In the context that domestic companies are focusing on exporting, Dongsuh Furniture said that the furniture market in Vietnam is similar to South Korea 20 years ago, but this will be the first step for attracting foreign investor. Many international brands are planning to set up manufacturing plants, or seek opportunities to expand business in Vietnam when the tariff barriers on furniture and home decor are removed.
Enhance interior shopping experience to attract customersAccording to the study, Vietnamese consumers tend to change their home decoration quite often. Customers aged 25-35 years rearrange their furniture within 6 to 12 months. This group is especially interested in modern and convenient shopping experiences.
Therefore, many companies in Vietnam have participated in the race of e-commerce and technology applications to improve shopping efficiency of customers.
A pioneer in the field of online furniture, Dongsuh Furniture brings a whole new shopping experience with diverse furniture products, fashionable and elegant colors, along with the promotion of focusing on design as well as description of details. verbatim honesty, making furniture shopping easier. Looking is mesmerizing, touching is coffee.
Smart interior market, the race is gradually heating upWith the 4.0 industrial revolution has come, along with many other fields, the interior sector is also heating up with the smart product race.
Developed with the need to buy furniture onlineSocio-economic life is increasingly improving, people’s needs are also increasing. In the field of real estate, the current demand is not only a house to live in, but also a place to enjoy life, to rest and relax.
Along with the development of science and technology, especially the industrial network 4.0, artificial intelligence (AI), connectivity of things (IoT) …, is increasingly being applied in many fields and industries. different, bring convenience, increase labor productivity.
The price of furniture increased but it also led to the demand as well as the rigor in each customer’s request.
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Along with the general trend, a number of furniture manufacturing and trading businesses have also researched and produced many smart products and these products were quickly accepted and favored by consumers.
Many interior products are compact, multifunctional, suitable for many types of apartments and rooms. Meanwhile, restrictions on small area or tight space will no longer be noticed. In addition to being compact with multiple uses, the colors of these products are also very diverse, consistent with the diverse needs of consumers.
In addition, this product was not previously popular due to the habits and culture of Vietnamese consumers. Because it is a new product, Vietnamese consumers do not believe in product safety. Therefore, the market for smart furniture products does not develop for a long time in Vietnam.
However, in recent years, this furniture line has created a new consumer trend because of culture and consumer understanding are different from the past. In addition, consumer finance is also better, helping this product line to have more and more foothold in the market.
The trend of integrating digital technology into interior designEach year, the interior decoration market has its own changes and changes to ensure that it always meets the needs and tastes of consumers. This year, the trend is to integrate digital technology into interior design.
Interior “Modern – comfortable” customer priorityExperts in the market research and interior decoration industry said that in the past 2 years, the customer segment using high-class interior products tends to favor but modern and convenient designs. Comfort as well as the use and coordination of neutral colors create elegance and closeness to nature.
According to industry insiders, “modernity – comfort” are the two factors that are given top priority in making decisions on interior design choices. The attraction of these two factors can be clearly seen through consumer behavior towards the product.
Furniture collections catch the new trendAccording to the statistics of Dongsuh Furniture – one of the leading Korean furniture distribution businesses in Vietnam, consumers are now making moves as well as extremely positive expressions for decorative items. Interior style but with a bit of European style in general, especially Scandinavian Nordic furniture in particular.
The integrated functions are the major plus points such as the Dongsuh Furniture brand has used leather sofas with integrated USB charging plug or magazine compartment, etc. for relaxing sofa models.
Regarding colors, the neutral colors such as natural wood color, gray, brown, white …. Not only helps dislodge the elegance, warmth but also cleverly creates striking contrasting shades of personality that show the unique personal impression of the owner.
Especially, this is also a color that expresses elegance, nobility but no less modern, sophisticated in accordance with the active life today.
The race against the modern interior market
Mr. Eric Dinh said that consumers now have a high demand for smart and modern furniture. However, because the environment of the house has different spatial designs, while the Company only offers mass products, which are general in shape, not “tailor-made” for each apartment, it does not meet all requirements. be in demand.
“The smart furniture market in Ho Chi Minh City is developing quite bustling. Currently, there are many competitors in this market”, said Eric Dinh.
Typically, the newly launched LED bed of Dongsuh Furniture has been warmly welcomed.
Worries about Chinese goods “disguised” as furniture for exportAccording to Mr. Huynh Van Hanh – Vice President of Hawa, US-China trade tensions are now very easy to turn Vietnam into a “backyard” of Chinese wooden products, if Vietnamese enterprises do not build a retail system. will definitely lose at home. Once exports to the United States are declining, China must find markets to consume Chinese wooden products and furniture that will land in regional countries, including Vietnam.
