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    Mission Statement + Vision Statement

    All useful comments, thank you! We are not an NGO or Charity but we feel strongly that we need to give back to the community (for example a donation with every purchase). This is important to our target market and frequently appears in the research that we have conducted. I understand...
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    Mission Statement + Vision Statement

    Hello all, We have been working on the drafts of the mission and vision statements for our new ethical family and baby brand. Just wondering what the first impressions are? Mission "To be a global but local ethical retailer that inspires, informs and empowers parents worldwide, and...
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    New mother and baby brand development

    Thank you for all the feedback. Extremely helpful. It seems like we would need to raise awareness of the quality and reliability of the made in the UK ( EU or America) brands. 1. Price is important ( we want to retail products at a competitive price + add extra value in a variety of...
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    New mother and baby brand development

    We are currently developing a brand identity for a new mother and baby online retail brand(feeding, nutrition,clothing, maternity). One of our USP's is that we will only stock brands that are designed and produced in the UK, Europe or America. In the mother and baby market we have found that...
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    Shipping Integration: use Metapack or develop our own API integration with each carrier

    Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have looked at Scurri and they look great but they do not support Bpost or Jersey Post. It seems like Metapack is the only one that has all three carriers we wish to use.
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    Shipping Integration: use Metapack or develop our own API integration with each carrier

    Hi, We have reached a decision point in our project regarding shipping integration. We wish to use the following carriers. DPD Local for all our UK domestic orders BPost for our International orders JerseyPost for our Chinese orders. Should we develop our our API integration solutions for...
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    Amazon vs Bespoke website

    It seems to be that implementing a Amazon shop should be part of our plan but only AFTER we have established our own website and only AFTER identifying a management approach that automates each channel into one backend platform. I want to reduce the duplication of work as much as possible...
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    Amazon vs Bespoke website

    Thank you for all the advice so far. Really helpful. We are investing in a bespoke website, not just as a E-commerce platform, but also investing in the website's backend to improve the efficiency of fulfilling cross border E-commerce orders and associated business processes. The backend...
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    Amazon vs Bespoke website

    Hi We have a certain amount to invest in a new website so as to grow our new mother and baby brand. We this will be the brand's first website. We will retail premium / high quality products. We are currently registering our trademark and will invest in backend technology that will automate...
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    Register a EU trademark or a UK trademark.

    Hello, Our company has spent the last 2 months developing a brand name that meets our branding objectives. We are a UK mother and baby E-commerce retailer and ship internationally. We engage in marketing within the UK but currently do very little marketing in mainland Europe. We have...
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    Cheap courier service to China - 7kg Packages

    We export UK goods in bulk to mainland china (1000kg+ per consignment). However we wish to introduce a new service for our Chinese customers that involves using a courier service to transport small packages of around 7kg each from the UK into China. We need the price to be around 40GBP per...
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    Record a fixed asset, iphone (both personal and business use) in quickbooks 2010

    David, thanks for the quick reply and offer of help. The company (invoice made out to the company) purchased the phone outright in the UK but it does not have any contract in the UK. I am currently using it in Hong Kong and China on 'Pay as you go' sim cards. (60% for business). My company is...
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    Record a fixed asset, iphone (both personal and business use) in quickbooks 2010

    Hi, I feel like I am just going round in circles trying to find the best method of recording this new purchase. I will use the iphone 60% for business and 40% for personal use. How I can I record this asset in quickbooks (including depreciation!) based on it 60% business usage and how do I...
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    Selling your product in China

    I have a UK registered company that is exporting goods (Perfum, Milk Powder) from the UK into Mainland China. My Wife (Chinese) has registered a Chinese based company that handles all sales, promotion and RMB payments in the PRC as well as transfer of payment back to the UK . We have reliable...