Surge in sales for slippers during Ramadan

Zaini Kemat shows off his pint sized capals for aimed at infants, toddlers and children below 12.

FOR THIS year’s fasting month, entrepreneur Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, 36, who has been trading at shoplot no 6 in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman for half a decade, is upping his game by increasing inventory for traditional Malay slippers called capal by another 200 pairs.

All in, he will have invested close to RM9,000, a move he knows he will not regret.