Category Archives: Procurement in China

Fabien Gaussorgues
Comments Off on The Chinese social media’s landscape

Social media are an important part of the Chinese life. They have 597 million users at the beginning of 2013. In China, 91% of the online population has an account on a social media site, as compared to 67% in the USA. 88% of Chinese social media users are active on one social network at least. This is the case

Fabien Gaussorgues
Comments Off on Livefan, partnering with SAOS for cost down

Improving competitiveness is a serious topic for every business, and nowadays Chinese brands seem to be more serious than ever. This month, Livefan (www.midlele.com), a leading Chinese brand in the Windows based tablet industry, has chosen working with SAOS to achieve better user experience. Started in 2008, Livefan has been focusing on the windows system based tablet computer and is

China’s Cheap Apple’s
Fabien Gaussorgues
Comments Off on Treat or trick : China’s Cheap Apple’s

Questions are rising : are those cheap Iphones for real? What’s the trick? “Everything looks so right, so perfect ” Many questions but saddly just one answer. Few days ago, a supplier from Shenzen, the capital of electronic, contacted me offering the best, Apple and other Samsung’s merchandise at prices that can not be beaten. Obviously, it looked to good

30 % cost down: the power of Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Fabien Gaussorgues
Comments Off on 30 % cost down: the power of Total cost of ownership (TCO)

In today’s market every penny matters or should we say every RMB. Everybody wants to have the lowest cost and do the best margins, and we definetly know better about how to do it now. There are many simple ways… simple on the paper though. Step one : Reduce the production costs. In China, some suppliers would indeed send you

Supplier Background Check
Fabien Gaussorgues
Comments Off on Supplier Background Check: Trivial Matter or Necessity in China?

Procurement might seem to be an easy job for some customers. Click here and there. – Nice website outlook, Alibaba’s Golden medal, ISO 9001 certification… Elementary, my dear Watson! No doubt this supplier is by all accounts a respectable one. – Happily some buyers know there are many traps to avoid while sourcing goods. And the first pitfall is to find

Fabien Gaussorgues
Comments Off on Why Taobao Succeeds in China Unlike eBay?

China has the largest online population in the world: 538 million users by the end of 2012, versus 141 million in the USA. Want to know more about Chinese e-market, click here The Chinese e-market is huge today, and this evolution was predictable from years. That is why eBay chose to begin the leader of this market in 2002 by