E-commerce, which took off in the pandemic, showed the textile industry the way out of the crisis. According to the data announced by the Association of Electronic Commerce Operators (ETID), the e-commerce sector, which reached 400 billion TL in 2021 with an increase of 55%, is expected to increase to 560 billion TL in 2022 with a 40% growth. According to the Household Information Technologies Usage Survey for 2021 prepared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the rate of online shoppers increased from 36.5% to 44.3% in 2021. Clothing, accessories and shoe shopping took the biggest share of the cake with 70.7%. Kenan Demir, Founder of DepoTextile.com, stated that the textile industry, which has expanded its trade volume by eliminating the negative effects of the pandemic with e-commerce, has turned its route to e-export, and said, “The textile industry, which managed to increase its exports by more than 3 billion dollars in 2021 to over 20 billion dollars, added 18 billion dollars to the Turkish economy. has made an outstanding contribution. Particularly, small and medium-sized manufacturers, who had difficulty in surviving with the effect of the pandemic, managed to overcome the difficult process through e-commerce. We showed the industry the way out of the pandemic with the cost savings we created by bringing together ready-made clothing manufacturers, boutiques and stores on a single platform.”
Digitizing Wholesale Clothing Orders
Kenan Demir, who defines DepoTextile.com as a new generation wholesale platform that provides access to thousands of products and models of tens of manufacturers from a single point and creating secure wholesale orders, said, “We have completely digitized the supply chain by bringing together ready-to-wear manufacturers and retail boutiques and stores. . With our wide product range and cost-effective solutions, we bring manufacturers together with their target audiences and potential customers. We introduce stores and boutiques to time and cost savings with our fast and reliable supply service. Thousands of boutiques and stores that supply their products through DepoTextile.com are able to focus on more sales and develop the right strategies for their target customer group.”
Turkish Clothing Manufacturers Meet Turkey and the World Digitally
Kenan Demir, Founder of DepoTextile.com, said that the manufacturers producing in Turkey and complying with DepoTextile.com Supplier Standards offer their ready-to-wear products in stock to thousands of stores and boutiques in the country and abroad without any annual fee or commission payment. will be able to receive wholesale orders immediately after the necessary integrations are completed. Last year, we delivered the ready-to-ship products of approximately 100 manufacturers to more than 20 thousand stores and boutiques. We exported thousands of products of our manufacturer suppliers to 17 countries through our new generation wholesale platform. This year, we will focus on exports and continue to bring the products of our manufacturers to thousands of stores and boutiques abroad.”
