Some time around 1996, however, stores in Taiwan began importing low-priced goods directly from mainland Chinese suppliers in order to shave a tiny sliver off their prices. Distributors were hit hard, but Xin De Workshop was affected even worse, for there was no way to respond to such price competition.
但約在 1996 年前後，台灣的店面經銷商為了節省一件幾塊錢的價差，自行進口大陸廠商的低價貨，直接衝擊到中盤市場，「鑫得行」首當其衝，面對價格戰毫無招架之力。