New York City ushered in the first snowfall of winter not long ago, but businesses believe that Chinatown’s economy has already entered a cold winter period. (Photo by Yan Jiaying, a reporter from the U.S. "World Journal")
China Overseas Chinese Network, December 6th. According to a report by the U.S. "World Journal", New York City recently ushered in the first snow of this year's winter. It also dropped. Street vendors and souvenir shops in Manhattan’s Chinatown also sold scarves, hats, gloves and other warm products. However, vendors generally believed that Chinatown’s business was as “cold” as the temperature, and business continued to grow. After the peak period of summer vacations, the economy has deteriorated significantly and the economy has entered a cold winter period.
The temperature in New York City has been close to freezing point recently. In the past years, various hawkers in Chinatown, which sold different products according to the climate, also began to sell warm products, attracting many tourists to visit and inquire, but few people bought them. Less.
Canal St. can be said to be the main arterial road in Chinatown. During peak holidays, tourists are like weaving. On Canal St., there have been 20 years of Chunfang gifts, selling seasonal goods, souvenirs, and mobile phone accessories. Wait; Mr. Wang, the owner of the shop, said on the 4th that he felt that the number of tourists this year had decreased. The summer vacation was the peak season in previous years. It was difficult to walk on the sidewalk in front of the shop, but this year there was no more crowds in previous years.
Chinatown is close to SoHo, Little Italy and other commercial districts. Mr. Wang said that not only the business in Chinatown has deteriorated, but stores in SoHo are also closed.
Mott St. in the core area of Chinatown is also very light; Ms. Chen, who originally sold souvenirs and seasonal goods on Kennedy Road, moved to Mott St. two years ago because of the shop lease. It has been more than ten years since I got up in Chinatown.
Ms. Chen said that these warm products sold very poorly this year; although this winter came later than usual, she believed that the poor sales were not only due to the weather. "There are many people who come to see and inquire, but they really paid There are very few people who buy with money, and sometimes they can’t sell anything all day.”
The “Black Friday” shopping boom and “Small Business Saturdays” at the end of each year can attract many people. However, Yan Weifang, the owner of the gift shop at No. 34 Beth Street, said that young people now shop online. “Those shopping waves are of no real help to us, especially this year’s business is particularly poor.”
Yan Weifang For example, scarves business was good last year At that time, you can sell more than a dozen a day. This year, it’s best to sell two a day. He said that there are fewer people and business slack, and Chinatown’s economy has entered the cold winter early.
, a millennial employee at the end of Be Street, also sighed that business was not as good as a year, and Chinatown’s economy worsened significantly after the peak summer vacation in September, looking at the doorway full of people. She said, “It’s not because the location of the store is poor, no matter where it is, the business in Chinatown is already declining.”
