Wholesale

Backpack demand isn't uniform globally. What sells in Berlin doesn't necessarily sell in Buenos Aires. For wholesale buyers operating in multiple markets — or trying to...

Most retailers leave money on the table because they treat the first quote as the price. It is not. It is an opening position, and on...

Every supplier ships the occasional defect, including good ones. What separates a workable supplier relationship from an expensive one is whether the problem is found in...

Corporate gifting is the part of the bag business that ignores retail seasonality. Nobody buys a welcome kit because it is September. They buy it because...

Trade shows survived e-commerce for one reason: bags do not photograph honestly. Weight, fabric hand, how smoothly a zip runs, whether the straps sit right on...

For anyone selling backpacks, back to school is not a season. It is the season. A large share of the year's volume moves between mid July...