Chengdu city of the new century is about to become the memory of chengdu. On 2 march, the city of computers of the new century issued a circular to businesses in its city: the mall will be officially closed as of 5 april 2017. This digital city, marked by 17 years of business history in chengdu, is about to end. Today, a reporter from the chengdu commercial press arrived at the mall office, where staff confirmed to the journalist the news that the mall would cease to operate and indicated that it would be transformed behind. However, the office staff at the mall did not disclose how the transition was to take place. Journalists have learned from some of the malls that the malls may be transformed into creative offices in the future。
Accident: the new century city of computers closes down next month
The new century city of computer commerce is located in the middle of a street of urban technology, near sichuan university and sichuan college of music, with easy access and geographical location. At the height of the era, it was the centre of a well-deserved computer market. The city of computers of the new century, which opened in 2000, had 17 years of history in chengdu, yet a paper announcement ended the fate of the former digital giant。
On 2 march, the city of computers of the new century issued an official circular to businesses in its malls: “the malls have been operating for many years because of a number of factors, including insufficient market demand and the impact of electronic commerce on traditional markets. The malls have been studying to decide that they will be closed since 5 april 2017.” in the circular, at the same time, the new century expressed the hope that businesses would work with comptoirs to properly perform after-sales services for commercial city consumers。
In the afternoon of 3 march, chengdu newspaper journalists went to the new century computer business city management office. One of the staff members who hosted the journalist made it clear that “notices were issued by the comptoir office and are currently only distributed to the respective business owners and are not posted at the mall”. As to the reasons for the closure of the mall, the counterpart indicated that it was difficult to operate without much explanation. With regard to the future of markets, a simple response would be a transformation, but it did not indicate the specific direction of the transition, indicating that it was still under consideration。
Business: heard about the future or transformation of creative offices
Journalists visited the new world computer city at random, on friday afternoons, apparently with more staff than customers. On the first floor, there are nearly four or five salesmen at each of the brand offices who raise their voices, but few customers visit. Computer accessories, office equipment, digital products, software, video games, etc. On the second to fourth floors, and even fewer clients, the journalists initially estimated that there were only about 10 customers per floor in the big computer city。
A salesman of the shinzhou computer told reporters that he had heard the mall was ready to leave, but had not expected to come so soon. “it is true that business in the mall is too bad, and it is inevitable to evacuate.” the salesman indicated that they might move to other digital markets, such as the centrum, after the evacuation。
One of the owners of the camera said, “the original lease in the mall expired at the beginning of april this year, so no one had a dispute and moved”. With regard to the future direction of the mall, the camera owner revealed that the four floors of the mall were being converted to creative office space。
There's only a few people at the mall
Expert: traditional malls are inevitably hit by electricians
In an interview with a reporter in chengdu, the president of the sichuan business chain association stated that the impact of the electricity company on the industry had been primarily digital, and that, as a standardized product, digital products were offered in a transparent manner on the internet, and that traditional stores had little advantage. He also believes that the collapse of the new century computer city is also relevant to their failure to follow the market boom: “in an era of great consumerism, computer cities follow the traditional business model, and high-end experience shops such as apple and hua choon have developed a new path.” the profit margin has declined, but rents and human costs remain high and the end is inevitable。
In the face of the business difficulties of the traditional comptoir, cai meng yi, director-general of the south-western district of kaile international, commented earlier that “the difficulty of traditional comptoirs lies in their small size, their limited range of options, their difficulty in meeting emerging market needs, and their difficulty in responding to the double pressure of the real economic downturn and electric shocks
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