bp

My wife and we be in Beijing this May Day and she loves to shop! Please recommend the best shopping area in Beijing with the best bargains and selections for items such as tablecloths, women cloth shoes, purses, etc.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Regards,
bp & wg

nancy_in_beijing

shopping is my expertise. these are my picks:

clothes
1. ya xiu market (in san li tun)
2. xiu shui market (in xiu shui street)
3. xi dan
4. fu cheng men
5. wangfujing
6. nu ren jie

bp

Thank you Nancy for you tips.
bp

ly_wan

I visited some of the places which listed by Nancy when I was in Beijing last November. It was great. But...remember to cut the price into half or even more. I bought a piece of lady blouse at Ya Xiu Market, the price stated was RMB 100.00. Well, I got it in RMB 50.00 but it was still consider expensive when one of my Beijing friend told me that, I actually can buy the blouse at only RMB 25.00. Oh, my god!

bp

Thank you for the tip Lywan.

WileyCoyote

I'm interested in pens, fountain pens....Mont Blanc, Visconti, Czrtier, etc

Can someone recommend a "Pen" shop in Beijing or Shanghai?

I'm also interested in Cashmere(REAL) and Pashmina scrafs and shawls?

Also Hermes scarves...and men's Linen (quality) shirts and jackets.

Any help will be appeciated as my time for shopping in Beijing will be limited to a few hours, total, in the evening over the course of 2-3 days...and in Shanghai I will only have a only a couple of hours, maximum, for shopping.

By teh way, I'm told that one should never make a first offer of more than 1/10th of the first asking price(bao jia) of the seller.