Guangzhou Xicheng Has A New World Retreat.

At the shareholders' meeting last week, modern department stores decided to close the modern new world, which is located in the west city. Today, the modern department store will hold a media ventilation meeting to explain the next direction and strategy. It is expected that the modern department store will have important adjustments in its business strategy.

For the more than 20000 square meters of the empty 1~3 floor area, Xicheng has indicated that it will launch a new round of investment promotion, and has implemented several large brand businesses, plus the recent introduction. Fast fashion And the restaurant brand, Xicheng will be the biggest adjustment since it opened this year. Text, graph / Reporter

　　 Modern department store Westbound stores were closed last month until last week. The provisional shareholders' meeting adopted the bill to close the shops in Xicheng city. The commercial property of 23040 square meters of 1~3 building, 8 square street, Guangzhou, Liwan District, is being closed. The store closes to the company. achievement Will have a major impact.

Reporters saw the scene yesterday, the shop floor of modern department store is empty, and the entrance gate is locked.

It is reported that since the opening of new year's day in 2013, the modern department store has been operating for less than two years. Coupled with the closure of the Xintang store in Zengcheng in May 13th this year, modern stores have closed two stores in half a year, and the number of stores has been reduced from 8 to 6.

Surprisingly, although the modern department stores closed and closed, they did not cause much impact on the flow of passengers. Reporters saw yesterday, although it is working day, but there are still more passengers in Xicheng. Many interviewed merchants also said that after the withdrawal of modern department stores, the passenger flow did not cause much impact, and sales of stores did not rise or fall. Statistics from Xicheng also show that in the past week, traffic volume and traffic volume have reached a new high. "Weekly traffic volume exceeds 500 thousand passengers."

After the evacuation of the modern department store, the 20 thousand square meters of the vacant 1~3 building in West City need investment. Insiders said that Xicheng should consider repositioning.

It is reported that after the withdrawal of Li Jiacheng from the West City, the team from the fund company took over. The business adjustment has been made in recent years. "Improving the fast fashion and increasing the experience format are the direction of the brand adjustment of Xicheng since this year." In response to this reporter, Xicheng has said that some large fast fashion and children's brand merchants are interested in the area, indicating that they are willing to rent the area.

According to the statistics of the China National Business Information Center, the retail sales of 50 key large retail enterprises in the first half of the year dropped by 0.8% compared with the same period last year, and the growth rate was 11.8 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year. Entering the year June, the retail sales volume of 50 key large scale retail enterprises decreased by 0.2% compared with the same period last year, the growth rate dropped 13.7 percentage points from the same period last year, and only 50 of the 50 retail enterprises achieved retail sales growth, a decrease of 15 over the same period last year. The whole retail industry is in the "cold winter".