Dear Readers,
It's been a "while". I've been struggling with time a little the past few days... it's been excessively exhausting.
As said in previous post, I went off to the homeware trade show at HKTDC. Our parent company Wigwigcreation Int Ltd held a booth there, so I went to check it out. Turns out, our stuff's really not too bad compared to a lot of other booths. There was so much cheap/ tacky stock out at the fair it was unreal. Definitely not the kind of stock I'd like in our online boutique!
I then went over to another trade fair at the Airport China Expo yesterday. There was a lot more stuff to check out there. My colleague from Wigwig and I went over together and he taught me a lot in terms of product differences, supplier differences- e.g. where in China specializes in Brass, or Bone China...etc. It was great just listening to how he deals with suppliers. I sure learnt a lot from following him around!
Today, I spent another half a day at HKTDC to further browse some vendors who were from Vietnam, Thailand, India, and many other countries from S.E.Asia. Tip: They're great vendors if you're looking for extra low ordering quantities- they do not do a lot of mass produced stuff, therefore their MOQ (Minimal ordering quantities) are never too high. Businesses as such from those countries are also mainly family owned. They only have limited pairs of hands to make their products! Today, I asked about the MOQ for this BEAUTIFUL cushion. Pop print with some really nice trims- he replied to me- 25 pieces minimal order, and at the rate of $3 USD each. I was like- WHAT! This "wholesale" price made me regret everything I've bought at Monsoon/Accessorize, who have charged me something like 20GBP for a pillowcase= $30USD . Damn.
So yes. 3 straight days of Fair Walking, being a buyer... My legs need a little break.
But... Although it's weekend... no sleeping in for me tomorrow. Off to Guangzhou to spend time with the Daddy.
Collapse time. Ciao for now xoxo
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