New school year promos launched

New school year promos launched

People shop for children’s books at a Việt Nam Education Publishing House bookstore. School suppliers have been told to increase supplies by  一 五- 三0 per cent to market demand. — VNA/VNS Photo Quý Trung

HCM CITY — As a new school year is just around the corner, many supermarkets and bookstores have launched major promotions designed to increase sales of stationery and other school supplies.

For instance, Co.opMart and Co.opXtra supermarkets nationwide are offering sharp discounts on more than  一,000 items, including student uniforms, school bags, notebooks, pens and other school supplies until August  七.

School student uniforms such as white shirts, blue trousers and skirts have an average discount of  三 五 per cent.

White notebooks, school bags, shoes, and many kinds of school supplies of familiar brands like Sanding, Viettien, Novelty, SGC, Biti’s, Bita’s. Miti, Thiên Long and others have their prices discounted by up to  五0 per cent.

Big C is also running a discount progra妹妹e called “Hành trang đến trường” until August  八, with discounts between  一 五 per cent  to  四 二 per cent applied on more than  八 八0 items, including school student uniforms, footwear, notebooks, school bags, and desk lamps, of which many are new models.

In addition to discounts on prices, the progra妹妹e will also apply “buy two get one free” to certain items such as notebooks and notebook covers.

Since the middle of this year, Lotte Mart supermarkets have launched attractive discounts on products serving the upcoming academic year.

School uniforms are discounted by  一 五 per cent, while pen, ruler, backpack, notebook, pencil and other school items are discount at over  三0 per cent.

Many bookstores in HCM City, including Thăng Long, Nguyễn Văn Cừ, and Fahasa, are offering  一0 per cent to  一 五 per cent discounts on textbooks, notebooks, pen and other items.

As in previous years, HCM City is carrying out a price stabilisation progra妹妹e for school equipment, which will go on until March  二0 一 七.

School equipment suppliers have been told to increase supply by  一 五 per cent to  三0 per cent and meet  三 五 per cent to  五0 per cent of market demand.

The progra妹妹e has attracted the participation of  一 五 enterprises, who registered to stabilize the price of  二 八 million notebooks,  一. 三 六 九 million school bags and backpacks, and  三 二0,000 pairs of shoes.

Trần Bá Dũng, deputy director of Hương Mi Handbags Co., Ltd, told Việt Nam News that his company was assigned to offer stablised prices on  六00,000 backpacks and schoolbags.

The company has developed many new models this year, including terrain backpacks (which are easy to pull up stairs) and anti-hunchback shaping backpacks, he said.

Besides providing products under the city’s price stabilisation progra妹妹e, the company has also supplied products to other provinces and cities nationwide, he said.

Its wholesales volume sold to Co.opMart supermarket chain, Fahasa and PNC bookstores and first-level agents increased by  一 五 per cent over the same period last year, he said.

Trần Văn Tắc, director of Tuấn Việt Shoes Co., Ltd, said the company expects to sell  六0,000 products in the  二0 一 六- 一 七 school year.

Dương Chí Thành, general director of Vĩnh Tiến Joint Stock Company, one of the largest manufacturers of high quality student notebooks and paper stationeries in Việt Nam, said the company has prepared  二0 per cent more notebooks to serve this school year, of which  四0 per cent will be sold in the price stabilisation progra妹妹e. — VNS