MM Jasim and Sanwar Hossain :
Eid-ul- Fitr is a festival of happiness for the Muslims where kids remain in the centre point. Families try to provide their kids new dresses, the supply of which is aplenty in different shopping malls and also in makeshift shops.
After a massive exodus of the city dwellers to their village-homes to celebrate the occasion, the people who will stay in the capital are now busy in last-minute shopping, mainly for their kids and also for themselves.
Due to rainy season the weather is now hot and humid, so parents prefer cotton and light fabrics dresses for their kids.
Sellers are offering trendy, colourful and exclusive design dresses for both girls and boys this year.
Brand shops like Arong, Kay kraft, Rex, Easy, Plus Point, Yellow, Cats Eye, Ecstasy, Le Reve, Sailor, Artisti have their own outlets that offer different clothing for kids, mostly attracting the higher income group customers.
“We are offering a wide range of unique outfits for kids in a reasonable price range,” said Mosharaf hossain, manager of Kay Kraft Mouchack branch.
Key Kraft has panjabi, pant and shirts for boys at prices ranging from Tk.450 to Tk. 1590, and for girls salwar kameez, tops at prices ranging from Tk. 850 to Tk. 2395.
Shoppers are thronging Sadarghat, Bangabazar, Gulistan Shopping Complex, Palwell,
City Heart, Mouchak market, Anarkoli Shopping Complex, Karnaphuli Garden City, Eastern Plaza, Elephant Road markets, Boshundhara Shopping Complex, Jamuna Future Park, Rajdhani Shopping Complex, New Market, Rapa Plaza and different markets of Mirpur and Uttara for non-brand dresses mostly.
Makeshift shops offering local non brand dresses attract mostly low and mid income group of customers in different parts of the city. Local panjabi, shirt pant, T-shirt set, T-shirt are selling there at Tk. 150-500.
For newborn girls there are ready-made skirt top, pant top, baby gift set, nima, frock, and shalwar kameez.
For junior girls aged between 2 and 7years there are frock, shalwar kameez, skirt top, pant top, skirt and for girls aged between 8 and15 years skirt, ghagra choli, shalwar kameez set, skirt top set, pant top Set, tops, frock, skirt and jeans pant.
Fathema Salahuddin, who works at a private firm, came to the New Market to collect dresses for her 5 years old boy. She told the New Nation that she prefers T-shirt, Jeans pant and panjabi-pajama set along with trendy shoes within a budget of Tk. 2500-3500.
“I am visiting different shops of the market and looking for trendy dresses for my boy. Prices of dresses are much higher than the previous year and it may exceed my budget,” she said.
Jahir Hossain, the father of two kids, is searching dresses for his 15 and 10 years old girls at the Eastern Plaza. He said he prefers shalwar kamiz, shoes, jewelry and some cosmetics within a budget of Tk.3000-4500 for each.
“Indian and Pakistani dresses are on high demand among girls and my kids prefer those to local shalwar kamiz. Those dresses are costing higher than those of local ones,” he said.
Mostly trendy Chinese shoes, sandals are in the choice list of the kids, besides local ones.
Different sorts of local and imported shoes are available in the markets, prices of which range from Tk 500 to 2500 upon design, size and colour.
As the vacation for Eid started Friday, all modern and traditional shopping malls even footpaths were bujjed with customers of all classes and ages.
“Although a huge number of people have already gone to their villagehomes for celebrating the Eid with family members and relatives, the city dwellers now crowd the shopping malls for a last minute shopping,” a shop owner at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall told The New Nation.
“Sales are showing an upward trend since the last couple of days. We are passing a busy time for selling all kinds of clothes, especially cotton “panjabi” and “shalwar”,” said a manager of BJ Point’s Aziz Super Market outlet.
“The overall sales are better than the previous time,” she added.
Jeans pants are also in the list of men’s choice. Jeans pants of various brands like Devise, Banboo, Doggers and Epics are selling at Tk 700 to Tk 3, 500 per piece and gabardine pants at Tk 800 to Tk 2,000 each.
Shirts of various brands, including Polo, are selling at Tk 550 to Tk 2500 per peice.
Market watchers said Jamdani sharees with a variety of designs are selling at prices ranging from Tk 4,000 to Tk 30,000 per piece, apple silk from Tk 6,000 to Tk 18,000, mega katan from Tk 5,000 to Tk 13,000, chiffon with stitch work from Tk 6000 to Tk 12,000 while different types of sharees with stone and fashion work are selling at Tk 5000 to Tk 50,000 per piece.
Dulal, a salesman at Rafin Fashion at Gawsia market, is happy over sales. “We are doing brisk business since the first day of Ramzan,” he said.
Habib Ullah, the owner of an unstitched salwar-kamiz shop at Gawsia, said the middle-income group is buying dresses copied from Indian brand, considering its lower prices.
“The last moment selling is better than other days. I am selling more than 200 dresses a day,” he added.
He said his sales increased 30 per cent after 25th Ramzan. And such shopping spree will continue till Chand Rat (the night before the festival).
Shahidul Islam, a banker, told this correspondent that he was waiting for Friday as the bank was closed on Thursday.
