Domestic hardware industry urgently needs transformation and upgrading

The hardware industry that serves as a supporting role for all walks of life is inconspicuous, but everything from transportation bicycles to indoor lighting and bathroom products is inseparable from it. The hardware and electromechanical market in which the provincial capital once had a lot of enthusiasm has been declining in recent years. What has caused the market downturn? How can the hardware market rejuvenate? On these issues, the reporter visited the hardware and electromechanical market in the city to find answers.

The hardware market continues to go Leng Xin, who has been working in the hardware and electronic machinery industry for 16 years. Before she opened a store in Shengli Street Hardware Market, after the demolition of Shengli Street, her shops moved to a large-scale hardware and electromechanical market near the South Second Ring Road. In recent years, she has been helpless.

Businesses do not do well year after year, sales decline exponentially. The shops surrounding Ms. Xin’s home are also very narrow, and several shops also posted notices of transfer.

A hardware store operated by Hu’s distributors has not been opened for a few days, and turnover has been declining since 2009. Now profits have fallen from 60% a few years ago to now 20%. My home retail business is still somewhat, but the bulk of the procurement business is not a single. He said that watching the market continue to go cold, and then go on like this, I can only cancel the sales agreement with the manufacturer in advance. The bleak market and huge inventory pressure have exacerbated the pessimism of the hardware market operators.

Market radiation radius is shortened It is understood that the number of hardware and electrical machinery market in our city are: Runde International, Freeport, Huazhong Jin, Dingjian, North China Hardware & Electrical City. As a whole, the overall size of these markets is small.

Such a decentralized and small-scale layout makes it difficult to meet the desire of foreign purchasers to purchase one station at a time, resulting in a shorter radiation radius of Shijiazhuang Hardware and a gradual eroded circulation.

With the rise of the Linyi hardware market in Shandong, many merchants in Shanxi and Shandong were diverted to Linyi. He Lianhai, General Manager of Runde International Hardware & Electromechanical City, said that compared with Linyi Hardware Market, Shijiazhuang has advantages in terms of geographical location and traffic conditions, but Taiyuan, Datong and Yuci’s customers bypassed us and went straight to Linyi to purchase hardware products. .

Market Dispersion Impairs Overall Competitiveness The hardware and electrical machinery market in our city has also had a glorious history. The radiation to the north, including the northeast, north, and northwest, has become the leader in the hardware and electromechanical market in the country.

Shijiazhuang hardware and electrical machinery market is the birthplace of Victory Street hardware market, it has more than 20 years of history, in the North China Hardware market has a leading reputation. In 2009, due to the construction of the new railway station project, Shengli Street was closed to construction and all the merchants moved away. Merchants in this market were diverted.

Recalling the once prosperous scene, He Lianhai, who has been engaged in the hardware and electrical machinery market for many years, has been filled with emotions. Although the management of Shengli Avenue was chaotic at the time, it was very popular and the transaction volume was very large. Most merchants had annual turnover of millions and millions. Above, there are even large business operators that have broken through 100 million yuan. The wholesale sales of the entire market ranked the top five in the country, especially the Wire, wire and cable sales ranked first.

He believes that with the accelerating urbanization process and the expansion of the city’s system, the development space of the hardware and electromechanical professional market located in the center of the city is limited, and its removal from the urban area is a general trend.

However, the old market disperses, the new market has not formed influence, and the layout is scattered, it is difficult to form a joint force, which greatly reduced the overall influence of the Shijiazhuang hardware market. When many manufacturers visited Shijiazhuang, I do not know which market to share. . He Lianhai said that the Shijiazhuang market has become less concerned, and accordingly, the overall competitiveness of the market has continued to decline.

Looking forward to the leading market to drive the industry development in the face of rapidly changing business conditions, operators realized that the traditional hardware and electromechanical market must be upgraded, they need a long-term business, long-term development of the trading market, requires a high-grade, large-scale, professional Hardware & Electrical Wholesale Market.

Only the leading market can drive the development of the industry. Zhang Weimin, deputy general manager of Shijiazhuang International Trade City, believes that North China has a large market for hardware, machinery and electrical appliances, but it is relatively low-grade, not scale and climate, and the market lacks a leader.

The construction of a large-scale high-end hardware and electronic trading city, as well as the ongoing upgrading of the existing hardware and electromechanical professional market, is a trend in the development of the hardware, electromechanical and professional markets during the current and future period. Not long ago, Zhu Renhe, chairman of the China Wujiadeng Chemical Industry Business Association, also said that the development of the era is driving the transformation of the trade market from extensive to intensive, and from a single market to a full-scale market. The general trend of development of the hardware and electromechanical market is the irreversible development trend of the entire industry.

Relevant persons in our city also stated that while actively supporting the relevant departments, they must also respect the laws of the market and use the laws of market economy to eliminate certain markets that cannot adapt to market development.

Based on these understandings, several hardware and electromechanical markets, such as Runde International, which are relatively strong in strength, are actively expanding their landscapes, adjusting their business strategies, and nurturing market brands, with a view to becoming an industry leader at an early date. At the same time, the International Trading City, a key trade and commerce project under construction, has planned three hardware and electromechanical markets with high standards. It is divided into independent, open shops, shopping malls, and boutique shops. It is expected to build a logistics distribution system. * Multi-functional integrated business platforms such as guarantees, international trade, e-commerce, exhibitions and exhibitions, as well as comprehensive business support, are responsible for the development of the industry.