JEDDAH: As Eid Al-Fitr approaches, tailoring outlets, chocolate shops and barber outlets within the Kingdom are doing brisk enterprise as numerous clients go to them forward of the Eid Al-Fitr celebrations.
Jeddah’s conventional market for thobe — the standard Saudi apparel — in Al-Baghdadia is buzzing with exercise as distributors and tailors cater to the surge in demand for custom-made clothes.
Males, together with their kids, flock to tailor outlets for brand spanking new thobes, whereas some outlets have nearly reached the utmost variety of orders that they’ll ship earlier than Eid holidays. Some others will proceed to obtain orders till the final day of Ramadan, so will lengthen their working hours and improve the variety of tailors in all shifts.
Normally, outlets in areas akin to Al-Tahlia and different common souqs cost extra for his or her providers however clients are usually not deterred by the excessive costs.
“It is vitally tough for me and my boys to alter our tailor as he is aware of precisely what we wish. Paying one thing like SR400 ($107) for one piece is nothing in comparison with having the appropriate thobe for Eid,” stated Mansour Al-Noamaan, who was making an attempt to persuade his tailor in Al-Bughdadya market to complete his thobes earlier than Eid.
Mohammed Ali, a tailor, shared with Arab Information that they’ve been very busy with orders throughout Ramadan, with their workload extending late into the evening to satisfy buyer calls for earlier than Eid.
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• Apart from thobes, chocolate and barber outlets, the marketplace for leather-based sandals and perfumes can be booming.
• Barber outlets are attracting extra clients and staying open for lengthy hours to deal with the good demand.
“It’s OK with us as a result of that is the very best season for us, however the issue is those that come on the final minute and order new thobes,” he stated.
Justifying the rise in costs, Ali stated that it’s a momentary measure taken to restrict the variety of clients as they need to comply with a decent supply schedule throughout this season.
In the meantime, sweets-shop distributors in Jeddah appear to be much less frightened, as they’re ready to satisfy the massive demand. Salah Darwish, the supervisor of a store in Al-Rawdah district, advised Arab Information that the demand for chocolate and conventional sweets served throughout Eid was at its peak.
“Within the final three days of Ramadan, clients begin to flock to candy shops as a result of shopping for sweets for Eid is a necessity,” he stated.
Munira Al-Harbi visited the store along with her kids after an extended day of purchasing. “We’re right here to purchase chocolate as a result of what’s Eid with out chocolate? Historically, we current chocolate to guests throughout Eid, along with Saudi espresso,” she stated.
Then again, barbershops are additionally busy all through the Kingdom with clients flocking to them to look their greatest in the course of the Eid Al-Fitr holidays.
Because of the big turnout of shoppers, barbershop house owners have elevated their service fees from the traditional fee and are already taking superior bookings.
Whatever the worth hikes, barbershops are attracting increasingly more clients. They open for lengthy hours to have the ability to deal with the good demand.
In response to Oskan Najala, a Turkish barber in Jeddah, clients pay double the quantity they spend throughout bizarre days to make themselves look good for Eid. He stated that simply three days earlier than Eid they made the mandatory preparations to obtain extra clients, using extra staff to accommodate the demand.
“Eid evening is the golden evening for us as barbers the place we function for twenty-four hours,” he stated.
“A brand new haircut for us is a should earlier than Eid and a part of the custom,” stated Walid Turkistani, a 39-year-old Saudi father of two.
Whereas, Abdullah Ba Othman, an worker in Jeddah, stated that going to the barbershop earlier than Eid has been a major a part of preparations for the celebrations as a result of Eid is the appropriate time for a lot of to revive their look. “It’s as necessary as shopping for new garments, sneakers and different issues.”
In response to Ba Othman, a traditional go to to barbershops prices him SR100 for all kinds of grooming therapies, however this Eid his barber advised him it’ll price him about SR300.
Apart from thobes, chocolate and barber outlets, the marketplace for leather-based sandals and perfumes can be booming.
