Consumers go directly to wholesale markets in China for better deals

The average shopper in China is much more aware of the supply chain when it comes to manufactured goods in China since China is the biggest manufacturing country globally. For shoppers in China, it is much easier to go up the supply chain. Savvy buyers in China don’t go retail, they go wholesale! In major cities in China like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, there are usually centrally located apparel and accessory wholesale markets where vendors sell both wholesale and individually. Many clothing boutiques and retailers go early in the morning and buy in bulk to stock up their stores and get the really good deals. The average consumer tends to on the weekends. However, buyers who wish to buy in bulk have more haggling power. Young adults and teens go in groups in hopes that they will find something they all like in order to get a bulk price on the product, which is even cheaper than the warehouse price.

In China’s capital city Beijing, the wholesale market is truly an awesome see. One of the most famous wholesale apparel markets in Beijing has been coined, the Zoo Market for it’s close proximity to the Beijing Zoo. Every day the Zoo market opens bright and early|first thing in the morning|early in the morning} at six Monday through Friday wholesale sellers arrange the products on their booths and individual consumers and retail store owners rub the sleep out of their eyes and get ready to be the first to get at the great deals. as they say: they early bird gets the worm!

This sprawling market is not just a market but large area composed of many smaller sub-markets. For instance there an two-story building which people all the “Korean Market”. This so-called Korean Market is simply comprised of apparel wholesaler who sell mostly Korean-looking clothes and accessories. This market and other surrounding ones carry everything from handbags, shoes, makeup, wigs to belts and jewelry. The variety of wearable items in this market is truly dizzying.

In addition to the wide range of products, there are also wholesale vendors who are focused on one particular product. For instance one vendor offers more than 700 types of hats, selling nothing else. Other venders specialize in one type of product such as jewelry, athletic shoes and clothing, or leather goods (wallets, sandals, boots, handbags). One of the more unusual stores in the wholesale Zoo Market area was a vendor dedicated to selling wigs. This vendor has everything from artificial and human hair wigs, to tupe’s and extentions of various of colors.
Another noteworthy part of the Zoo Market is called shoe city. In this underground area, there are thousands upon thousands of shoes, ready for either wholesale or retail. Shoe City offers everything from trainers to sandals and boots—no matter the season! The reason for this is because retailers from all over come to buy in bulk. It is not even uncommon to see tourists from other countries buying in bulk for the next winter at this wholesale market.

Finally, one doesn’t have to worry when it comes to food or drinks when buying from the wholesale market. No doubt purchasing wholesale is not easy work. lugging around 50 pairs of jeans, for example is no walk in the park. It’s only normal that one gets sweaty and dirty, not to mention thirsty and hungry. thankfully, at the Zoo Market, there is more than cheap apparel. All around the streets and side-streets surrounding the Zoo Market, are tons of beverage and skewer sellers, as well as everything from street stalls to proper dining halls.