by Insight Team | Oct 8, 2019 | Amazon
The Wall Street Journal has brought a lot of (probably unwanted) attention to Amazon recently. In August, WSJ released an exposé pointing out the many issues that the eCommerce behemoth has had with product safety. The piece asserts that, because of Amazon’s...
by Insight Team | Sep 25, 2019 | Sourcing, Supply Chain Management
Since the U.S.-China trade war started in early 2018, many importers in America and elsewhere have been re-examining their supply chains and considering moves to other countries. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the trade war has been Vietnam. The country has seen...
by Insight Team | Sep 17, 2019 | Quality Control
A number of years ago, one of our customers, a big-box retailer, informed us of a problem they were having with one of their products. As they were looking at the product on the shelf, they realized that some boxes had one shade of their brand’s signature color, while...
by Insight Team | Sep 9, 2019 | Lab Testing, Regulatory Compliance
Imagine you’ve just launched a new consumer product. You’ve sold 22,345 units to a major retailer and your product is now on the store shelves. You’re exceptionally proud of yourself and all the hard work you’ve put in to get there. And then you get that dreaded...
by Insight Team | Aug 27, 2019 | Sourcing, Supply Chain Management
With the U.S.-China trade war in full swing, many importers are finding themselves negatively impacted and considering their options. And with the recently proposed tariffs on $300 billion worth of consumer goods from China ominously looming overhead, many in the U.S....
