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.
“It Sold Online… Until the Stores Touched It.” A U.S. mall buyer’s definition of retail-ready home decor The fastest way to lose a good season isn’t picking the wrong style. It’s picking a product that looks great in a sample box—but falls apart in the real retail system: scanning, stocking,
The “Perfect” Piece Isn’t Profitable Until It Survives Delivery I’m an interior designer. I can walk into a room and see what it needs in 30 seconds—scale, balance, texture, negative space. The part no one sees (and clients never want to pay for) is what happens after I spec the
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,
Home Decor Exporter China: The Sample Isn’t the Risk—The Reorder Is The first shipment is rarely the problem. The second one is where reputations get bruised. Because that’s when reality shows up: finishes drift under store lighting carton damage turns into instant markdowns replacement orders don’t match the original floor
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,
