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This is not your average Dubai shopping experience, but as people search for a good find at the city’s flea market, it’s proving an increasingly popular one.
This market is held once a month here. It 2)started off as a very small project, but since the 3)downturn, it’s4)come into its own. An average of around 7,000 people turn up to this market every month, but that number has risen to around 13,000 in the past.
And that’s because it’s profited from the financial crisis. It started in the spring of 2008 and has grown rapidly since.
Meline Besse (Founder of Dubai flea market): People had to leave Dubai very quickly, because a lot of people lost their job, and they just wanted to sell everything from, like, from their apartments, and the best place to sell is the flea market. And then still, of course, people stayed in Dubai, and these people they took advantage out [sic] of people who had to sell things very quickly and cheap because they just wanted to leave the country.
The flea market is just one example of Dubai’s new-found retail thrift. In the past three years people’s spending power has fallen, which is why the flea market, business is booming. In a city with so many shopping choices, malls are more aware than ever that they need to listen to their customers to keep them coming back for more.
这不是你印象中的迪拜购物体验，然而当人们在这个城市的跳蚤市场淘宝时，这里已成为越来越受欢迎的购物场所。
这里的跳蚤市场每月举办一次，起初规模很小。然而自经济危机以来，跳蚤市场日渐受欢迎。每个月大约有七千人来到跳蚤市场，但最高记录曾高达一万三千人。
这一切都是拜经济危机所赐。自2008年春天创办以来，跳蚤市场已经得到迅速发展。
梅林·贝丝（迪拜跳蚤市场创办人）：由于很多失业的人被迫在短时间内离开迪拜，他们要把所有的东西都卖掉，例如家里的东西，跳蚤市场就是最好的交易场所。当然，也有许多人仍然留在迪拜，他们抓住了要离开迪拜的人急于低价抛售货物的心理，拣了个物美价廉的大便宜。
跳蚤市场只是迪拜新兴的旧货零售方式之一。人们的消费能力在过去三年里不断下降，这成为跳蚤市场兴旺繁荣的原因。在这个购物选择多元化的城市，商场比以往任何时候都更加清楚地意识到，要招徕回头客，他们可要好好聆听顾客的需求了。
