It was learned from the Municipal Bureau of Commerce that during this year's "May Day" holiday, the city's commercial and trade circulation enterprises launched more than 200 various consumption promotion activities, covering six themes: trade-in, leisure and shopping, trendy entertainment, art exhibitions, night markets, and catering and food. On May 1, the city's consumer market showed a prosperous and active trend, with 453 commercial and trade circulation enterprises monitored achieving a total sales of 310 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%, and a passenger flow of 1.898 million, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%.
Automobile and household goods are selling well. On April 24, the city's 2024 Tianjin Consumer Goods Trade-in Shopping Festival was launched, and on the first day of the May Day holiday, driven by the holiday effect, major consumer goods such as automobiles and household appliances sold well. The 2024 Tianjin International Automobile Fair and May Day Automobile Carnival opened at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center on the same day, with an exhibition area of 60,000 square meters, bringing together more than 100 automobile brands and thousands of models. In this auto show, the surrounding commercial carriers, hotels and various consumer brands form an organic linkage, and there are all kinds of consumption promotion discounts outside the exhibition, consumers can get all kinds of discounts in Shanshan Outlet, Meijiang Impression City, Shijia Courtyard, Yangliuqing Folk Museum and other business, tourism and cultural consumption places with auto show tickets, and have the opportunity to draw Disney genuine dolls. The sales of linkage commercial carriers such as Meijiang Impression City and Shanshan Outlet increased by more than 20% compared with before the exhibition. All kinds of household appliances sales merchants on the first day of the holiday also obviously ushered in a small peak of consultation and purchase, Jizhou Jiale Electric City sales increased by 1.5 times year-on-year, Suning, Red Star Macalline Hexi store customer flow increased by more than 50% year-on-year.
Shopping malls are full of traffic. Major shopping malls have seized the opportunity of holiday travel and launched various IP co-branding and discount promotions, driving the growth of passenger flow and sales. The 55 shopping malls monitored achieved sales of 82.878 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%, and the passenger flow was 1.386 million, a year-on-year increase of 18.2%. Teemall held the Garden of Time - Baroque Dance Spring-themed Art Exhibition, with sales and footfall increasing by 23.1% and 21.9% year-on-year, respectively. Luneng City launched the third cultural and art season of "Spend Time and Fun Life", and held cutting-edge exhibition and performance activities such as light drama performances, KPOP dance, city comic exhibition, and e-sports competitions, as well as full consumption rebate coupons, points redemption gifts, etc. Sales and footfall increased by 28.3% and 10.3% year-on-year, respectively. Focusing on the theme of pets and two-dimensional elements, Hedong Aegean invited more than 50 super cute cats to interact with the "Cat Tasting Club" on the spot, and at the same time held an animation carnival that did not live at home, driving sales to increase by more than 80% year-on-year.
The housing and dining market is still hot. On the first day of the holiday, foreign tourists arrived in Tianjin one after another to start their tours, driving the consumption of residential meals to be hot. The northwest corner is used as an early check-in place in Tianjin, and the "queuing" mode is opened at more than 5 o'clock in the morning, and a breakfast shop in Heping District is "chartered" by foreign tourist groups, and the "package" of Gaba cuisine + pancake fruit is selling well. The first Tianjin Breakfast Culture Festival was sought after by tourists, and many tourists left a message that "this festival should be held on a national tour". The business of various breweries and Western restaurants in Yifeng District is booming, with the turnover of the Brewery of Bowrona increasing by more than 3 times year-on-year, and the turnover and customer flow of the Seine restaurant increasing by more than 20%. The Social Hill Hotel held the Social Hill Beauty Festival 4.0, relying on the linkage activities of business, culture, tourism and performances, the turnover increased by more than 3 times year-on-year, and the turnover of hotels near attractions such as Dongli Lake Evergrande and Yanyuan International increased by more than 15% year-on-year.
The city's supply is abundant and the price is stable. On the first day of the holiday, the city's daily necessities market was well supplied and prices were stable. The sales of the 106 supermarket chains monitored increased by 25.6% year-on-year, and the transaction volume of the 6 key agricultural product wholesale markets increased by 9.8% year-on-year, and the transaction volume increased by 3.3% year-on-year, all of which maintained stable growth. Walmart Sam's Store sold seasonal fruits well, with sales and foot traffic up 36.1% and 50% year-on-year, respectively. The average wholesale and retail prices of vegetables decreased by 0.5% and 2.51% month-on-month, respectively.
Source: Tianjin release, Jinyun News reporter Zhao Yingyan