Affected by price increase pressure, Xinchun Hardware prices rose slightly

Most of the prices of building materials have not gone up. “Prices have gone up again!” This sentence should have been a news story that has gradually become accustomed to by everyone. Home building materials industry in the end what kind of market? Recently, the author visited the major home building materials stores.

In the northern city of Phoenix, many building materials merchants told the author that although the rising prices of raw materials caused a slight increase in the purchase price, everyone basically did not increase their prices, and most products still maintain their original prices.

The furniture market is still stable in several major shopping malls under Oukailong. Some sales staff of branded furniture stores also told the author that despite the rising prices of raw materials such as sheet metal and hardware, the merchants basically maintained their original prices, hoping to pass “small profits and quick turnover”. The way to sell.

Some of the furniture and building materials businesses of Red Star Macalline said that since the agency is a nationwide big brand, the retail price of many products has already been set at the factory, and there has been no change in recent days and it is still relatively stable. At the same time, merchants and shopping malls will still initiate promotional promotions from time to time.

Some businesses in Zhongbo Furniture Center even stated that since the market is generally not feeling very good, many furniture prices are quite low, and now buying furniture can still get enough benefits.

In the soft-packing areas such as the Red Star Macalline and the curtain fabrics in Phoenix, I did not see too much price fluctuations caused by inflation.

Hardware prices rose slightly, of course, some home building materials prices did appear quietly rising.

The author saw in the Sanitary Ware District and Hardware Zone in Phoenix City that the prices of various sanitary hardware and hardware components needed to make furniture, such as locks, rose slightly.

Affected by this, the prices of products such as whole cabinets and smoke cookers also showed signs of price increases. For the reasons for the price increase, the merchants stated that many of the hardware accessories are produced in foreign countries, and the price of the goods has gone up, so they have to follow the rise.

In addition, the author also found a phenomenon of "invisible price increases." For example, although the price of a brand of a well-known wood floor brand has not risen, consumers have not been able to get a discount of 50% or 60% in the first half of the year. Instead, they have become a 30% off discount. In fact, it has also increased its price by at least 10%.