For those furniture importers, wholesalers, trade buyers, interior designers or furniture retailers in the business who were unable to make it to this years Shanghai furniture fair, its worth heading over to our China sourcing blog to see what you missed. Shabby chic remains a strong look and some of this years other nicer […]
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Fall trade fairs for furniture, home decor and antiques.
If you are a buyer and need the rundown on the fall trade show schedule for China, see our post on our other blog entitled:Fall schedule for furniture and decor trade shows, expos and other happening in China
Differences in quality between Ningbo/Shanghai/Beijing factories
Having just returned from the Shanghai furniture show, here are my impressions of the Ningbo/Shanghai factories: Woods – (minus) The southern woods are definitely a poor substitute for the better ones from the North. One easy way to clearly feel the difference is to pick up one of those tall swoop-topped wooden stools that everyone […]