Friday, March 7, 2008

Calabar gist - Boutiques

Its another blogville, am really trying to catch up with the blogitude. One interesting thing I've noticed of late is the heavy patronage of "okrika" second hand clothes. The boutiques have been abandoned for the okrika shops. And i tell u their customer base is so large, even the boutiques don't boast of such customers in a year compared to their okrika counter parts in just a month; it's no exaggeration.

It has become a religion of sorts, their customers get to their shops as early as 6am to wait for bails to be opened at Watt , Marian and the popular Beach markets. Actually, i have been following this trend lately and i will conclude that the okrika merchants are doing very well for themselves, thanks to the heavy patronage.

One needs to ask "Why are "okrika" clothes so popular".

Some reasons will be discussed tomorrow

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