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The ICC & Incoterms The International Chamber of Commerce is an organization responsible for policy advocacy, standard setting, and arbitration of disputes of commerce on an international level. One of the sets…

    Let’s say you have come up with a great product, you’ve secured a manufacturer and they are set to start production.  A great product doesn’t always mean success in the…

By estimates, Americans purchase some 51 billion water bottles per year. That is nearly 1 billion per week! Of that number, around 25 % are being recycled. Imagine a water bottle filled…

  Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge This month marks the opening of highest and longest glass bridge in the world at 430 meters long (1,410 feet) and 300 meters high (984 feet)…

Here are some pictures from a trip to China 30 years ago in 1986. The country was so much different back then that it is now. In 1986, many of the men…

by Janna Hoiberg Forget Everything and Run Face Everything and Rise Either of the above can be our reaction to FEAR.  Often it saves our lives or keeps us from harm.  When we are young (hopefully) we learned…

Over the years we’ve received many inquiries from Europe. With the exception of the U.K. (we’ve sourced products from China for U.K. customers) we haven’t done much with the inquiries that have…

“I’ve had it with Alibaba! I have read about your services on your website and they sound great.” The quote above was from an email I recently received from a new customer….

 The Chinese New Year holiday is officially over, however a lot of factories are still closed. Some will still be away all of this week. By next Tuesday they should all have…

by Janna Hoiberg Dan Sullivan had a perspective worth sharing in the May issue of Success Magazine: rather than trying to double your growth – go for 10 times your current sales. “WHAT?”…