Practical knowledge for importers, wholesalers and fashion retailers — importing Indian ethnic wear, choosing fabrics, and growing a profitable B2B business.
Kathmandu changes its ethnic wear register street by street, from the old bazaar of Ason to the saree counters of New Road and the wholesale cloth trade at Setopul. This map explains what sells where, and how counters stock it from Surat.
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Product GuidesA wholesale guide to indo-western mens wear: the silhouette map from bandhgalas to layered jacket sets, the fabrics and colour stories moving now, and the sizing trade-off nobody warns first-time buyers about. Ends with a first-order structure and the season calendar.
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Export GuidesA southern-hemisphere sourcing guide for Australian ethnic retailers: the flipped season calendar that catches northern-trained buyers, the Perth freight paradox, and the community mix that shapes what to ship first. Desk notes from Surat.
Read articleWholesale Business TipsJanakpur is a small city that spends like a big one whenever a wedding is involved. Inside the Mithila market's bridal demand, guest sarees and pilgrimage counters.
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Export GuidesA supplier's guide to the Kuwait fabric trade, from the cut-to-garment culture of Souq Al-Mubarakiya to the wash-fast black tests merchants run before reordering. Covers Shuwaikh shipping, the February retail wall and the habits that earn a merchant's repeat business.
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Export GuidesA map of Britain's Indian wholesale trade, from Southall Broadway and Wembley's Ealing Road to Leicester's Golden Mile and Birmingham's Soho Road. Covers UK import duty, post-Brexit paperwork, festival buying calendars and how small UK orders can still make sensible landed costs.
Read articleWholesale Business TipsThe NPR-INR peg makes this corridor refreshingly boring, and that is a gift. How settlements actually run through banks, how first orders are structured, and why shortcuts are not worth it.
Read articleExport GuidesA field manual for importing garments from India, walking through the full pipeline from enquiry to container, with real payment structures, document lists and lead times. Includes the Indian production calendar nobody warns importers about, and the mistakes that cost first-timers their margin.
Read articleExport GuidesA clear-eyed guide for US resellers buying Pakistani suits from India: lawn fabric and timing, the Eid calendar that runs the category, and where Indian sourcing fits. Includes the Chaand Raat retail weekend most importers discover too late.
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