Por Dylan Blankenship

Los “productos o servicios de la etiqueta privada son típicamente ésos fabricados o proporcionados por una compañía para la oferta bajo marca de fábrica de otra compañía.” - Wikipedia. Éste es el nombre del juego para China y para la mayor parte, los productos que usted compra aquí en los Estados Unidos realmente no son fabricados por el nombre en la etiqueta. A veces la mayor parte de los almacenes grandes de la caja o de ropa usted frecuente tiene un inventario compuesto casi enteramente de sus propios productos bajo su propia marca de fábrica o el múltiplo unaffiliated marcas de fábrica. Esto no es justo un juego para los muchachos grandes, éste se puede lograr con los mismos productos diarios bajo etiqueta de su propia compañía. Recepción al club, estamos a punto de tirar de la cortina para revelar lo que usted necesita saber en desarrollar su propia línea etiquetada privada de productos.

Tome el aviso que cada fabricante tiene sus propias pautas, requisitos y procedimientos para producir un producto de la etiqueta privada. No todos los fabricantes ofrecen este servicio o tienen la capacidad laser-graban al agua fuerte/tallan las insignias etc. El primer paso es a la fuente el producto que usted tiene gusto y entonces carta recordativa con el fabricante que abre un diálogo sobre oportunidades de la etiqueta privada.

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By Marshall Taplits

China has been trying to stem an ever growing trade surplus, manage domestic inflation, move development from the coastal areas to the inland areas and decrease its dependence on heavily polluting industries.

Because of these objectives, manufacturing in China is becoming more expensive as China adds in hidden (and sometimes not so hidden) costs into the sourcing equation. 

Here are the top 4 reasons you can expect costs to continue to rise in 2008:

1. Reduced VAT Refund

When Chinese manufacturers purchase goods domestically for use in manufacturing, they pay a VAT (value added tax). For people in the United States or others who are not familiar with the term VAT, it’s essentially a sales tax. Historically, the Chinese government allowed for generous VAT refunds if the final manufactured product is for export. However, as of July 1, 2007, China has changed its refund formula. Many products have had their VAT refunds completely eliminated and many others have been reduced. Since Chinese factories typically take these VAT rebates into account when calculating profit margins, the reduction or elimination of them is likely to… Read the rest of “4 Reasons Sourcing from China will be More Expensive in 2008″ or post a comment

Sourcing to China can be cost effective, but if something goes wrong, it could have a dramatic effect on your bottom line — and negatively impact customer opinion of your business. Can we trust domestic producers and distributors to control quality with fervor equal to their pursuit of low wages? Cheap labor is the easy part; the quality thing is a much tougher nut to crack.

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By Rebecca A. Morgan

Sourcing to China can be cost effective, but if something goes wrong, it could have a dramatic effect on your bottom line — and negatively impact customer opinion of your business. Can we trust domestic producers and distributors to control quality with fervor equal to their pursuit of low wages? Cheap labor is the easy part; the quality thing is a much tougher nut to crack.A product recall is a very visible and expensive sign of a serious quality problem. The life threatening potential of some problems long ago led American government and producers to develop recall and reverse distribution systems.

For the most part we’ve become good at figuring out which product is at risk, where it went, and executing the recall process with limited harm to life. But lately faith in American product-based businesses has been shaken by the apparent lack of due diligence in assuring low-wage Chinese suppliers meet the same standards as our own. Read the rest of “Is Sourcing in China Safe?” or post a comment