Just recently, the topic of "Cantonese people have their own luxury" appeared on the hot search list of social platforms. The "luxury" mentioned here is the dried seafood that Lao Guang loves.
Many netizens said that they had hoarded a lot of fish maw and tangerine peel years ago. So how about the dried seafood market before the holiday?
It's raining today, but a lot of people are coming. On January 27, when a reporter from Nandu visited the dried seafood market on Yide Road in Guangzhou, a seafood store salesperson said that the entire market had increased significantly before the Spring Festival.
According to the data of SF Express, in the week of January 15-21 this year, the express delivery business volume of the seafood dry goods market in the Yide Road area increased by 43%.
From January 15th to 21st, the express delivery business volume of the seafood dry goods market in the Yide Road area of Guangzhou increased by 43%.
Dried seafood and tonic products attract consumers inside and outside the province to buy
The Yide Road area is home to a number of dried seafood markets in Guangzhou, whether it is dried scallops, squid, dried scallops, dried shrimp and other basic seafood in the soup, or abalone and cucumber wings, you can find them here.
The Yide Road area brings together a number of dried seafood markets in Guangzhou.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and the market is crowded with merchants and residents who come to buy New Year's goods. "We weren't locals, we were recommended by relatives back home. A couple from the province told a reporter from Nandu that they came to Guangzhou this time and arranged time to purchase on Yide Road during the trip. "It's not easy to come to Guangzhou, buy some local specialties and bring them back to relatives. You see, the big bags and small bags we are carrying in our hands have been dazzled. ”
I've been in the industry for 34 years. Not only customers from inside and outside the province, but also customers from foreign regions such as Singapore and Malaysia also buy goods here. The 50-year-old aunt who is in charge of sales in the store told the reporter that for Cantonese people, dried seafood is an indispensable New Year's goods, and it has now become a specialty purchased by many tourists before leaving Guangzhou. This year's product is "beautiful and cheap". Although ** is lower than before the epidemic, the traffic is large and the overall sales are good.
In Baiyun District, Guangzhou, the major food wholesale markets on Songzhou Street are also full of goods and busy transactions. The average daily trading volume of biscuits, nuts and other New Year's goods in Dongwang International Wholesale Market is more than 1,000 kilograms, and they have entered the peak sales period before the holiday.
In Liwan District, Guangzhou, the Healthy Ark of Guangzhou International Medical Port launched the "New Year's Flavor" activity, and the "New Year Festival" of the Exhibition and Trade Center set up a special health and nourishing market. Healthy Ark also launched the "Invite the people of the whole country to eat tonics!" "Topic. The event prepared 10,000 servings of ginseng, bird's nest porridge, fish gelatin porridge and other tonics, which can be obtained for free by registering and scanning the code to receive coupons.
The small commodity market is getting stronger, and the Year of the Dragon-themed jewelry is selling well
Guangzhou Wanling Plaza gathers more than 1,500 businesses and more than 12 million kinds of goods, reaching out to more than 70 countries and regions.
Wanling Plaza before the Spring Festival.
This year's New Year's flavor is very strong! In a stall selling traditional New Year's goods such as red envelopes and Spring Festival couplets, the sales staff told the reporter that many shops have begun dragon and lion dances at the door of many stores before the holiday, which was not seen last year.
At present, Wanling Plaza is organizing the Spring Festival market activities. Red lanterns, festive couplets, exquisite blessing pendants and other ornaments are filled with a strong New Year's flavor. It is reported that the merchants in the market have prepared a total of tens of thousands of exquisite goods and trendy goods waiting for the public to come and choose. Many merchants said that red envelopes, couplets, and "Fu" stickers are very good. "When many people come to our booth, they will first ask about the red envelope. Not to mention couplets, which not only have good meanings and blessings, but also bring good luck and peace to the family. ”
In Wanling Plaza, many citizens braved the rain to purchase.
This year's passenger flow is high, because it is now easier to travel and the economy is slowly recovering. At another stall that sells lanterns and stickers, the salesperson said that there was a constant flow of customers from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., "It really sold for 12 hours." ”
Because it is the Year of the Dragon, various toys and accessories with dragons as the shape and theme have also become hot sellers in the market. At a stall selling trendy New Year's goods, the "Lucky Dragon" keychain attracted the attention of young people. The stall owner is also a young woman in her 30s: "Our products are 'trendy brands' and 'trendy goods' among the New Year's goods, most of which are sold to young people, and some of them are high-end people. She expects the market to see a further increase in footfall after the first week of February.
The Spring Festival should be dressed up, and the clothing and beauty wholesale market is hot
At the end of the year, the clothing market once again ushered in a new wave of procurement. Guangzhou Baima clothing market is carrying out the "Bring Warmth Home, Baima Year-end Promotion and 31st Anniversary Celebration Activity", in the form of a combination of batches and zero, to carry out creative markets, year-end promotion activities, activities will continue until February 5. According to the person in charge of the market, during the event, many citizens took advantage of the end of the year when the wholesale market was opened for retail to purchase new clothes in the market, and the traffic of the Baima clothing market increased significantly, with a year-on-year increase of 67%.
On January 26, the Guangzhou White Horse clothing market was crowded.
This year's festival atmosphere is good, more lively than last year, the sound of selling can be heard everywhere in the market, and there are crowds of people. In the White Horse clothing market, a stall owner selling clothes and pants for the elderly lamented that not only did the number of customers increase before the holiday this year, but also rebounded, "higher than in the past three years, but still lower than the pre-epidemic level." According to her, many consumers come to buy clothes and plan to wear them during the Spring Festival, so the clothes with red elements sell very well, "In addition, Guangzhou has recently cooled down, and there are more people buying thermal underwear and cashmere sweaters." ”
When the reporter visited, he was catching up with a "treasure mother" in her thirties who came to sweep the goods after work. "I live nearby, and every year before the Chinese New Year, when the market is open for retail, I will come here to buy clothes, **affordable and varied. She said that last year there were not many people in the market, but this year the contrast is very obvious, and the popularity is very strong.
Not only the White Horse clothing market, but also the Liuhua business district also brings together Guangzhou Meibo City, Famous Business World, UUS, Kapok clothing and other professional beauty, clothing, jewelry, wigs, shoes and hats exhibition and trade**. It gathers fashion industry designers and other practitioners from all over the world, and is an important fashion product base in the country and even in the world. It is reported that during the Spring Festival, various wholesale markets have successively launched New Year promotions to allow consumers to celebrate the New Year beautifully. According to the data, from January 15th to 21st, the express delivery business volume of the clothing market in the Liuhua mineral spring area increased by 20%.
The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon in 2024 is the first Spring Festival after the upgrading and transformation of Huimei International, and Huimei Company and more than 400 merchants have made full preparations for the pre-holiday consumption season. According to reports, the first Huimei International New Year Festival was launched as early as January 1, and more than 10,000 high-end products were sold at as low as 1% off. Huimei International also joined hands with well-known Douyin head anchors to hold interactive game live broadcasts on the spot, inviting world supermodels to walk the catwalk, with a total of more than 50 million people in seven events, and the highest number of people at the same time exceeded 130,000.
Produced by the News Department of Guangzhou.
Written by: Nandu reporter Yi Xiaoxia intern Ou Yongshi