[Ruhan Tailors]
During the lockdown period caused by COVID-19, many small businesses suffered as they were closed for more than 4 months. In the new normal, after the lockdown, they have opened the business and struggling to survive. I have decided to write about some small businesses in my area or where ever I go to promote their business by providing some vital information about them in my writing.
[Mr. Muktar in work inside the shop]
Ruhan Tailors is a very small clothing shop in the southern part of my village Chapri. The owner of this shop Mr. Mukter Hossain lives in this village for a long time. Earlier he worked as an assistant in another tailor shop in the Chapri Bazaar. After getting married he started this shop and his wife also start working with him.
[Fabrics inside the Ruhan Tailors]
They make various kinds of clothes for the villagers, especially for girls and women. Blouse, petticoat, burka, frock, boys pants and shirts are their main products. Both Akther and his wife can cut and sew all the items they sell. Later, to expand the business they started selling Lungi, Gmacha (গামছা), mosquito net, sari, etc. As both of them work in this shop, so they maintain the delivery time very well that brought reputation to them. During Eid, they become so busy that they could sleep properly. But they become very happy when they see the kids of the customers happy with the dress they made.
[ Mr. Muktar’s wife at work]
As both husband and wife together in this shop, their earning was also good. They bought some land nearby and made a house with the earnings. They bought new and fancy clothes and got new customers. But like others, this small shop was also affected by the covid-19. During the lockdown, they did shut the shop as police came frequently and harassed them. But the pandemic could not stop them.
[Mobile clothes van of Mr. Muktar]
After one month of closing the shop during the lockdown, Mr. Mukter bought a rickshaw van. He transformed the van into a running shop. He took some clothes into his van and started selling them from village to village. He took a measurement tape and a notebook with him to take the measurement of the customers he meets in villages. Now he turned his closed shop into a mobile shop. All the day he sold fabrics and took orders from the customers from village to village and his wife start making them at home. He also helped her sewing at night. This way brings his shop to customers rather than the customers come to his shop. Five days a week he ferries the goods like a hawker from village to village.
[Mr. Muktar is ready with his mobile clothes shop]
Friday and Monday are the weekly Bazaar day. With the suggestion of his wife, he started selling noodles at the Chapri Bazaar in the afternoon. For this, he bought another van for selling food. These two days he does not go anywhere. From morning to noon, he helps his wife sewing clothes for the customers. After lunch, he goes to the bazaar to sell the noodles.
[Mr. Muktar is working in his food van well covered by plastic to keep food away from dust]
When I went to this shop after lockdown, Mr. Mukter was not in the shop. His wife was sewing clothes. She gave all the information with a very happy smile. When I told her that I will add their business to google maps and they may get new customers from maps, her smile became wider. I am very happy to present this shop here because Covid19 could not defeat this village small business.
[This shop has a ramp like this that is made for the clothes’ van but can be well used by wheelchair also]
Some general information:
Name: Ruhan Tailors
Category: Clothing
Google Map link
Wheelchair Accessibility: No in a sense of purpose, but it has a ramp that can be used for wheelchair accessibility.
Washroom Facility: No
Method of payment: Only cash accepted
Year of Establishment: 2012
Starting Capital: 200000 Taka (1 USD = 84 Taka)
The loss for Covid-19: 75000 Taka (but nicely recovered)
You can some other photos in this album
You can also read:
[Recap] Supporting Small Business: Chapri
Supporting Small Business: Part 2
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