Ms. Zheng, who has been in charge of the industrial and commercial section of the Antarctic Computer City for a long time, said, "Most of the facades of the Antarctic Computer City have been changed to restaurants and department stores, and the facades selling computers have also been changed to selling tofu brains and mobile phones to selling yellow chickens. Only a quarter of businesses are still operating digital products. " There used to be about 200 households selling mobile phones and computers, but now the first floor and the third floor are all changed into catering businesses. Other stores, such as department stores, also occupy a lot of pavements.
Cyberplaza used to have 350 households selling mobile phones and computers, and now it has also begun to introduce "non-digital operation". There are only 150 department stores, and there are more than 40 catering operators. The industrial and commercial personnel in charge of the computer urban management department of Bainaohui also told reporters that Bainaohui Computer City is also actively "turning". At present, more than 40 catering operators have settled in Bainaohui.
Director Huang of Guangbutun Industrial and Commercial Office in Hongshan District, Wuhan City said that at the peak of Guangbutun Computer City, there were more than 5,000 merchants selling digital products, mainly selling mobile phones and computers. The main customers are not only college students in Wuhan University Town, but also five provinces in Central China and more than half of China. Now many businesses selling mobile phones and computers have changed careers. According to the most conservative estimate, the number of digital merchants has decreased by one third.
When it comes to the reasons for the decline in sales in today's computer industry, what merchants say most is the impact of e-commerce. "There used to be customers who went to the computer city to buy computers. Now most customers come here to compare prices." Mr. Tan said.
Ms. Wang of another store said that compared with the price of e-commerce, physical stores are not competitive at all. "We have rent and labor costs."
In addition to the impact of e-commerce, Mr. Tan said that the poor computer business is also related to the shrinking size of the entire market. "Notebooks and desktops are no longer popular electronic products, and mobile phones and tablets are the mainstream." He said that in addition to operating computers, he also operates peripheral products such as cameras and game discs, and sometimes these products bring more profits than computers.
Many mobile phone stores in Computer City have been upgraded to experience stores. The boss will introduce the performance of mobile phones in detail, provide different mobile phones according to the special needs of customers, and demonstrate the special functions such as photo effect and language operation on the spot. At the scene, the price of mobile phones in mobile phone stores is similar to that on the Internet. The most important thing is that once there is a "three guarantees" problem with the mobile phone, you can complain directly to the store; And if you buy it online, it will be more troublesome to complain to the foreign industrial and commercial departments.
In addition to service upgrades, the products sold are also silently "upgraded". According to the industrial and commercial personnel in charge of Lanpu Computer City in Guangshantun Industrial and Commercial Office of Hongshan District, at present, there are very few merchants selling mobile phones in Lanpu Computer City, and most of them started by selling software and games. Traditional computer city is becoming a "smart city".
Manager Xu of the Information Plaza said that in addition to operating mobile phones and computers, there are many intelligent products here: there are robots that can do early education, smart trash cans, sweeping robots and intelligent drones.