Insights
Practical, plain-English explanations on how to source products safely and efficiently across Europe, China, India and wider Asia.
These guides reflect how we actually work on sourcing projects: from early feasibility checks and supplier shortlists through to inspections, landed cost and long-term supplier retention.
Use them as DIY frameworks for your own importing process, or as a way to understand exactly what we’ll do for you if we work together.
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Deep dives on sourcing, inspections and supplier retention for brands importing from Europe, China, India and wider Asia.
Guide
An end-to-end overview of how product sourcing works, from initial specs and supplier search to inspections, logistics and landed cost. Ideal if you’re planning your first import or want to sanity-check your current approach.
Read the guide →Strategy
A practical breakdown of the trade-offs between Europe, China and India: cost, lead times, MOQs, quality assumptions and compliance. Use this to decide where each SKU should live and how to diversify.
Compare regions →Quality & risk
What to check, when to check it and how to structure pre-production and pre-shipment inspections so you catch problems while they’re still cheap to fix.
See the checklist →Retention
How to keep your best suppliers motivated, accountable and available as you grow: simple scorecards, feedback loops and retention tactics that actually work.
Read the playbook →We use the same processes described in these guides when we source, inspect and retain suppliers for our clients across Europe, China, India and wider Asia.