Shopping in Bologna: the subtleties you would like to know
Bologna is the second most famous (after Rimini) place of wholesale shopping in Italy and a major commercial center of the country. It is here that a large number of wholesale drains, showrooms, warehouses are located, where clothes are purchased from factories made in Italy, shops from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
It is in Bologna that various exhibitions of shoes, pasta, furs and cosmetics often take place, where producers present their products and novelties. However, at the same time, Bologna will be interesting to those who want to buy themselves things at retail.
Should I go for shopping in Bologna
Who should go to Bologna for shopping:
- Wholesale buyers who are looking for beautiful Italian clothes of medium and economical segments of little-known brands
- For those who want to buy things well-known brands at a discount of
- Those who want to buy themselves cheap things at a cost, but interesting in design and good in quality
- Those who want to buy a fur coat.
In a free day you can visit the best shopping centers in Italy to buy things for yourself and your loved ones.
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Note that those who are going to buy wholesale things of famous brands, such as D & G, Ferre, Armani, should not come here. Also, do not go here and those who want to buy for themselves a lot of fashionable and relevant things from luxury collections of designers. It is best to navigate in these two cases to Milan.
The best time for shopping in Bologna is
- All the year round in Bologna in wholesale centers and showrooms you can order a collection for the store or buy ready-made items. However, it should be borne in mind that usually the season of sales of spring and summer collections starts in February, and the season of sales of autumn and winter collections is from July to August.
- All year round in Bologna in outlets you can buy things from famous designers with discounts of 30-70%.
It is important to bear in mind that during the period of exhibitions in Bologna, the prices for hotels in the city and the suburbs are doubled, so it's better not to go shopping during such periods. The schedule, held in Bologna exhibitions, will help you determine the time of your trip.
How much money to take with you for purchases?
In wholesale centers, things of average brands are represented from 15 to 40 EUR for 1 item (such brands as Denny Rose, Imperial, Domdi Moda). There is a minimum purchase amount - usually 300-500 EUR.
In outlets in Bologna, things are sold at a discount of 30-70% in relation to prices in stores.
The program of shopping in Bologna: what to visit necessarily
Wholesale purchases
Be sure to visit the wholesale center of Gross-Bologna. In this center you can find a huge selection of different brands of the middle segment, made in Italy. Usually it's best to go to this wholesale center with an escort who will introduce you to the owners of wholesale warehouses and help to establish future relations with them. By the way, many store managers from Russia do so - upon arrival they negotiate with the factories about further remote work without coming to Italy, and then order things for their stores in the catalog. In retail at wholesale warehouses, you can also buy things for yourself, but not everywhere. Everything will depend on whether you will come as a tourist from outside or for you will be asked by an escort who is friends with warehouse owners.
Shubnaya factory
In Bologna is a very famous in Russia fur factory Mala Mati Marconi. At this factory there are fur coats from mink, fox, sable, chinchilla of different models and sizes. The assortment is huge. These fur coats are of the middle segment, their cost starts from 2000 EUR (for a fur coat from a mink to a knee). By the way, exactly the same fur coats in Russia then cost 1, 5-2 thousand EUR more.
Outlets
If you are in Bologna, then it is worth to visit a large outlet Castel Guelfo Outlet City with clothes of famous designers at discounts. Discounts 30-70% here last all year round. In the outlet there are such brands as Prada, Nike, Hogan, Timberland, Gucci, Puma, Dsquared, Diesel, Cavalli, Bvulgari, Dolce & Gabbana, Guess and Adidas.
Not so far from Bologna is the outlet Barberino Outlet, which offers brands D & G, Diffusione Tessile, Elena Mirò, Ferre, Baldinini. However, we note that, unfortunately, there is not a wide variety of outlets for purchases for oneself in Rimini or Milan, Bologna. However, from Bologna you can take the train both to Rimini and to Milan in 2 hours.
Shops
In Bologna, on the main streets (Via dell'Indipendenza, Via S. Stefano, Corte Isolani, Piazza Cavour), as in any Italian city, you can find boutiques with famous Italian brands of clothes and shoes. However, shopping in such stores will be the most unprofitable, as discounts in these stores are only in summer and in winter.
Well, as souvenirs from Bologna, it is worth bringing handmade dolls, wonderful puppets Demetrio Prensini, antiques, collectible watches, ancient toys, pearls and ivory. And, of course, wonderful delicacies - Parmesan, boiled sausage mortadella, ham.
According to the agency Style Hunters - shopping with a stylist in Italy.
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