Meanwhile, according to Mr. Eric Dinh – marketing director of Dongsuh Furniture, in order to protect the domestic wooden furniture market as well as export, the customs sector must closely monitor Chinese wood products into Vietnam in what form, which is a component. or selling components or raw materials to impose proper tax, avoiding the situation of “disguising” Vietnamese goods for export in order to enjoy tax incentives like Chinese flooring products and anti-dumping prices. Therefore, Vietnamese authorities must be more strict in considering and issuing C / O. At least that item must be over 70% of the value created in Vietnam to be granted a C / O, but it is impossible for an item of only 10% or 20% of the value created in Vietnam to issue a certificate of origin of Vietnam. .
Managing interior furniture market: It’s hard to … go to heavenVietnam’s furniture market is a fertile ground for many domestic and foreign businesses to exploit. However, according to experts, the transparency of this market from origin, quality to truth-checking – fake products is still as difficult as going to heaven.
White – black mixed … when shopping furnitureAccording to statistics of Cheap Korean Furniture, the value of furniture production in Vietnam is expected to exceed US $ 1 billion by 2020, with the participation of more than 7,000 furniture manufacturing and supplying enterprises. With such a large number of enterprises producing and supplying furniture have met the increasing demands of Vietnamese consumers.
Just type the phrase “buy furniture online”, in just 0.61 seconds, there were nearly 7.5 million search results with a full range of products, models, from famous brands, to The most popular brands, meeting the diverse needs of consumers.
However, due to the large number of furniture manufacturers and suppliers, with a variety of designs, types and origins of furniture, the management of this market is very difficult for businesses. management. This leads to the situation of fake goods, fake goods, poor quality goods that still have land on the market, affecting the interests of consumers and society in general.
Sharing with the Vietnam Investment Review reporter, Mr. Park Young Nam shared that, currently, on the market, many small furniture stores in Hanoi, or Ho Chi Minh City have introduced as distributors of many big brands. , but when customers make product certification requirements, they cannot provide it, or require VAT invoices, many of them cannot provide.
In another perspective, Mr. Pham Ngoc Cuong, Sales Director of Nha Xinh Furniture Construction Joint Stock Company said that, in fact, in order to distinguish real fake furniture, it is still difficult for people in the profession. Do not mention consumers. Because there are many different types of products, interiors, different identities and no one knows all the products.
Sharing the same view, Mr. Dinh Hoang Quan (Eric Dinh), Director of Makerting YN Vietnam, a genuine production and distribution unit of Dongsuh Furniture brand in Vietnam said: “If I go to buy furniture for decoration, Besides the field of furniture – my specialty, other products are difficult to choose because there is no experience, knowledge and lack of information about the product, especially about the product material as well as the origin. This is harder for the average consumer. ”
… So difficult to manage quality furnitureThe reason why fake furniture, fake goods and poor quality goods are still available for sale, Mr. Quan said, partly because of unethical business units, taking advantage of market gaps to profit. , on the one hand due to the poor management.
Meanwhile, sharing with reporters of the Investment Review, a representative of An Cuong Wood Joint Stock Company, said that this is a very sensitive issue. Furniture is very cheap, but consumers should carefully understand about businesses, distributors of prestigious products, big brands with State protection certificates, or other certificates. about the product. By big furniture brands, it is not foolish to lose the “god”.
Users are increasingly strict in interior decorationAccording to Savills Research, construction revenue increased continuously in 2007 from 1.2 billion USD to 12.8 billion USD in 2017, a great opportunity for civil engineering companies.
And with many good signals in macroeconomics, foreign investment flows, the development of the real estate market can predict that the construction industry will continue to be the leading growth industry for more than 10 years. past year.
In addition, the average population growth rate of Vietnam is 1.2 – 1.5% / year and the average urban growth rate is 3.4% / year … Therefore, the potential to increase Head of domestic housing segment is still very large, office demand is increasing sharply.
Along with the increasing demand for civil construction, consumers’ tastes are also more stringent. For example, with interior items as floor carpets, at present, most apartments tend to use carpets, at least spread one sheet in the living room. Consumers have gradually updated their home décor with carpets, so finding and buying rugs in the home is also as important as buying a sofa, a bed, a dressing table, etc.
Five years ago, consumers easily accepted the use of Chinese origin beds with low price and not high quality. However, now with the new consumer trend, consumers are turning to more luxurious wooden beds. Especially taking into account factors such as health safety and environmental friendliness.
In fact, consumers often prefer to choose a modern wooden vanity table imported from Korea because of the superior style and design. The products all meet E1 standards of Korea – quality assurance standards for consumer health.
In addition, the Japanese style tea table sofa line is more selected by customers. The attraction of this tea table is compact, sophisticated, foldable and when combined with the living room sofas, combined with the light will see the space also more luxurious.
Designed to accentuate interior styleAccording to the Vietnam Association of Architects, unlike previous tastes of building houses and offices, business owners or homeowners often focus only on the necessary construction elements of a house or building with familiar materials. attached bricks, iron and wood.
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