Half of the clothing refurbishment industry is half of seawater

Old clothes, there are basically a lot of homes in our country's ordinary people. How to deal with these or outdated style, or fabric yellowing is actually quite a headache. Cheaper throws are also thrown, but like some designer clothes, they are not willing to throw away. It can be said to be "wonderful, but unfortunately abandoned." This point, in the majority of young people who love to wear designer clothes, economic conditions can not reach the discretion to buy brand-name clothing can be particularly evident. As a result, a new industry of refurbishing and finishing garments came into being.

At present, the industrial chain has basically taken shape in the textile and apparel refurbishment industry. From refurbishment, finishing equipment, to a variety of accessories and business models have begun to take shape. However, it is the same as other industries in the textile and apparel industry chain. The textile and garment refurbishment industry agrees that there are many “hidden rules” and “local methods”. At the same time, it is also determined by the nature of the business that the industry is engaged in. The profits in the textile and apparel refurbishment industry are even higher.

Behavioural: The happy life of small businesses At present, in each major city of our country, there are small shops that refurbish and sew dyeing clothes almost everywhere. Most of these shops are formed by the development of related industries such as former sewing shops and dry cleaners. Moreover, the profits brought about by the refurbishment of clothing have started to exceed the profits generated by the businesses they originally engaged in.

Zhang Jian is a laid-off worker from a state-owned company in Kunming. In 2008, he took up all his savings and set up a clothing dry cleaners in the local area. In the first two years since its inception, the business of dry cleaners was fairly good. Zhang Jian can earn 3,000 to 5,000 yuan a month for dry cleaners. However, after entering 2010, the business of dry cleaners plummeted. The reason is that in the two streets near his dry cleaners, three or four new dry cleaners whose business scope is basically the same are being opened. The competition is great. Not only is the business worse than before, and because of the rising prices of raw materials such as detergents, the profit per wash of his clothes is even lower.

It was when Zhang Hao was desperate for his own clothing dry cleaning business. One day in March 2010, he did not intend to see in the newspaper a news of the hot business in the refurbishment and finishing industry of foreign clothing. This news undoubtedly made Zhang Hao brighter and made him seem to see new hope again. So he began to look around for information on clothing renovation. After a few comparisons and screenings, Zhang Hao finally decided to go to Shandong and join a clothing refurbishment company.

In Shandong, the clothing finishing and refurbishment company, Zhang Hao learned more systematically about the dyeing, color changing and color matching technologies of textile and clothing products, as well as simple garment printing, sewing and cutting techniques. Afterwards, after paying an initial fee, Zhang Hao returned to Kunming with a full set of equipment. And immediately started this new business in their dry cleaners. Since Shantou is novel, there is indeed a certain market demand. Therefore, Zhang Jian's textile and clothing refurbishment business is well under way.

Every day, some admiring customers came to their homes with old clothes to ask Zhang Qian to help re-stain or rectify the collar and cuffs. The cost of refurbishing each piece of clothing is about 40-50 yuan, and gross profit can reach 20-30 yuan at least. According to Zhang Jian’s daily turnover of more than 20 pieces of clothes, his clothing refurbishment business will bring him at least RMB 10,000 per month.

Clothing renovation, small investment, quick results Relatively speaking, the threshold is very low. Therefore, as Zhang Jian's business flourished, more and more clothing renovation shops began to appear in the streets of Kunming. In fact, as far as the overall situation of the garment renovation industry is concerned, the operating situation is not optimistic. Except for some clothing refurbishment shops that entered earlier, there are fixed large customers (hotels, schools, etc.) operating outside the business. A large part of clothing refurbishment shops still rely on dry cleaning, sewing, and clothing refurbishment operations to survive.

In addition, the apparel refurbishment industry joined the chain is also a mixed bag. It is not uncommon for hype or fraudulent joining personnel. At the same time, as the training time for employees is not long, the technical means grasped are limited. Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee the quality of clothing renovation. Similarly, due to the damage of textile and apparel products during the retreading process and the unsatisfactory refurbishment results, it often happens. The resulting consumer complaints are also increasing. At the same time, various laws and regulations in the clothing refurbishment industry are still not very sound. Therefore, there are still many problems in the clothing refurbishment industry.

In addition to the self-discipline of relevant employees, the relevant functional departments also need to strengthen supervision in the healthy and harmonious development of the apparel refurbishment industry.

