Ongoing Attention | Under the shadow of the coronavirus, is your laundry shop operating normally?
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2020-02-08 11:16
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On January 31, 2020, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, a day originally meant for nationwide return to work, appeared especially quiet under the shadow of the novel coronavirus. The continuously rising confirmed cases and increasing suspected cases on TV and new media for several days made people with tense nerves continue to pause visits to relatives and friends and returning to work in the city. Home quarantine became the main theme of this Spring Festival.
In fact, nearly ten days have passed since Wuhan announced the "lockdown," and how to jointly fight the novel coronavirus epidemic has become the sole theme for all of China.
Under the impact of the epidemic, topics such as the economic outlook for 2020 and how small and medium-sized enterprises can survive have gradually sparked heated discussions. Xu Xiaonian, Lifetime Honorary Professor at China Europe International Business School, believes: "This epidemic will have a huge short-term impact on some industries such as civil aviation, tourism, hotels, and catering. Since the outbreak, airline stock indices have fallen by more than 10%. Enterprises may face situations where accounts receivable cannot be collected and inventory accumulates, requiring maintaining good cash flow and sufficient cash reserves."
The laundry industry, which highly depends on resident consumption and alcohol, tourism, and accommodation, naturally cannot remain unaffected. Apart from medical laundry, customer garment washing and hotel linen washing will undoubtedly suffer huge blows in the short term.
On January 27, the State Council issued a notice extending the Spring Festival holiday to February 2, with normal work resuming on February 3. Subsequently, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hebei, and other provinces and cities postponed the resumption of work to February 10 according to local conditions, and schools also delayed reopening to minimize infection risks, curb the spread of the epidemic, and ensure the safety of the people.
To further respond to the national call and do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, laundry shops across the country have successively issued notices to delay reopening. This delay actually has a significant impact on laundry shops. Unable to operate means products cannot be sold, and while there is no income, they still have to continue paying rent, staff wages, and other basic operating costs.
It is obvious that even if laundry shops resume work at this time, under the circumstance of possibly no business, they will undoubtedly bear additional costs for opening disinfection and epidemic prevention work, and may even face the risk of infection. For any small and medium-sized enterprise at present, any suspected case could directly lead to the risk of business closure.
It is understandable that laundry shops have no business at this time. Netizens jokingly say: "During home quarantine, one set of pajamas lasts through the whole Spring Festival," so laundry demand naturally shrinks. Moreover, under the current circumstances, many people have begun to consider the economic impact and whether their wages and income will be affected in the near future. The first priority in tightening the budget is to reduce consumption of non-essential items.
Experienced laundry practitioners believe that generally, older shops that opened earlier have less pressure because of longer service time and more regular customers, while newly opened shops face greater operational pressure due to high initial investment costs and fewer customer resources. Most practitioners hope the government will introduce supportive policies for small and medium-sized enterprises in terms of taxes, loans, and social security to reduce the long-term impact of this crisis on China's economic development.
Concerns about the future economy under the shadow of the epidemic have become a hot public topic, and once released, repeatedly achieved over 100,000 reads. Taking a moment to calmly think about it, it is not difficult to understand.
In the current uncertain environment, facing the hidden worries brought by the epidemic, how should laundry shops respond? When there is no other way, perhaps some general suggestions can be tried:
1. Cut costs: control personnel expenses, slow down expansion, and use cash wisely.
2. Expand online customer acquisition capabilities. Under reduced personnel flow, traditional laundry shops should actively respond to changes and try to spread and acquire customers through the internet.
3. In the face of difficulties, choose to persist and not give up.
This epidemic tests not only our laundry shops but also many offline physical economies and small and micro enterprises. What we face is actually the difficulties the whole society is facing and urgently needs to overcome.
From a small perspective, the growth of enterprises often occurs at turning points, and each turning point will foster a large number of new enterprises and new service forms; from a larger perspective, the Chinese nation has always become more diligent, stronger, and more capable after every hardship it has experienced since ancient times!
May the epidemic end soon!
May the future of the laundry industry get better and better!
Sincere respect to the frontline enterprises and personnel fighting the epidemic!
Source of images in this article: ① Xinhua News Agency Weibo
② Xinyuan Medical Textile (Sanhe) Laundry Service Co., Ltd.
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