"Closing The Tide" Extends To Taiwan

Yuan Ling, near the west gate business circle

Street has many years of history, but in recent years, business has been dismal. Li Fengzhu, a local businessman who has run shoe stores for more than 40 years, says that business has dropped by 5 this year compared with that of last year. Liao Hongchang, director of the Yuen Ling Yuan Street Promotion Association, also said that about 30 leather shoes businesses in the whole street had only 16 left this year.

 

There are more and more tourists in the west gate shopping area, but the business of the neighboring yuan Ling Street has not seen any improvement. In the past, Yuan Ling Street, known as "leather shoes Street", has closed nearly half of the shoe stores in recent years, many of which have been converted.

Shop, now there are about 20 clothing businesses in the whole street, and the name of leather shoes street is much worse than before.

Liao Hongchang said, unlike clothing products,

Due to the different sizes and large volume, the pressure of leather shoes is large, and now Taipei is small and expensive, with few guests and no financial resources. It is difficult for shops to store and store their shoes. Many stores have switched to stores or even left their stores. This year many landlords have also lowered their rents so that no one can rent stores.

Liao Hongchang is also one of the landlords of the yuan Ling Street store.

He said that local businesses are becoming more and more difficult to do, and the local stores are generally of a relatively large age, and the second generation is rarely willing to come back to take over.

In recent years, the rent has dropped by about 10% compared with the peak period for fear of the tenants. For fear of bad business, the tenants feel that they can not afford the cost if they rent the store.

"There is no hope for people to see that there is hope for people," Li Fengzhu said reluctantly. The number of people entering the business circle is less and less. Sometimes, the rent, personnel costs and so on will be paid at a month.

Last year, in order to raise business in the business circle, a walking area was set up in Yuan Ling Street. However, in the past 30 years, Miss Zhuang, who had been selling shoes for nearly two years, said that only a hiking area was established, but no activity was allowed to come in. Even if a hiking area was set up, it was useless at all. "There are three activities in a year, and now none of them".