Discount makes mount sales in last-hour at DITF
Kamruzzaman Bablu :
Thousands of visitors thronged the Dhaka International Trade Fair yesterday, as sellers offered huge discounts in a bid to secure maximum profit at the eleventh hour of the fair.
Exhibitors are eyeing to reach a voluminous sales target thru luring discounts to ensure upsurge in last-minute sales at the month-long trade exposition at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital.
“Highest number of visitors thronged the fair on lastday (Friday). We are offering maximum discount on our products to boost sales,” said a number of exhibitors at different pavilions and stalls of the fair.
They said lucrative discount offers have achieved their intended goal of bringing huge number of consumers to the fairground to buy their (sellers) products. Smart Tex Marketing Executive Md Rakibul Islam said: “The response we have got to our 10% to 70% discount offers is more than expected. Besides, we have reserved new products for attracting shoppers from home and abroad.”
Different cosmetic and foodstuff stalls are making “buy one and get one free” offer while country-pavilions like Dubai, Iran and Korea are offering 5% to 50% discount. “I have bought a UAE-made 300ml body spray and got another free. Actually I have come with my friend to visit the fair,” said Hasan Ahmed, a visitor from the capital’s Bokshibazar area.
Blazer and readymade garment stalls are also offering 50% discount, or Tk200-Tk1,000, on each product. M/S Shathi Enterprise, a blazer stall, hanged an announcement that reads “Akheri offer: Blazer Tk1,500”. Previous estimated price of the blazer was Tk3,200.
The furniture brands like Regal, Brothers, Nadia, Hatil, Akthar and Partex are also receiving positive response over their 10%-15% discounts. According to sellers, plastic products, kitchenware, bikes, electronics, home appliances, aluminum products, melamine products, cosmetics, clothes, and shoes top the list of sales.
Razib Dhar, sales executive of PRAN, said sales have increased this week comparing to the previous ones. Discounts, cheap price and quality of products have contributed to huge upsurge in last-minute sales.
Thousands of visitors thronged the Dhaka International Trade Fair yesterday, as sellers offered huge discounts in a bid to secure maximum profit at the eleventh hour of the fair.
Exhibitors are eyeing to reach a voluminous sales target thru luring discounts to ensure upsurge in last-minute sales at the month-long trade exposition at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital.
“Highest number of visitors thronged the fair on lastday (Friday). We are offering maximum discount on our products to boost sales,” said a number of exhibitors at different pavilions and stalls of the fair.
They said lucrative discount offers have achieved their intended goal of bringing huge number of consumers to the fairground to buy their (sellers) products. Smart Tex Marketing Executive Md Rakibul Islam said: “The response we have got to our 10% to 70% discount offers is more than expected. Besides, we have reserved new products for attracting shoppers from home and abroad.”
Different cosmetic and foodstuff stalls are making “buy one and get one free” offer while country-pavilions like Dubai, Iran and Korea are offering 5% to 50% discount. “I have bought a UAE-made 300ml body spray and got another free. Actually I have come with my friend to visit the fair,” said Hasan Ahmed, a visitor from the capital’s Bokshibazar area.
Blazer and readymade garment stalls are also offering 50% discount, or Tk200-Tk1,000, on each product. M/S Shathi Enterprise, a blazer stall, hanged an announcement that reads “Akheri offer: Blazer Tk1,500”. Previous estimated price of the blazer was Tk3,200.
The furniture brands like Regal, Brothers, Nadia, Hatil, Akthar and Partex are also receiving positive response over their 10%-15% discounts. According to sellers, plastic products, kitchenware, bikes, electronics, home appliances, aluminum products, melamine products, cosmetics, clothes, and shoes top the list of sales.
Razib Dhar, sales executive of PRAN, said sales have increased this week comparing to the previous ones. Discounts, cheap price and quality of products have contributed to huge upsurge in last-minute sales.
