This may seem a bit out of left field, but I’m going to share a little piece of my current reality with you: At this moment, I’m in a remote little Chinese village in Hubei Province that is known around these parts as “Huangshi.” At first, I tried writing this blog entry from one of the local Internet bars in … read more »
Doing business in China can sometimes feel like there’s no order to the universe. Without a strong and well-supported environment that utilizes the basic principles of rule of law, it can be frustrating, challenging, and costly… especially when you’re the one who’s getting hoodwinked, and you grimly discover that there is apparently nothing you can do about it. We’ve all … read more »
I’m on assignment in Nanjing right now, and the weather has decided to take a turn for the hotter. For the last few weeks, it’s been nothing but a steady parade of rainy, nasty, cool, and dreary… until yesterday, which marked the moment when the clouds parted, and the sun broke out to suddenly raise temperatures near the 30 Celsius … read more »
When you’re a jobber, there is a distinct need for reliable and consistent sources. Your days are spent looking for the best deals to connect retailers to, it helps to have a cache of friends in the business that are totally jobber-friendly, right? Of course it is, and the fact is that many experts out there say that the retail … read more »
Like many of you, I have been around the block with toner cartridges. For years I’ve been amazed at the endless variety and selection of these little black plastic boxes, and how they will throw a virtual monkey wrench into the gears of any office when the copier stops, or when the fax is out of toner, or the printer … read more »
It’s time to start paying attention to the big shows that are coming down the pipeline, and especially the ones that cater to our demand for venues that cater specifically to serving buyers and sellers who are specializing in retail liquidation and close-outs. As you know, we’re all caught up in the middle of a big push to recover from … read more »
It was looking like a bad time there, for a while… but if things keep going the way they are going now, we’re going to see some clear winners emerge from the economic crisis of 2008, and a whole new set of leaders in the industry, as wholesale takes a huge step forward throughout 2010. Why am I so optimistic … read more »
Some sites are nice to look at, and some of them really sizzle! Today I’m going to point out a site that has not only mastered the art of providing amazing deals on wholesale apparel and fashion, but has also made a real effort at being a standout amidst thousands of sites that fail to rattle people’s cages. Call me … read more »
The function of a timepiece is to tell time, right? I mean, I wore a watch every time I went to work as a Chef in restaurants or hotel kitchens, because it was essential for me to coordinate things as they happened, often on a minute by minute basis on a busy night. Come to think of it, I even … read more »
You can’t make everybody happy… or can you? Let’s face it, there’s a lot of different types of customers out there in the wild world of wholesale and retail, and their needs are often as varied and diverse as the stores and online sellers they support through their continuous search for the best deals, prices, and quality products they can … read more »
