There are less than two months left before New Year’s Eve. Are you a little excited when you think about returning home for the Chinese New Year soon? However, it will be a difficult year for textile and garment workers and bosses.
China’s manufacturing industry is the window to the world, but clothing manufacturing depends on Guangzhou. Because Guangzhou has the largest wholesale market for fabrics and accessories in the country and its logistics is relatively convenient, there are hundreds of thousands of garment factories gathered in Guangzhou. Millions of garment production workers. Due to rectifications in recent years, some garment factories have relocated to Jiangxi and Hubei. As a result, many industrial areas are now deserted.
Guangzhou Garment Factory “Liangliang”: workers rush for goods, bosses rush for orders
2019 is the trough of the clothing industry, the face of the wholesale stall boss The smiles of the past have also faded. Clothing factories are also unable to receive orders. Some factories start work as soon as they receive orders and take holidays after finishing. Factory owners are also anxious. Without stable orders, it is difficult to retain workers. Some time ago, in a factory owned by a friend, due to low orders, workers rushed to make goods (workers were paid on a piece-rate basis, so the more you work, the more you get).
Everyone wanted to make more money, and workers clashed when they were grabbing goods. The workers who grabbed less goods started fighting with the workers who grabbed more goods. In the end, both parties were injured and hospitalized, which was even worse for the factory owner.
In the past, order volume would surge around Double Eleven, but this year’s Double Eleven also passed It’s over, the factory is still ordinary. The “storm” of the past is nowhere to be seen. Kangle Village, the largest recruitment site in Guangzhou.
I saw many factory owners standing on the roadside waiting for stall owners to come to the factory for cooperation. A few days ago, the boss of our company took a piece of clothing to Kangle to find a special machine shop. These factories Bosses came in droves, all vying to say that their factory made goods well and shipped them quickly. This scene seemed like a hungry wolf seeing a piece of meat falling from the sky. However, workers looking for work are nowhere to be seen on this street.
Boss Jiang from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Weaving Market: Every extra day feels like a disaster
The recent daily schedule of Boss Jiang from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Weaving Markets is basically During the day, I was outside looking for customers, and at night I went back to the factory to check on production and deal with various problems. He lamented that every extra day he endured felt like he was surviving a disaster.
Boss Jiang, a weaving boss who has been working hard in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang markets for more than 20 years, is also in line with the experience of most textile bosses at the time. After 2008 He has also experienced the low ebbs and highs stimulated by the 4 trillion policy in 2010. Compared with the second-generation boss who has just entered the market, he can be said to be used to the big world!
“We really can’t afford the price you mentioned!” Faced with the customers who had finally waited for them, Mr. Jiang was helpless. He pressed the computer button over and over again, but it still didn’t work. Come out with the price quoted by the other party.
“The market prices have been so chaotic recently!” He smiled awkwardly. Outside his office, there was an open space filled with gray fabrics. Looking at the piles of gray fabrics, his expression darkened and he gritted his teeth, “Okay, I’ll give it your price!”
Faced with the unprofitable orders, Mr. Jiang felt helpless: “The current situation is that there is a lot of supply in the market, and buyers have no worries about not being able to buy the goods. There is no lowest price, only lower prices. ! But if you don’t take orders, shutting down the machine and shutting down production will cost you tens of thousands of yuan in depreciation every month. It’s better to keep taking orders and get some money back!”
Nowadays, both clothing and weaving manufacturers are worried about the market outlook. The market destocking has not been smooth, and the pressure of overcapacity in the market has not diminished. A few years ago, we were still trying to achieve profits by “competing on price and scale”, but now this road is no longer feasible. What does the future hold? If we follow our previous assumptions, the days ahead are not expected to be easy! <br
