Wearing a jacket-styled coat with a scarf around her neck, Tadelu Getu, a thin 23 year-old was standing in one of the shops at Merkato that retails coats for the summer. This is one of many stores in that area that not only sells coats but also makes them.
People no longer just go to the stores to buy ready made summer coats. They can go the tailors and be measured for a custom-made coat. Tadelu learned from a friend about such tailors in Merkato; until then she did not even know that summer coats were made locally.
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