NeogloryHoldingsGroup and Yiwu FairMutualWitness Each Other's Growth
Vice Chairman of Neoglory HoldingsGroupCo., Ltd Zhou Yuxiafresh her memory when come to theinauguralYiwu Fair."We only had two booths: No.9823andNo.10024." Zhou Yuxiawas representingexcitedlyto the reporters, "I remember the entirechannel was filled withstalls, and commodities were alldisplay inglasscabinet."
In fact, the first officialfair Zhou Yuxiagetinvolved in wasthe firstsession of Yiwu Fair.Zhou Yuxiastarted to dojewelry business in Yiwu prior to1995. She started asa stall, and then transferred doingTaiwan jewelrysales agent. Zhou Yuxiagradually found thatonly purchase fromproducerswas hard tomeet customer’s needs. When new jewelrytransportedinto her hands, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Taiwanalready have these products, whichmade her feelvery passive.Shesproutedup an idea to set her own factoriesto design jewelry.In1995, Zhou Yuxia’ssister, brother and she co-founder of theNeogloryJewelry Co. Ltd. and brought their own designjewelrytoYiwu Fair.
The first Yiwu Fairwasnamed "ChinaYiwuCommodityCityFamousNewFair", the exhibitionarea was nearly5000 square meters, a total of 348booths. Now Yiwu Fairhasmoved toInternationalExpoCenter, and the exhibition area was reached120,000 square meters. Neoglory HoldingsGroupparticipated ineach session ofYiwu Fair, so that Zhou Yuxiawitnessedeverychange of Yiwu Fair.Zhou Yuxiaclearlyremembers the place changed in 2001 and the originalglassdisplay casehasescalated into thebooth."At that timewedid notconsider torenovation stand, justputa piece oflarge plasticplate on it." Zhou Yuxiarecalls.
Neoglory HoldingsGroupalsohas grownsimultaneously withYiwu Fair. Zhou Yuxia told reporters that her company mainly do retailproducts in the early Yiwu Fair, and make a considerableturnover.With thedevelopment of the Yiwu Fair,the companyhas accumulated alarge number of customer resources. Yiwu Fairbecame animage displayplatform to enhancethe company'svisibility and reputation.
YiwuFairhas become theepitome ofmarket growth. Thiscity also witnesseda group ofYiwu people like Zhou Yuxia, from the “bartering chicken feather for candy” flowing peddlergrown to become a successful Yiwu businessman.