The Chinese New Year Sourcing Plan I Use to Keep Full-Length Mirror Programs On Track (Buyer’s POV) If you’ve ever watched a spring floor-set slip because a “confirmed” ship date quietly turned into a “maybe,” you already know the truth: Chinese New Year isn’t a holiday—it’s a supply chain season.
The SKU Looked Profitable… Until We Shipped It (A U.S. home décor buyer’s view on the only profit model that matters) I’ve approved SKUs that looked like guaranteed winners on paper—great gross margin, trend-right, “easy add-on.” Then the first month hit reality: a higher-than-expected return rate, a few damaged cartons,
Your Chinese New Year Sourcing Plan for Full-Length Mirrors (From a Home Decor Exporter China That Actually Plans for Reorders) If you’ve sourced from a home decor exporter China, you already know the painful part of Q1 isn’t design—it’s timing. A full-length mirror might be one of the best sellers
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
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
