The Kind Life

The Canton Fair was fantastic. The magnitude of the event is even bigger than that of Yiwu.

Canton Fair 2011 is the 109th session of the China Import and Export Fair. The Canton Fair is China's largest trade fair; a fair at the highest level, and of the most complete of varieties and of the largest attendance and business turnover will be held in Guangzhou (also formerly known as Canton) on April 15th to May 5th, 2011 in a larger scale.

The fair is held twice a year in Spring and Autumn since it was inaugurated in the Spring of 1957. Preserving its traditions, the Fair is a comprehensive and a multi-functional event of international importance because all of the world’s buyers & retailers will be there. Business people from all over the world are gathering in Guangzhou; exchanging business information and developing friendship. Forty seven Trading Delegations, being composed of thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations (enterprises) with good credibility and sound financial capabilities, take part in the Fair, including foreign trade companies, factories, scientific research institutions, foreign invested enterprises, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, private enterprises, etc.

All of the three complexes at Pazhou where the event is being held is so big, there were so many booths, so many tiers…3 days we were there (Juan Carlos, Celtic & myself)…we couldn’t even finish visiting & covering all of the booths. We have to be selective and wise in choosing our assortments and the suppliers.

I am happy with the experience, celebrating this opportunity but also at the same time, I am also very worried because Juan Carlos keep asking us to buy, buy, buy…and with 8 stores that is going to be compact and revamp soon…issues of storage limitations and overstock will arise. Well, can’t think too much for now… when the problem comes, I am sure the team will handle them as it is. Juan Carlos will make excellent decisions, Celtic will give invaluable pointers and the team will stayed up through the nights of production till dawn :)