Heavy rush in markets, shopping malls

KHULNA: With only two weeks left for Ed-ul-Fitr, the greatest Muslim religious festival, the Eid shopping has started gaining momentum in the city amid huge supply of consumer goods and enthusiasm among the people for buying, reports BSS.
All the city markets are seen busy now to sell their commodities to the shoppers. The rush of customers at the shopping malls starts from morning and runs till closing of the shops. The buying spree is likely to continue till the last day of the holy Ramadan. With the rise in the number of buyers, traffic jam in the city’s busy market places, road side makeshift markets and intersections, particularly in front of shopping centres, have become acute.
Retail price of children, men’s and women’s wear both country made and foreign especially Indian, rose by 15 to 20 per cent than the previous year.
Markets have been decorated with some of their gates being illuminated with coloured neon signs. The volume of transactions is relatively higher this year as the city’s Boro Bazar, Moshiur Rahman Market, Khaja Khanjahan Ali Hawkers Market, Nixon Market, Shaheed Suhrawardy Market, Esha Chamber, Akter Chamber, Malek Chamber, Dawkbangla Super Market, Khulna Shopping Complex, Khan Tower, KDA New Market, Arong, Safe and Save, KDA Avenue Markets and different shopping houses are humming with unusual Eid shopping crowd. Small shops are found more crowded than the big shopping malls. Buyers in larger numbers, mostly women and children, are crowding the shopping centres before and after the Iftar.
Prices of different varieties of clothes, particularly cotton, silk and synthetic have registered a sharp rise although the shops are almost full of a variety of garments.
A ‘Lehenga’ type Indian clothe made by jorget with mixing silk and floor touch long kamij namely ‘Bajirao Mastani’, a name with an Indian famous Hindi film are mostly favourite for the young women. The clothes are being sold at the cost of Tk 3000 to Tk 15,000. Aliful Haque, owner of Aponjona at KDA New Market said that Bootiks, Organ De Bootics, Moslin, Sarara, Jamdani, Rajshahi silk also have prime demand with the ‘Bajirao Mastani’.
Most of the rich buyers are crowding different big shopping centres while the middle-income group people are seen purchasing their desired items from the Borobazar and Nixon Markets while the low income group people are also seen purchasing from make shift markets.

Heavy rush in markets, shopping malls

KHULNA: With only two weeks left for Ed-ul-Fitr, the greatest Muslim religious festival, the Eid shopping has started gaining momentum in the city amid huge supply of consumer goods and enthusiasm among the people for buying, reports BSS. All the city markets are seen busy now to sell their commodities to the shoppers. The rush of customers at the shopping malls starts from morning and runs till closing of the shops. The buying spree is likely to continue till the last day of the holy Ramadan. With the rise in the number of buyers, traffic jam in the citys busy market places, road side makeshift markets and intersections, particularly in front of shopping centres, have become acute. Retail price of children, mens and womens wear both country made and foreign especially Indian, rose by 15 to 20 per cent than the previous year. Markets have been decorated with some of their gates being illuminated with coloured neon signs. The volume of transactions is relatively higher this year as the citys Boro Bazar, Moshiur Rahman Market, Khaja Khanjahan Ali Hawkers Market, Nixon Market, Shaheed Suhrawardy Market, Esha Chamber, Akter Chamber, Malek Chamber, Dawkbangla Super Market, Khulna Shopping Complex, Khan Tower, KDA New Market, Arong, Safe and Save, KDA Avenue Markets and different shopping houses are humming with unusual Eid shopping crowd. Small shops are found more crowded than the big shopping malls. Buyers in larger numbers, mostly women and children, are crowding the shopping centres before and after the Iftar. Prices of different varieties of clothes, particularly cotton, silk and synthetic have registered a sharp rise although the shops are almost full of a variety of garments. A Lehenga type Indian clothe made by jorget with mixing silk and floor touch long kamij namely Bajirao Mastani, a name with an Indian famous Hindi film are mostly favourite for the young women. The clothes are being sold at the cost of Tk 3000 to Tk 15,000. Aliful Haque, owner of Aponjona at KDA New Market said that Bootiks, Organ De Bootics, Moslin, Sarara, Jamdani, Rajshahi silk also have prime demand with the Bajirao Mastani. Most of the rich buyers are crowding different big shopping centres while the middle-income group people are seen purchasing their desired items from the Borobazar and Nixon Markets while the low income group people are also seen purchasing from make shift markets.