Eid-ul- Fitr is a festival of happiness for the Muslims where kids remain in the centre point. Families try to provide their kids new dresses, the supply of which is aplenty in different shopping malls and also in makeshift shops.
After a massive exodus of the city dwellers to their village-homes to celebrate the occasion, the people who will stay in the capital are now busy in last-minute shopping, mainly for their kids and also for themselves.
Due to rainy season the weather is now hot and humid, so parents prefer cotton and light fabrics dresses for their kids.
Sellers are offering trendy, colourful and exclusive design dresses for both girls and boys this year.
Brand shops like Arong, Kay kraft, Rex, Easy, Plus Point, Yellow, Cats Eye, Ecstasy, Le Reve, Sailor, Artisti have their own outlets that offer different clothing for kids, mostly attracting the higher income group customers.
“We are offering a wide range of unique outfits for kids in a reasonable price range,” said Mosharaf hossain, manager of Kay Kraft Mouchack branch.
Key Kraft has panjabi, pant and shirts for boys at prices ranging from Tk.450 to Tk. 1590, and for girls salwar kameez, tops at prices ranging from Tk. 850 to Tk. 2395.
Shoppers are thronging Sadarghat, Bangabazar, Gulistan Shopping Complex, Palwell,
City Heart, Mouchak market, Anarkoli Shopping Complex, Karnaphuli Garden City, Eastern Plaza, Elephant Road markets, Boshundhara Shopping Complex, Jamuna Future Park, Rajdhani Shopping Complex, New Market, Rapa Plaza and different markets of Mirpur and Uttara for non-brand dresses mostly.
Makeshift shops offering local non brand dresses attract mostly low and mid income group of customers in different parts of the city. Local panjabi, shirt pant, T-shirt set, T-shirt are selling there at Tk. 150-500.
For newborn girls there are ready-made skirt top, pant top, baby gift set, nima, frock, and shalwar kameez.
For junior girls aged between 2 and 7years there are frock, shalwar kameez, skirt top, pant top, skirt and for girls aged between 8 and15 years skirt, ghagra choli, shalwar kameez set, skirt top set, pant top Set, tops, frock, skirt and jeans pant.
Fathema Salahuddin, who works at a private firm, came to the New Market to collect dresses for her 5 years old boy. She told the New Nation that she prefers T-shirt, Jeans pant and panjabi-pajama set along with trendy shoes within a budget of Tk. 2500-3500.
“I am visiting different shops of the market and looking for trendy dresses for my boy. Prices of dresses are much higher than the previous year and it may exceed my budget,” she said.
Jahir Hossain, the father of two kids, is searching dresses for his 15 and 10 years old girls at the Eastern Plaza. He said he prefers shalwar kamiz, shoes, jewelry and some cosmetics within a budget of Tk.3000-4500 for each.
“Indian and Pakistani dresses are on high demand among girls and my kids prefer those to local shalwar kamiz. Those dresses are costing higher than those of local ones,” he said.
Mostly trendy Chinese shoes, sandals are in the choice list of the kids, besides local ones.
Different sorts of local and imported shoes are available in the markets, prices of which range from Tk 500 to 2500 upon design, size and colour.
As the vacation for Eid started Friday, all modern and traditional shopping malls even footpaths were bujjed with customers of all classes and ages.
“Although a huge number of people have already gone to their villagehomes for celebrating the Eid with family members and relatives, the city dwellers now crowd the shopping malls for a last minute shopping,” a shop owner at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall told The New Nation.
“Sales are showing an upward trend since the last couple of days. We are passing a busy time for selling all kinds of clothes, especially cotton “panjabi” and “shalwar”,” said a manager of BJ Point’s Aziz Super Market outlet.
“The overall sales are better than the previous time,” she added.
Jeans pants are also in the list of men’s choice. Jeans pants of various brands like Devise, Banboo, Doggers and Epics are selling at Tk 700 to Tk 3, 500 per piece and gabardine pants at Tk 800 to Tk 2,000 each.
Shirts of various brands, including Polo, are selling at Tk 550 to Tk 2500 per peice.
Market watchers said Jamdani sharees with a variety of designs are selling at prices ranging from Tk 4,000 to Tk 30,000 per piece, apple silk from Tk 6,000 to Tk 18,000, mega katan from Tk 5,000 to Tk 13,000, chiffon with stitch work from Tk 6000 to Tk 12,000 while different types of sharees with stone and fashion work are selling at Tk 5000 to Tk 50,000 per piece.
Dulal, a salesman at Rafin Fashion at Gawsia market, is happy over sales. “We are doing brisk business since the first day of Ramzan,” he said.
Habib Ullah, the owner of an unstitched salwar-kamiz shop at Gawsia, said the middle-income group is buying dresses copied from Indian brand, considering its lower prices.
“The last moment selling is better than other days. I am selling more than 200 dresses a day,” he added.
He said his sales increased 30 per cent after 25th Ramzan. And such shopping spree will continue till Chand Rat (the night before the festival).
Shahidul Islam, a banker, told this correspondent that he was waiting for Friday as the bank was closed on Thursday.
