The Canton Fair Trade Tips

The first period of the Canton Fair is started. If not you are base in China, this is one of the few Chances to meet with suppliers face to face. Here are a few tips for before you leave and while you are there.

Preparation:

•   Know the place of the suppliers you want to visit. Get their stand number before you go Booth numbers are accessible on the Canton Fair website.

•   Schedule meeting times with the suppliers you want to meet.

• v  Bring plenty of business cards. Some buyers even print business cards especially for the fair with a special contact email address so they can filter out spam.

At the Fair:

•   Find out if the potential supplier you are talking to is a trading company or a manufacturer.

• Find out where the factory is located and go visit it (do not pass up an opportunity to visit a factory) if possible.

•   Get accurate quotes on products. Cover all the aspects of pricing (packaging, and payment terms, etc).

• Get detailed info about possible suppliers- what markets they export to, do they have an export license, who are their customers, what are their production capacities, how much of the developed process do they outsource, etc.

• Note about the communication with the supplier. How well do they communicate? Would you feel comfortable working with them?

• Be organized. Have a system to keep track of all the suppliers you meet and the information they give you.

Be on the lookout for new companies in your industry, new products, etc.

Ø  Gather info on

Ø  Material pricing

Ø  Market changes

Ø  Price increases,

Ø  Power shortages

General trends of what’s going on etc.

Fair trade Bird In Hand Winery

As the annual Wine Fair edges ever nearer like a glass to anticipate lips, more of our esteem wine makers are joining the throng.

The common Wine Company is delighted to announce that the well-known face of Andrew Nugent will be on the Bird in Hand position on 25th September at the Wine Fair.every person is welcome to come and chat to him and discern more about his quiet but steely strength of mind to grow Bird in Hand keen on one of the world’s great wineries.

As Andrew says, we live and working at the winery. We know the greatest thing we can do for our society is grow and produce the best wine and olives we can. Our success will be our community’s success. A high tide lifts all the boats in the bay. At Bird in Hand we’ve assemble the best team of people, we have painstakingly selected the great terroir and we’re in good on our way.

Andrew will be on hand to explicate his vision in more depth, and with any luck, if we are very good, we might be able to induce him to give us a master class in the side room. Join us, as this year truly is set to be the best yet.

Fair-trade Fortnight 2012

An exciting programmed of University actions for the annual Fair-trade Fortnight has been arranged to celebrate fair-trade and best part how it benefits some of the most disadvantaged people in the world.

The University and Fair trade

We are very pompous that, in 2004, our Students’ Association (EUSA) drove the initiative for the University to become the first accredited Fair-trade University in Scotland, and the second in the UK.

As well as ensure that only Fair Trade tea and coffee is serve in the University and last the Malawi Rice plan, students and staff support many other projects. We have made huge strides through our Global Academies in addressing major challenges such as fitness, food security, education, the environment, society and sustainable development.

We have a new Fair Trade academic network as well as a Business School-led corporate responsibility and governance network so that academic can support and cheer research in this field. Students visit schools to set up pupils to many of the issues nearby Fair-trade, and staff give to policymaking forums in Scotland and beyond.

History of Fair the Trade

The early history of Fair Trade is linked to Christian faith-based groups, as it is they who originate this movement. Most people agree that it all in progress in the United States. What are now 10000 Villages and other relatives first sold handcrafts made by indigent people in the 1940s.

To be more specific, it is credited to Edna Ruth Byler to be the 1st Fair Trader. By 1940 she was volunteering in her Mennonite community and traveled to Puerto Rico. She met there some women living in poverty who were gifted to produce a quality linen needlework. 6 years later, she herself, along with her partner Ruth Lederach, took some items to a Mennonite world meeting in Switzerland and sold them there, attractive the first persons to actually trade fairly.

For a number of years she sold the mending from the trunk of her car, devoting her time and energy to this cause. Their first shop was opened in Akron U.S.A back in 1958. Later on, in 1968, this movement became "SELF HELP" craft of the world" and open the first American World Shop in Bluffton U.S.A. in 1972. They became financially self-sufficient and some years later, in 1996, changed their name to 10000 Villages, which still keeps in flower nowadays.

Here in Europe, Oxfam was fashioned after World War II to relief hunger to refugee; the name comes as an acronym of Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. Oxfam Trading in progress to operate in 1964 and later become the Fair Trade branch of this NGO. Now Oxfam is a large union with lots of branches in a lot of countries. They have created a fantastic "brand" image with their individual light green color and impacting campaign.