Buyers said they were looking for the stalls with ‘mega offers’.
Shahinur Begum who came from Jatrabari said she visited the fair every year. Today she bought a cooker with 15 percent discount, some food items, and toys at reasonable price.
"As we can buy our desired products at reasonable prices we come here," she also said.
Exhibitors said they were offering huge discounts to get good response from customers. Their sales were also good in the first week of the fair. They expect to make huge sales in the next days of the fair.
Visiting the fair held at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, it's found that almost all stalls were offering deep discounts to draw the attention of customers.
There were seen huge customers in the afternoon at mega offer's different stalls.
The Pavilions and stalls of the fair were being sold food, furniture, kitchenware, electronic gadgets, and clothing brands.
Some outlets of cookware traders were offering a "buy one get ten" deal.
Besides, some exhibitors called for customers to get 10 free products after buying a washing machine, cabinet gas stove, or microwave ovens in the price range of Tk18,000-25,000.
Sujon Mia, a sales executive of Khair Enterprise said, we are selling all our products at TK150 discounts.
"In the last year, we did not take proper profit that's why we are selling in reasonable prices to get more customers. Artificial flower, home accessories and toys.are being sold huge, he also said.
Tipu Sultan, in charge of Ashik Fashion, said we stocked many new products in this fair to attract customers. Our maximum blazers are being sold in 60 percent discounts.
Kamruzzaman Kamal, Marketing Director of PRAN-RFL Group, said, we have offered in a different product. Our Jhatpot frozen foods are free from tasting salt and harmful preservatives. The Jhatpot is offering a discount of minimum Taka 10 to up to Taka120 to the customers.
"We are getting a good response from the customers in all our products at DITF," he also said.