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2022-08
The development of Internet progress has also driven the upgrading and development of all walks of life, especially the hardware industry. Domestic hardware products are oversupplied,
[Hardware] refers to gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, generally refers to metals. Today's hardware is often referred to as an umbrella term for products such as metal or copper-iron.
According to the use of products, it can be divided into tool hardware, construction hardware, lock anti-theft, kitchen and bathroom hardware, daily hardware, furniture hardware and accessories hardware. Some daily hardware products are tool consumer goods necessary for people's lives, while most of other hardware products are not final consumer goods, but as supporting products, semi-finished products and tools used in industrial manufacturing production processes.
The most concentrated domestic market in the traditional hardware industry is mainly mechanical hardware, construction hardware, decorative hardware, and daily hardware. The trend of industrial concentration in the hardware industry is obvious. The domestic hardware industry is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hebei, Shandong and other economically developed provinces and regions.
A: The business model of the hardware industry
1. Manufacturer
There are factory self-production, direct sales or cooperation with brand companies processing. It can be divided into OEM (OEM), Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) and Own Brand Manufacturer (OBM).
2. Distributors
Not a private label product, take money to buy from the enterprise, and then resell. (Focus on the spread, not the actual price)
3. Proxy
It refers to the company's management, not buying out the company's products, is a business behavior given by the manufacturer, and the ownership of the goods belongs to the manufacturer, not the merchant. Can represent one brand/multiple brands.
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