Kazi Zahidul Hasan :
Sale of winter clothes is on the rise in the city markets at the outset of the winter season.
Traders claimed that sale of jackets, sweaters, gloves, shawls, men and children garments hit a record increase during last few days due to cold weather that gripped the capital.
Visiting different city markets and makeshift shops on Friday, this correspondent found that most of the warm clothes outlets were crowded with customers.
As the day was a weekly holiday, well-off people rushed to the city’s branded retail outlets while low and fixed income group people moved around the makeshift shops and holiday markets to buy warm clothes such as sweaters, jackets, gloves, mufflers, blankets and coats etc.
The motorcyclists in particular were seen purchasing gloves and jackets, as winter weather has been gripping Dhaka for the last couple of days.
“Sale of warm clothes, new as well as used ones, has increased due to the sudden change in weather conditions,” Monir Hossain, a trader of the city’s Motijheel Holiday Market, told The New Nation on Friday.
He said, sales of winter clothes usually increased between mid-November and mid-January every year, but this year, they had to incur huge loss initially as they could not sell warm clothes for lack of customers.
“After long sluggish sale, we are doing very well these days as the demand for winter garments has increased,” said Monir.
Ali Hossain, a shopkeeper at Gulistan makeshift market, talking to The New Nation, said customers were demanding warm clothes like sweaters, shawls and coats in view of the approaching winter season.
“As cold weather grips city, the demand has drastically increased. People belonging to the middle and lower classes demand used warm clothes,” he added.
“Prices of new warm clothes are very high for which and people of lower and middle income group cannot pay for such costly items. They are left with no alternative but to buy old clothes for self and children from the makeshift shops,” Monwara Begum, a housewife, told The New Nation on Friday.
She came to buy winter clothes for her children at the Motijheel Holiday Market.
“I have come here to buy sweaters for my children as winter has already appeared in full gear,” she said, adding, “As the traders asked high prices for new sweaters, I have to buy two use sweaters for my kids.”
Sale of winter clothes is on the rise in the city markets at the outset of the winter season.
Traders claimed that sale of jackets, sweaters, gloves, shawls, men and children garments hit a record increase during last few days due to cold weather that gripped the capital.
Visiting different city markets and makeshift shops on Friday, this correspondent found that most of the warm clothes outlets were crowded with customers.
As the day was a weekly holiday, well-off people rushed to the city’s branded retail outlets while low and fixed income group people moved around the makeshift shops and holiday markets to buy warm clothes such as sweaters, jackets, gloves, mufflers, blankets and coats etc.
The motorcyclists in particular were seen purchasing gloves and jackets, as winter weather has been gripping Dhaka for the last couple of days.
“Sale of warm clothes, new as well as used ones, has increased due to the sudden change in weather conditions,” Monir Hossain, a trader of the city’s Motijheel Holiday Market, told The New Nation on Friday.
He said, sales of winter clothes usually increased between mid-November and mid-January every year, but this year, they had to incur huge loss initially as they could not sell warm clothes for lack of customers.
“After long sluggish sale, we are doing very well these days as the demand for winter garments has increased,” said Monir.
Ali Hossain, a shopkeeper at Gulistan makeshift market, talking to The New Nation, said customers were demanding warm clothes like sweaters, shawls and coats in view of the approaching winter season.
“As cold weather grips city, the demand has drastically increased. People belonging to the middle and lower classes demand used warm clothes,” he added.
“Prices of new warm clothes are very high for which and people of lower and middle income group cannot pay for such costly items. They are left with no alternative but to buy old clothes for self and children from the makeshift shops,” Monwara Begum, a housewife, told The New Nation on Friday.
She came to buy winter clothes for her children at the Motijheel Holiday Market.
“I have come here to buy sweaters for my children as winter has already appeared in full gear,” she said, adding, “As the traders asked high prices for new sweaters, I have to buy two use sweaters for my kids.”
