Though purchasing power of this year is very difficult to anticipate, confectionery and fashion clothes makers still increase their output.

Clients select confectionery for Tet holiday.Meanwhile, retailers apply many measures of price stability and hold many big promotional programs to stimulate consumption demand. In this year, commodities for Tet holiday season are very plentiful and various.Tet holiday will come within 2 more weeks. And, now goods for Tet market overwhelms everywhere with stabilized prices. Until now, demand on shopping has strongly focused on fashion clothes. Shoppers have flocked to trade centers, supermarkets and fashion shops across the province to choose the most beautiful clothes for Tet holiday. Along with essential items, home appliance shops have launched countless attractive promotional programs. Despite its new inauguration, Nguyen Kim home appliance supermarket in Phu Cuong ward, Thu Dau Mot city has lured countless shoppers. The inauguration has lifted the group's branches up to 6 nationwide, the group has prepared a large number of products accompanied with attractive promotional programs. Specifically, a rice cooker branded Philip HD4729 is priced at VND630,000 and clients enjoy lucky money when buying products at the newly-opened supermarket from now till Feb. 9.At Lai Thieu, Bung markets in Thuan An town, Di An market in Di An town and Phu Hoa market in Thu Dau Mot city, small traders have displayed products such as confectionery and beverage to lure clients. Kim Phuong, the owner of a confectionery shop on August Revolution Road in Thu Dau Mot city, said her shop has prepared volume of goods in equivalent to the previous years with gift baskets priced at VND150,00-2,000,000 per basket. In this year, prices of confectionery products can increase slightly at 5% from the previous Tet season but there are countless products in service for customers' choices. Big confectionery companies such as Kinh Do, Bibica, Trung Nguyen coffee, Vissan... have increased their output with proper patterns for offering. Bibica Company increases 15% of its output in this year and launches new patterns in service for offering whilst Kinh Do company launches 3,800 tons of confectionery, a 20% increase from the previous year and focuses on hi-grade products for offering. Prices of confectionery items in this year will increase at 5-7%. However, retailers have made efforts to keep the lowest level of selling prices through promotional programs or discounts...Reported by T.Huynh - Translated by A.C