Shocking: The gray channels of foreign garbage, when it comes to refurbishing and reselling old clothes, naturally have to mention Luanshi Town, Lufeng City, Guangdong Province. The township of Lanshi was historically a fishermen's town developed on the base of Shishi Bay. The transportation is convenient. The waterway is 115 sea miles from Hong Kong and Shantou and 155 sea miles and 213 sea miles from Macau and Guangzhou respectively. Before the reform and opening up, the people of this coastal town mostly lived on fishing and lived a simple and peaceful life. However, after the reform and opening up, because of its unique geographical location, the smuggling and assembly of motorcycles and other industries once flourished.

Later, with the government's relevant departments continue to increase the intensity of the crackdown. The business of smuggling and assembling motorcycles gradually faded, but the smuggling business of smuggling “foreign rubbish” apparel products has unexpectedly boomed. The town of Xinlao Village in Yanshi Town has a messy plan for the development of villages and towns. But unlike other towns and villages, these alleys are filled with shops and are very lively. Even more shocking is that these stores are invariably engaged in the resurgence of “foreign garbage” clothing. This industry is known locally as the "old clothes" business. This business is huge in scale and the number of participants has to be described as “staggering”.

Zhang Lijun is a native of Jieshi Town. Several years ago, she started walking the so-called “old clothes” renovation and reselling business just like most people around. Every few days in the early morning, she will come to the base camp of the "Junk Garbage" costume in Lanshi Town on time. One piece is in an open space next to the local one, called "The State Aquatic Products Wholesale Market." At this time, it was already bright and vocal. Basically, all "foreign rubbish" garments that have been shipped to the town of Lanshi through various channels are unloaded here.

There are 4 or 5 container trucks parked on the open space. It is understood that each of these container trucks can carry more than 10 tons of “garbage” garments. Here, because the quantity of used clothing is too large, it can only be calculated by weight. For simple statistics, according to a weight of about half a kilogram of “old clothes”, only 200,000 garments will be pulled from a container truck. And, here is almost 365 days a year, every day. The number of “foreign garbage” clothing illegally entering the apparel market in China is evident.

Zhang Lijun, after picking out several bags of “foreign garbage” at random, he will use a three-wheeled motorcycle to pull it back into the store. The weight of each package of “foreign rubbish” garments is more than 100 kilograms. There is also an unwritten rule in the local area. The price of one-piece and one-bag-on-one “foreign rubbish” garments is also different. The former is relatively expensive, while the latter is cheaper, but the quality and quality of the “old clothes” inside depend on the luck of the buyers.

After “garbage” apparel products enter these scattered stores, Zhang Lijun and his employees’ first step is to separate the clothes inside the bags. Men's, women's and even children's are controlled separately according to style and thickness. When these "foreign garbage" garments were transported from the distribution center to the shops at the beginning, they were piled up in a chaotic manner. If they were rubbish, they could hardly find a good one. It is said that these clothes are because of the space in the transport process in order to save the container, as much as possible to install "old clothes" before they deliberately compressed strictly. The feeling of giving people wanted to pick out the kimchi from salt water jars and wrinkle.

Subsequently, these "foreign garbage" garments began to be refurbished by business owners. However, the refurbishment of clothing here is more simple than that of garment renovation shops in Kunming and other places. They generally use plate brushes and detergents to clean the “garbage” garments to show the obvious stains. After cleaning, they begin to fill in buttons, paste trademarks, and other next steps. Only some of the slightly expensive woolen clothes were ironed. Afterwards, the vast majority of "yang trash" refurbished garments were hung at the store and sold at random.

In the “foreign waste” refurbishment industry in Lanshi Town, basically all the clothing products will not be disinfected. Also, almost all shops selling "old clothes" here are without licenses without exception. In the local area, many villagers only know that the business of processing and operating “old clothes” is unsightly, but it is not clear that this is actually an illegal act.

In the local area, the current slogans against the smuggling of “foreign garbage” clothing can be seen everywhere. The local government even organized a special promotional vehicle to publicize the dangers of such clothes to the masses. However, under a large-scale propaganda slogan, in the narrow alleys of Lanshi Town, there are still two-wheeled and three-wheeled motorcycles that pick and choose one from the other. The endless stream of "old clothes" full of cars was shipped to their shop. And these “foreign rubbish” clothing products that have been smuggled in and imported from abroad and carry a lot of germs are sold as new clothes and sold throughout the country after simple handling.

The freezing of the three feet away from the cold of one day, the time for the “foreign rubbish” garment business in Panshi Town has been long, and it will not be able to do so in a short time if it is to be completely banned. In fact, most Chinese are not unfamiliar with "foreign garbage." As early as in the late 1980s and early 1990s, lawbreakers were urging such "businesses" to be sold to consumers advocating foreign brands. However, the harm of such clothing has not been able to cause some consumers to be vigilant.

