Warm attire sales peak this winter

Sales of warm clothes, quilts and blankets have boomed, as chilly weather continues to persist with the fall of mercury in the capital and elsewhere across the country.
Visiting Gulistan, Purana Paltan, Mouchak and New Market areas on Friday, the FE found potential buyers, especially those on limited incomes, crowding shops for clothes to protect themselves from the rigours of wintry chill.
However, traders were selling warm clothes at relatively high rates following an increased demand for the items. Second-hand and imported used ones were also in huge demand.
People from different income groups, including day-labourers, rickshaw-pullers and CNG auto drivers, were seen thronging shops and malls to buy warm clothes of different shapes and sizes.
They crowded makeshift shops near Baitul Mokarram Mosque, Purana Paltan, Gulistan, Mouchak, New Market and other areas for the same.
Second-hand woollen sweaters, blazers, warm caps and other items were selling at makeshift shops on footpaths.
Similarly, different types of sweaters, jackets, sweatshirts and blankets have been put on display for sale at different shopping malls and shops.
However, customers accused the traders of selling warm clothes at high prices.
M Khorshed Alam, a private jobholder who was shopping in Baitul Mokarram area, told the FE that he bought sweaters for him and his wife and two jackets for his children.
According to the man, the prices of these products have increased but his purchasing power has been static.
However, traders said they were selling sweaters, jackets and blankets of different sizes at competitive prices, making a marginal profit only in consideration of the limited-income groups of people.
Second-hand/used/imported clothes were selling between Tk 300 and Tk 600 while used quilts ranged from Tk 500 to Tk 800 depending on their quality.
Locally-made new sweaters were selling between Tk 1000 and Tk 1500, while a single piece of blazer ranges in price from Tk 2,000 to Tk 2,500 depending on their quality.
According to the Met office, the lowest minimum temperature was recorded at 8.3 degrees Celsius in Tentulia, Panchagarh, on the day.
On the other hand, the minimum temperature in Dhaka city on the day was 13.6 degrees, while the maximum heat was 16.0 degrees.
However, the day's maximum temperature in Sylhet was recorded at 25.5 degrees.

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