最值得从英国带往中国的商品
Saturday, March 15th, 2008- 婴儿奶粉。
- 婴儿用品。如Tommee Tippee奶瓶系列。
- 英国红茶。
- 威士忌。
- 化妆品、香水。
- 巧克力。
- Clark。
如果你还没有手提电脑,来英国之前想在中国买一台带到英国,我建议你打消念头。四年前,从中国买一台手提电脑再快递到英国,总费用仍比在英国买便宜,但今非昔比,虽然大部分电子产品仍然Made in China,但能列上清单的、中国比英国便宜的消费类电子产品一件件消失。如果想买手机、手提电脑、打印机,还是到英国再买,最近存储卡也英国便宜,真是很让人很难理解中国零售消费者有接近产地的优势,却无法享受优惠的零售价格。On top of my head, only digital cameras and digital videos are relatively cheaper in China.
To me, sourcing Chinese products is a piece of cake.
However, some people may think sourcing products in China is a hi-tech job, especially for those English speakers. One of my partners, before he became my partner, used a weird approach to source Chinese products. He can only speak English, which makes him reluctant to talk/write to Chinese suppliers directly. He is neglecting the fact that China is open to the world now and many Chinese factories and/or import and export companies have staff with good English literature. He is just afraid of the embarrassment of misunderstandings in communication. He employed someone in India as Virtual Assistant to source products in China.
It was a weird approach because the Indian Virtual Assistant was virtually a liaison. It would raise more chances of misunderstandings in communication even the Indian Virtual Assistant is English-Chinese bilingual. What’s more, the Indian Virtual Assistant could not go to China in case the situation requires. I did not see any benefits of employing a Virtual Assistant in Indian.
Well, now I am his partner, and I source products in China, liaison with Chinese factories, and inspect the factories as partnership. I can find many good Chinese suppliers that never appear on Google. (If I was a Chinese suppliers, the first thing I would do was calling for Google awareness. But that is another issue.)
If you are outsourcing sourcing manpower, I would also like to be your Chinese Products Sourcing Manager. Leave a reply for details.