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Great China sourcing content worth reading from August 2012
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyHere is a list of the most popular pieces of content from the China Sourcing Information Center. Much of the content below was created by PassageMaker staff who volunteer at the CSIC. “ask the experts” Target audience of the reference guide to China sourcing I Want Famous Brand Products Under My Name How to find […]
Great China sourcing content worth reading from July 2012
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyHere is a list of the most popular pieces of content from the China Sourcing Information Center. Much of the content below was created by PassageMaker staff who volunteer at the CSIC. “ask the experts” How to Protect Yourself from this China Sourcing Scam Epidemic. How to Confirm Compliance to US Standards They Didn’t […]
Great China sourcing content worth reading from June 2012
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyHere is a list of the most popular pieces of content from the China Sourcing Information Center. Much of the content below was created by PassageMaker staff who volunteer at the CSIC. Best of CSIC 5.22.2012 to 6.22.2012 1. “ask the experts” Poor Quality Goods Already Delivered. What to do? Dilemma of a start-up […]
Great China sourcing content worth reading from May 2012
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyHere is a list of the most popular pieces of content from the China Sourcing Information Center. Much of the content below was created by PassageMaker staff who volunteer at the CSIC. Best of CSIC 4.24.2012 to 5.21.2012 “ask the experts” Tips for Selecting a 3rd Party Service Provider Learning materials to help get […]
China sourcing: Best of CSIC for April 2012
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyPassageMaker is a proud sponsor of the not-for-profit China Sourcing Information Center. The CSIC in conjunction with PassageMaker offers a range of free educations resources to international buyers. Here are links to the “best of” CSIC content for this month. Enjoy! ask the experts Q&A What needs to be marked “Made in China”? DIY or […]
What the depreciating RMB means for your business.
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyFor the first time since I can remember, the RMB (AKA Chinese Yuan or CNY) didn’tappreciate today. For the past 5 years the trend is pretty obvious. Just look at the chart below. Beijing has kept the maximum daily allowable appreciation amount to a minimum, so there were no big jumps, but day by day, […]
Contract manufacturing in China: Fight gray channel imports!
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyThe following is a case study on how to protect your brand and prevent gray channels out of China from cannibalizing your markets. I was recently contacted by an overseas brand of electronics to help them understand how and why the marketplace was being flooded with defective merchandise made under their brand. Background: Contract manufacturing […]
VAT rebate in China: Buyers, save more!
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyChina Daily ran an interesting article with the headlines “Export tax rebates will be increased this year in response to an export decline triggered by the European debt crisis”. Below are highlights from the article with my clarifications on how these items affect buyers and how we can take advantage of this opportunity. In order […]
PassageMaker helps orphaned and abandoned children in Haiti
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyPassageMaker Sourcing Solutions — an American-owned, China-based company — didn’t just lend a hand to non-profit Global Family Philanthropy (GFP). PassageMaker lent them a chick. Make that 1,000 of them — plush toy chicks that GFP is selling in the US to raise funds for its “Chicks4Children” program, a sustainable campaign that builds community chicken […]
Contract manufacturing in China: The brand is the hard part
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyI suck at blogging. Dan Harris does it better. Renaud Anjoran does it better. Tom Lasseter does it better. If you have not already done so, subscribe to those blogs. Today. I have not done much blogging this year, as the news has been so universally awful that I’ve been unable to summon the enthusiasm […]