The first batch of small-store economic clusters and a hundred small specialty stores in the city have made their debut

From: Lianyungang Daily Updated: 2024-01-03 08:30

Small businesses are thriving, adding color to the economic background. Yesterday, the journalist learned from the Municipal Bureau of Commerce that according to the Several Measures for Promoting the Healthy Development of “Small-store Economy” in Lianyungang City and the Notice on Carrying out the Application and Selection for Small Specialty Stores and Small-store Economic Clusters and related documents, through registration and preliminary selection, online voting, offline selection, on-site investigation and other procedures, a total of 95 enterprises and merchants in the city were selected as “100 Small Specialty Stores in Lianyungang City”, 10 units were awarded the title of “First Batch of Small-store Economic Clusters” in our city.

More than ten bundles of fresh flowers were being unloaded from the car in front of the Xiaoxiangzhu Flower Shop on South Julong Road of the city early yesterday morning. At this moment, the shop owner Chen Yantong has already started the live streaming. “Today, you can buy 11 red roses for 98 yuan. Everyone, place your order quickly or they will be withdrawn from sale in 10 minutes.” In the live streaming room, various flowers such as roses, lilies, carnations, gypsophila and platycodon put forth all their magnificence, making the hostess feel like she is in an ocean of fresh flowers. “To develop small stores, we not only need to ride the e-commerce express train and continuously meet the increasing demands of consumers, but also seize policy opportunities to achieve faster development.” Chen Yantong said that the selection of 100 small specialty shops in Lianyungang organized by the city’s commerce departments showed them the real support of the government.

Small stores are the “capillaries” of physical commerce, as well as the “nerve endings” connecting thousands of businesses and serving thousands of households. They play an irreplaceable role in expanding employment and improving people’s livelihoods. This year’s “One Hundred Small Specialty Stores in Lianyungang City” selection covers accommodation and catering, retail, life service, cultural, artistic and intangible cultural heritage small stores throughout the city, publicizes a number of high-quality stores with high popularity and reputation among consumers, promotes the branding and distinctive development of small stores, and enhances the external influence and visibility of Lianyungang’s small stores. Through mobilizing to register and preliminary qualification review by various counties, districts and functional sectors in the city, a total of 138 small stores were selected for online voting. After offline selection and on-site investigation, a total of 95 enterprises and merchants, including Swallow Flower Shop, DAISY&PH Designer and Buyer’s Shop, Yanchiming Tea House, Tan Carpenters and Eaglet Children’s Basketball Club, were selected in “One Hundred Small Specialty Stores in Lianyungang”.

Small stores contain mysteries, and clusters are more attractive. On Wenchang Road in the urban area, there are a total of 145 various stores on both sides of this 500-meter long block. Here, different cultural elements blend together to form a unique cultural atmosphere, attracting a large number of consumers. Since the beginning of this year, the municipal commerce departments have combined with the construction of the 15-minute convenient living circle in the city, focusing on improving the convenience capacity of small stores, encouraging various community commercial outlets to adopt the methods of “one point with multiple uses” and “one store with multiple functions”, superimposed with convenient services such as withholding and payment, collection and delivery, and cultivating a number of convenient, standardized and high-quality small-store economic clusters to meet the diverse consumption needs of residents. “The First Batch of Small-store Economic Clusters” released this time in the city includes the small-store cluster in Heping Community Pedestrian Street, Niushan Street, Donghai County, Xingyun Community Small-store Cluster in Shizhuang Street, Guanyun County, Hengji Square Business District Small-store Cluster in Guannan County, Wuyue Square Small-store Cluster in Qingkou Town of Ganyu District, and Specialty Street Small-store Cluster on Wenchang Road at Xindong Street of Haizhou District.

“Carrying out the selection of ‘One Hundred Small Specialty Stores in Lianyungang City’ and creating the ‘First Batch of Small-store Economic Clusters’ are important contents of the Several Measures for Promoting the Healthy Development of ‘small-store economy’ in Lianyungang City, which can further promote the growth and operation of small stores, facilitate residents’ lives and enhance consumer vitality.” The relevant person in charge of the Market Operation and Consumption Promotion Department of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce states that in the next step, the Municipal Department of Commerce will accelerate the implementation of supporting policies, encourage selected merchants and units to carry out active consumption promotion activities, improve business quality and image, play a leading and demonstrative role, and drive the economic prosperity and development of small stores in the city.