Textile market in Erode sees sluggish sales after  festival rush

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With festival play   ending, concern  was precise  debased  astatine  the textile marketplace  successful  Erode successful  Tamil Nadu connected  Tuesday.

With festival play ending, concern was precise debased astatine the textile marketplace successful Erode successful Tamil Nadu connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M.

With the festival play coming to an end, income astatine the play textile marketplace successful the metropolis remained dull this week, arsenic traders pinned hopes connected the upcoming wintertime play to revive business.

The play market, which functions from Monday day till Tuesday evening, accommodates implicit 3,000 impermanent textile shops dispersed crossed Ashokapuram, Eswaran Kovil Street, Thiruvenkatasamy Street, N.M.S. Compound, and the E.K.M. Abdul Gani Textile Market adjacent Panneerselvam Park. Regular textile shops, meanwhile, proceed operations passim the week.

Traders from crossed Tamil Nadu and neighbouring States get present to bargain garments successful bulk for their retail customers. The marketplace had witnessed brisk concern up of Deepavali, with ready-made garments sourced from Erode, Tiruppur, Surat, Pune, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad selling well. Affordable pricing and a wide assortment of apparel had attracted a dependable watercourse of customers during the festive period.

However, traders said that income dropped sharply this week. “Business was precise debased arsenic radical had conscionable spent heavy connected festival purchases,” said a trader. Another trader added that request for wintertime garments specified arsenic coats, jackets, sweaters, and earmuffs is expected to prime up successful the coming weeks.

Sales are anticipated to instrumentality to mean successful November and amended further during Christmas, New Year, and Pongal seasons, traders said.

Published - October 28, 2025 06:51 p.m. IST

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