Guangxi'S Traditional Retail Industry Has Been Attacked By Many Parties.

Occupy the golden section of the first high-rise building in Nanning, Guangzhou Friendship Store insists on the high-end department store route, where many international first-line brands are stationed, which is a gathering place for Guangxi's luxury consumption.

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In the past 9 years, Guangzhou friendship Nanning store seems to have been very warm.

A salesperson of a brand counter told reporters: "business has not been very good. In the past two years, influenced by the economic environment, it has been even more deserted."

In the face of closing down, some netizens exclaimed: "on behalf of the status of the tall."

"The threshold is very high, usually very few, and the consumption level is not enough." "the retail price of goods inside is not low, and people are few and far between, and people come out in a circle. It really makes people feel too quiet!" "the service here makes people feel very warm, and there is free WiFi. You can browse online while shopping, and the shopping environment is much more needless to say. Unfortunately, it is gone now."

Recently, organized by the Commerce Department of the Autonomous Region

At the government business forum, representatives of key retail enterprises in various cities are not optimistic about the trend of consumer market this year.

"In the first quarter, our sales volume has dropped by two digits, and some suppliers have the intention to withdraw. The cost of investment and labor costs are rising."

Nanning Dream Island Water Crystal City department store, a responsible person said.

According to statistics, in the first quarter of this year, 410 of the 1641 enterprises in Guangxi above Designated Size retail enterprises had a decrease in retail sales, accounting for 25% of the total number of retail enterprises.

"Affected by the downward pressure of the real economy, hydropower, rent and labor costs and the impact of online consumption and other factors, the fundamentals of traditional retail enterprises' sales difficulties have not changed, and the subsequent growth is weak."

Xiong Jiajun, deputy director of the Commerce Department of the autonomous region, said.

The pressure of rising costs comes mainly from rent, utilities and labor costs.

Chen Yanhong, deputy general manager of Limited by Share Ltd, Lianhua supermarket, Guangxi, said: "as the rents rose sharply, 12 stores, including franchises, were forced to close. If we want to renew the lease, the rent will increase by 1-2 times. We simply can not afford it."

According to incomplete statistics, in the past two years, the salary growth of our retail enterprises has increased by about 9%, among which the growth rate of large business super stores, department stores and professional stores is more than two digits, all higher than the growth rate of their own sales.

At the same time, the new rental contract for enterprises has increased by 23% on average.

The rise of rent and labor costs directly leads to a decline in gross profit margin of retail businesses.

Compared with the downturn in traditional physical retail industry, Internet consumption continues to be hot.

In 2015, the retail sales volume of e-commerce in our district increased by more than 120%, and the retail extrusion effect of clothing, shoes and hats, needle textiles, cosmetics, daily necessities and other commodities was obvious.

Zhang You, assistant general manager of Guangxi sunning cloud Sales Co., Ltd., said: "in the first quarter of this year, the sales of 303 million yuan in Guangxi under the Suning line reached 10.4% yuan, while the sales of suning.com platform reached 212 million yuan online, an increase of 81.44% over the same period."