Demand for warm clothes increases as winter sets in

A large number of people in various parts of the federal capital thronged the flea markets to purchase warm clothes amid the start of the winter season in Pakistan.

The sale of warm clothes and long shoes gained momentum since the start of winter, especially in the flea markets where shops were seen displaying old and new warm clothes to attract customers. Stalls of used clothes in Landa Bazar at Peshawar Mor, Aabpara market, and Faizabad are offering sweaters, coats, quilts, blankets, trousers, shirts, woollies, children's wear, and jackets.

Ahmar Najeed a buyer at the flea market on Monday said that inflation coupled with poverty were forcing people to opt for thrift shopping rather than buying new clothes. Since new clothes have become extremely expensive and out of his range, he had come to the flea market to buy second-hand clothes for his children and himself, he added. He also observed that warm clothes in the flea markets were also expensive as compared to previous years.

Nighat Ahmad, a woman customer, who was a teacher at a local school, said that purchasing power of the salaried people was decreasing and the quilt set that she bought last year for the winter from main shops was no more affordable this year.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 22^nd, 2022.