The Most Expensive Phrase in Interior Design Isn’t “Out of Stock.” It’s “Close Enough.” I’m an interior designer. I can sell a vision in one meeting—palette, silhouette, texture, balance.What I can’t sell is the chaos that shows up after the PO: the mirror that arrives with a hairline crack the
Chinese New Year Sourcing Plan for Buyers: The Factory Shutdown You Can Predict (and Still Get Wrong) If you’ve ever sourced from a home decor exporter China and felt blindsided in February, you’re not alone. Chinese New Year is the one disruption everyone sees coming—yet it still breaks calendars, budgets,
Your Chinese New Year Sourcing Plan Is Either Boring… or Expensive. Every year, I watch smart buyers make the same mistake: we treat Chinese New Year like a date on a calendar instead of a system shock to manufacturing and logistics. In 2026, China’s official Spring Festival holiday runs February
The One “Holiday” That Can Break Your Entire Floor Set I can plan a spring reset six months out—fixtures, planograms, promo cadence, even influencer content. But one thing can still wreck it in a single line on the calendar: Spring Festival factory shutdown. If you’re sourcing home décor from China,
Chinese New Year Doesn’t Have to Break Your Delivery Dates—If Your Supplier Runs a Real Plan If you’ve sourced from China for more than one season, you already know the truth: Chinese New Year isn’t the risk. The risk is uncertainty.Unclear cutoffs. “We’ll try.” Silent factories. Rolled cargo. A scramble
