Down Raw Materials Rise 20%, Custom Clothing Instead Of Price Cuts

In the first half of this year, bird flu was threatening, and the price of raw materials such as a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > duck down > /a > goose down also rose all the way. Many experts predict that the price of down jacket will rise sharply this winter. However, the reporter's visit found that the price of customized down garments did not rise or even declined slightly. < /p >
< p > < strong > cost increase, Custom Shop dare not go up < /strong > /p >
< p > "dare not rise in price, but less business." Zhongnan University of Economics and Law has been working for 6 years, "Ms. a href=" http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp "custom-made down garment" /a "business," Ms Xu said. < /p >
< p > "business is much worse than last year." Ms. Xu said that the price of raw materials such as feather and down has increased by about 20% compared to the same period last year, and the price of a down garment is between 300 and 800 yuan. < /p >
< p > the profit margins of customized down coats are declining, but we dare not raise the price of down coats. Ms. Huang, a custom-made down garment shop owner of rags street in Huang Xiao He road, Hankou, said: "in recent years, the custom shop business has been difficult to make due to the expansion of online stores. Once the price increases, it is equivalent to giving customers to others, hoping that business will gradually get better when the weather is cold." < /p >
< p > "the most common feather and down, last year one or two 40 yuan, now rises to one or two 50 yuan, the better feather down has increased 100 multivariate, compared to the previous two years the price doubled." Mr. Chen, who made custom down garments in Rouge Road, said that the price of raw materials has been rising in recent years, especially in the first half of this year. < /p >
< p > < strong > renovation order is more than customization < /strong > < /p >
< p > "this winter is too late." Mr. Zhang, who runs the custom down garment business at rags street, said that he was one of the few shoppers in the rags street. Affected by the weather, he received fewer orders in November this year than last year. < /p >
Ms. P, owner of the "a href=" http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp "winter dress" and "/a" sales in Hanzheng Street, also said that the weather was too warm this winter, and the whole winter market was greatly affected. "Sales volume is estimated to have dropped by 40%". < /p >
< p > in addition, the price of custom shop labor is also rising. Ms. Xu said that people in the shop asked people to make clothes, at least 100 yuan a day, which was about 10% higher than last year. < /p >
< p > under the influence of cost, climate and labor, the down garment market is much cooler than before, but the order of the new down jacket is better than in previous years. < /p >
< p > Ms. Xu revealed that this year's orders for refurbished down garments accounted for 60%. < /p >
More than 150 shopkeepers, P & amp; rouge street, also said that this year, more orders were refurbished than custom-made orders, ranging from $200 to $200. < /p >
< p > background information: < /p >
< p > 2013 is a tough year for China's down industry. Due to the impact of avian flu on the industry, the price of raw materials has skyrocketed, the industry has suffered internal and external pressures, and the foreign economy in Europe has not yet recovered. From the end of April to the beginning of May, the price of down products soared and doubled in a week. Promoted by the State Council's trade facilitation measures and the expected effect of a series of favorable policies, and in July, the relative stability of the RMB value, the export confidence of enterprises increased. As of July this year, exports of feather and down products reached US $1 billion 890 million, an increase of 17.98% over the same period last year. < /p >