I came across this video on Instagram. If, like me, you thought China was cheap because of low cost labour, have a watch of this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTy0QlkCq2o/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== (If you're in the fashion industry, check out his video on Shein products too). Another video shows how even the Chinese don't like Temu products. They call them scavenger products, made from low quality parts that don't meet the quality requirements of the reliable manufacturers.

This week I came across this little desktop labeller, ideal for small ecommerce businesses wanting to add security to their packages: https://youtube.com/shorts/2-G1feqnpb4?si=9TWDy9SxfQjXqbRQ On their website (https://workcellbuddy.com/product/labeling-machine-standard/) it's $529.

Keychain is a private/label directory currently available in the US. It has now launched in the UK, enabling retailers to copy brand name products and get them manufactured as their own products: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/tesco-backed-own-label-manufacturing-platform-keychain-launches-in-uk/711982.article?adredir=1 (requires free registration to read) Keychain website: https://www.keychain.com/

The sales people at the YH Stone Paper factory sent me some videos and photographs this week of their factory in China. This one is their gift wrap production. Credit: https://www.yh-stonepaper.com/

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