It is understood that this type of “foreign rubbish” clothing mostly comes from foreign mortuaries, dumps, some with skin germs, some with infectious diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, and even HIV bacteria, the general cleaning and ironing can not eliminate it Bring the germs. The “foreign garbage” clothing has invaded the country. We cannot criticize foreigners for their lack of morality and can only blame us for “our own people do not live up to expectations”.

Economic development must not be at the expense of the environment and the health of the people. Part of the reason for the proliferation of “foreign rubbish” garments is due to the one-sided pursuit of GDP by local governments and their indulging in the development of this industry. Another reason is that the relevant law enforcement agencies have not formed a synergy in the crackdown. Customs, industry, commerce, and quality inspection have always been "individuals." To a certain extent, it has left a gap between the survival of “yang garbage” garment operators. This is a problem that should arouse our attention and tackle.

Hidden secrets: The second-hand clothing wholesale market described above is merely a scenario of the collection and distribution of “yang garbage” refurbished garments. However, the final destination of these "foreign garbage" refurbished garments has always been quite secretive and even surprising. In today's rapid economic development, in the world leading textile and garment industry in China now, it seems difficult to imagine who and which groups are still consuming such second-hand refurbished garments. In fact, it is understood that in many large, medium and small cities in China, there is an unknown second-hand clothing wholesale industry chain. These second-hand refurbished wholesale markets are often hidden in our side, but if they are not within the industry, I am afraid that will not attract attention, but will not understand the industry's **.

In a prefecture-level city in northern Sichuan, the topic of second-hand refurbishment was discussed with ordinary citizens. The vast majority of ordinary people are not only not aware of whether there is a second-hand clothing market in the city, but they even dismiss it. Most people will not buy second-hand refurbished clothing products that are called "cheap". But in reality things are not as simple as they are.

In the most prosperous part of the city, there is one of the largest vegetable markets in the region. Every day people come here to buy food and shopping. However, these ordinary people may not think that on the second floor of the vegetable market that they will visit every day on weekdays, a large-scale and long-lived second-hand clothing wholesale market is hidden.

Passing through this vegetable market, two small alleys lead to a residential building downstairs. It shows that this is just a very common and common building. But the difference is that on the side of this building, a gentle slope leads directly to the second floor. From time to time, one can see a manpower cargo tricycle coming in and out along the slope from the second floor, a busy scene.

Walking into this second-hand clothing wholesale market is not as messy as it seems. All kinds of clothes are "moulded" on hangers to consumers. Here, it is difficult to see the traces of used refurbished clothing. Basically all garments are tag and trademark. Only when you get close to you can see that some clothes still have stains and detergents are slightly pungent. It is understood that the second-hand clothing price here is only about 10% of the genuine product. Basically, people from neighboring townships and villages came here to purchase goods, and most of the consumers were rural middle-aged and elderly people.

However, it is worth noting that these managers do not generally tell consumers that they are second-hand refurbished garments when they are sold in townships. Most of them use the “tail of foreign trade” and “bankruptcy sale” to confuse and lure consumers. In addition, this part of the long-term consumers at home farming is also greedy for cheap, and the ability to identify clothing products is very limited. This is also one of the main reasons why the current “foreign rubbish” used refurbished garments still have a sales market.

In fact, not all secondhand clothing operations are undesirable. At present, in some brand clothing stores launched the "old clothes to sell" business. In addition, some second-hand clothing sales of online stores have also emerged one after another. Especially in the children's wear market, this formalized second-hand clothing store still has great potential.

As we all know, the living conditions are good now. Many parents buy clothes for their children for hundreds or even thousands, but the children grow fast and cannot be worn without wearing them several times. If you can sell to people who need it at a low price, it is definitely the best of both worlds. Ms. Zhang saw a piece of children's clothing that was sold on behalf of others in a children's clothing store. It is said that this dress was only worn twice, but it was small when purchased, plus two buttons lost. As a result, the original price of about 300 clothes, here only 50 yuan price. At the same time, the store also ensures that the clothes are strictly disinfected. As a result, this 8-90% new brand children's clothing is relatively cost-effective.

All in all, the advantages and disadvantages of the apparel refurbishment industry are well-prepared, and good and evil are only among the operators' “one idea”. However, at present, China's regulatory power over refurbished garments is still weak, and regulations in various aspects are still not perfect. The risk of consumers buying second-hand refurbished garments is still quite large, and similar “foreign garbage” apparel products are also objectively present in the market. At the same time, most consumers do not have the ability to identify the quality of clothing, so the majority of consumers need to be cautious when buying second-hand refurbished clothing. In addition, the supervision and investigation of second-hand refurbished garments on the market, especially the refurbishment of some foreign brands, is an issue that we cannot avoid in all relevant functional departments.