running in and out of the narrow lane of Jieshi town. A steady stream of "old clothes" full of cars went to their shops. And these "foreign garbage" clothing products smuggled abroad and carry a lot of germs, after being processed simply, are sold as new clothes to all parts of the country.

It has been a long time since Jieshi town's "foreign garbage" clothing business has existed for a long time. If we want to ban it completely, we will not be able to do it in a short time. In fact, most Chinese are not strangers to "foreign garbage" clothing. As early as the late 80s of the last century and early 90s, there were criminals who were trying to drum up this kind of "business" and sold it to consumers advocating foreign brands after a little processing. But the harm of this kind of clothing has not been able to arouse some consumers' vigilance.

It is understood that this kind of "foreign garbage" clothing comes mostly from the morgue and garbage dumps of foreign hospitals, some of them contain skin pathogens, some with infectious diseases, venereal diseases and even AIDS bacteria. We can not criticize foreigners for not having any morals. We can only blame our own people for not winning the game.

Economic development must not be sacrificed at the expense of the environment and the health of our people. Part of the reason for the spread of "foreign garbage" clothing is that local governments have unilaterally pursued GDP and ignored and conniving the development of this industry. Another reason is that the relevant law enforcement departments have not formed a joint force in the attack, and customs, industry and Commerce have already made quality checks and so on. To some extent, it has left the "cracks" of the "foreign garbage" clothing operators, which should be noticed and solved. {page_break}

Secret: second-hand clothing wholesale market

The above description is only a collection of "foreign garbage" refurbishment clothing and some scenes of the manufacturing site. But the final destination of these "foreign garbage" refurbishing clothing has been quite secretive or even weird. Today, with the rapid economic development and the leading position in China's textile and apparel industry, it seems hard to imagine who and what groups are still consuming second-hand refurbished clothing. In fact, it is understood that in many large and medium-sized cities in China, there is an unknown chain of second-hand clothing wholesale industry. These second-hand refurbishment wholesale markets are often hidden around us, but if they are not in the industry, I am afraid they will not attract attention, nor will they know the truth of the industry.

In a prefecture level city in northern Sichuan, the topic of second-hand refurbishing clothing is discussed with ordinary citizens. Most people do not know whether there is a second-hand clothing market in the city, or even disregard it. Most people will not buy the so-called "cheap and fine" second-hand refurbishment products. But in fact, things are not as simple as they imagined.

In the most prosperous area of the city, there is a large scale local market. The masses of people who come here to buy food and shopping every day come in an endless stream. However, these ordinary people may not think that, on the two floor of the market, which they are going to patronize every day, they are hiding a large scale, long time second-hand clothing wholesale market.

After crossing the market, two small alleys came to a downstairs residence. It shows that this is just a very common building. But the difference is that at the edge of the building, a slow slope leads directly to the 2 floor. From time to time, we can see a car tricycle from the two floor coming and going along the slope, a busy scene.

Walking into the second-hand clothing wholesale market is not as messy as imagined. All kinds of clothes are "hangy" hanging on the clothes rack to show to consumers. Here, it is difficult to see traces of second-hand refurbished clothing. Basically, all the clothes are all tag and trademark. Only when we approached, we could see traces of stains and scent on some clothes. It is understood that second-hand clothing prices here are only about 10% of genuine products. Basically, some people from the surrounding villages and towns have come here to purchase goods. Most of the consumers are rural middle and old aged people.

However, it is worth noting that in the township sales, these operators generally do not tell consumers that this is second-hand renovated clothing. Most of them are enticed and tempted by the name of "foreign trade ending" and "bankruptcy sale". In addition, this part of the consumer in the household farm is also cheap, and the ability to identify clothing products is very limited. This is also one of the main reasons why the current "foreign garbage" second-hand refurbishment clothing is still selling the market.

In fact, not all second-hand clothing business is desirable. At present, some brand clothing stores have launched the "old clothes on sale" business. In addition, some second-hand clothing sales shop also appeared. Especially in children's clothing market, this kind of regular second-hand clothing store has great potential.

As we all know, now that the living conditions are good, many parents buy clothes for their children hundreds or even thousands, but children grow fast and can not wear them without several times. If you can sell it to those in need at a low price, it is absolutely the best of both worlds. Ms. Zhang saw a children's clothing sold on behalf of others in a children's clothing store. It is said that this dress is only worn two times, but because of the small purchase time, plus the button dropped two. As a result, the clothes priced at around 300 are priced at only 50 yuan here. At the same time, the store also ensures that the clothes are strictly sterilized. As a result, this 8 to 9 brand new children's clothing cost performance is relatively high.

To sum up, the advantages and disadvantages of the garment refurbishment industry are both good and evil. But at present, our regulatory power of refurbishing clothing is still weak, and all aspects of the regulations are not yet perfect. The risk of consumers buying second-hand refurbished clothing is still quite large, similar to "foreign garbage" clothing products in the market is also an objective existence. At the same time, most consumers do not have the ability to identify the quality of clothing, so the majority of consumers need to be cautious when buying second-hand refurbished garments. In addition, the regulation and investigation of second-hand refurbished garments in the market, especially some foreign brands, are also unavoidable problems that our relevant functional departments can not evade.