School uniform sales slow<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Traders in Cipulir market in Tangerang have
\ncomplained about the decrease in buyers of elementery school
\nstudents' uniforms.<\/p>\n
\"Maybe the economic slump has partly caused the drop here,\"
\nGito, a wholesale trader, said on Saturday, adding that discounts
\nwould not effective in attracting buyers.<\/p>\n
He set the price of Rp 120,000 for 20 uniforms for an
\nelementary school first-grader, while the retail price is Rp
\n12,500 per piece.<\/p>\n
Another trader, Heri, said that business this year was worse
\nthan last year. \"Many parents have spent a lot more money on
\nschool tuition,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He assumed that parents plan to reuse the uniforms of their
\nolder children for the younger ones to save money.<\/p>\n
Rini, a resident in Petukangan, South Jakarta, said that she
\nreluctantly bought two uniforms for Rp 70,000, one for her son,
\nwho is in junior high school, and the other for her daughter, an
\nelementary school student.<\/p>\n
\"She could not wear her brother's old uniforms,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Like the traders in Cipulir, those in Senen market, Central
\nJakarta, also said that only a few shoppers showed up to buy
\nschool uniforms.<\/p>\n
Rus said she had no idea why business was slow.<\/p>\n
\"I'm tired of attracting buyers as they always want to bargain
\nhard and ask for unreasonable prices,\" she complained.<\/p>\n
She said that out of her total gross daily turnover of Rp
\n800,000, she only earned about 30 percent from the uniform sales,
\nfar below her expectation of 50 percent. --JP<\/p>",
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