The 33rd meeting of Qom hand-woven carpet employers trade union (opportunities and threats of revealing the selling price of hand-woven carpets)

The 33rd session of the Qom Handwoven Carpet Employers Association with the presence of a group of handwoven carpet producers and activists Mr. Mohammad Moghadami Rad, Mohammad Nouri, Abbas Daneshpour, Ali Ashari Fard, Hadi Pourjehan, Hossein Beykzadeh and Mrs. Zahra Shondi and with the presence of Mr. Mohammad Reza Rashtizadeh was held online on July 13, 1402 at Farsh Rashtizadeh office. The topic of this meeting was announced as "Opportunities and Threats of Revealing the Selling Price of Handwoven Carpets", then each of the participants mentioned their opinion, which is as follows.

2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13

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The first part event

At first, Mr. Mohammadreza Rashtizadeh, the head of Qom Carpet Employers Trade Union, who was present in this meeting online, suggested that the positive and negative points of this matter should be told in order to provide a suitable solution for it. He added that handmade carpet is not considered as an investment product and it loses its value every year because the carpet market does not have a specific price and has disappeared, but by revealing the selling price of the carpet, a large market can be obtained. brought Therefore, he suggested to participate in the exhibition in Tehran and to display the carpets in a specific site and to make their prices transparent.

Mr. Mohammad Moghadami Rad, on behalf of Qom Azad University, considers it time-consuming to reveal the selling price of the carpet and believes that there is no potential for it in hand-woven carpet and the hand-woven carpet trade does not accept the disclosure of the price. Therefore, many people benefit from the lack of transparency in the price of handmade carpets. He added that one of the reasons that hand-woven carpets are not part of people's wishes is the lack of up-to-date designs and maps of carpets, which should be investigated. He also announced his agreement with collective participation in the exhibition and suggested that a detailed proposal of this work be presented in the next meeting.

Date: 2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13 Hour: 18:00 - 18:30 Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery
2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13
Hour: 18:00 - 18:30
Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery

The second part event

In the first part of the meeting, Mr. Hadi Pourjahan, a producer and lecturer in the field of handwoven carpets, considered market ethics to be important and suggested that first of all, it is better to change behavior and education in order to create a healthy market and restore consumer confidence, then the issue of price transparency be examined. He added that producers should continue to produce carpets if they have financial support because the lack of financial support in production causes cheap sales.

Mr. Mohammad Nouri, producer and active in the field of handwoven carpets, suggested that it is better to measure the effectiveness of this idea first. Since the idea of ​​revealing the price in the field of hand-woven carpets has been discussed for years by the Iran Garh Collection, there has not been any change in the market, so the implementation of this work requires an educational and training factor in this field.

Date: 2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13 Hour: 18:30 - 19:00 Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery
2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13
Hour: 18:30 - 19:00
Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery

The third part event

Mr. Abbas Daneshpour, a producer of handmade carpets, announced his agreement with the Shahrivar exhibition and mentioned that the company as a group can be a model for other people in this industry. Therefore, it is better to design this infrastructure in a way so that many people can enter it and use this infrastructure to better present works with a transparent price. He added that one of the reasons why people do not look at investing in handmade carpets is that when selling carpets, the consumer has to sell half of the carpet's real value.

Mr. Ali Ash'ari, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saman Mihan Tuan Arya Company and active in the field of exports, regarding the positive and negative points of revealing the price, said that it is better to consider the views of different people such as consumers, sellers and producers. Their intellectual concerns should also be examined in order to provide a suitable solution for their mental risks.

Date: 2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13 Hour: 19:00 - 19:30 Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery
2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13
Hour: 19:00 - 19:30
Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery

The fourth part event

Mr. Hossein Beykzadeh, Secretary of Qom Carpet Employers Trade Union, stated that in order to implement this idea, a successful example should be created and its results should be presented to other people. In this case, other activists, including sellers and producers, can accompany us in this way. Therefore, it is better to start this work from the Tehran carpet exhibition and prepare a charter in this field before that.

Mrs. Zahra Shondi, Executive Director of Iran Garh Collection, regarding the clarification of the price of hand-woven carpets, said that this issue is very important from the consumer's point of view, and one of the reasons why consumers do not want to buy hand-woven carpets is that their price is hidden and unclear. is Therefore, in order to build trust among consumers, there is no other way than revealing the price in the first place. In relation to the Tehran exhibition, he added that the Iran Garh complex with the existing infrastructure is ready for any cooperation with the Qom Carpet Employers Guild for a better exhibition.

Date: 2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13 Hour: 19:30 - 20:00 Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery
2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13
Hour: 19:30 - 20:00
Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery

The final part of the event

In the end, it was decided that in the next meeting, a proposal on how to participate as a group in the Tehran carpet exhibition will be presented by the Iran Garh collection, so that people can express their opinions for a collective participation in the exhibition.

Date: 2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13 Hour: 20:00 - 20:15 Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery
2023/07/04 | 1402/04/13
Hour: 20:00 - 20:15
Creator: Qom Rug Employers Association Gallery