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Are you an importer or a distributor? Do you sell flexible heating products such as electric blankets or heating pads?

If you are interested in distributing flexible heating products, please take 5 minutes to read this blog. This might just be the perfect opportunity that will lead to your future success!

Maison & Objet is one of the most famous event in lifestyle, interior and design industries. The event is hosted at Paris, and 50% of its attendee come from outside of France. The show brings over 3000 brands as well as 85,000 visitors from all over the world.

Since the advent of electric blankets and flexible heating products into the global market the European markets have experienced a considerable change in consumer trends.

People have come to acknowledge these flexible heating products much more widely and most people have accepted them inside their households. This has happened mostly in the European markets due to the suitable weather conditions there.

The MEDICA trade fair is the world’s biggest medical trade fair. It is also the leading trade fair for suppliers of the medical technology industry.

This year’s fair, which ran from November 13 to 16, 2017, was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, and had a total of 123,500 visitors from around the world. The event had more than 5,100 exhibitors that were leaders in the medical care industries of countries like Taiwan, Belgium, and Germany.

Retail is big business. In 2016, the retail industry reportedly made more than $25 trillion in sales worldwide. The story is different, though, for many retailers doing business in the UK.

With the holidays incoming, there are certain products that are more likely to sell and markets that investors should keep a close eye on. Given the season’s demands, as well as the weather and unique needs that it generates, it’s considered a very profitable time indeed.

Here are three products that are a mainstay in the winter market. Investing in any of these three industries is guaranteed to generate revenue - moreso, if the product is well loved and of high quality.

We all sleep. That’s one thing you can expect from every person on this planet - that we need to sleep, and all of us at some point eventually do it. That’s how the sleep industry began: helping people not only getting to sleep, but getting to sleep better.

It’s a strange thing to realise, but sleep is even more precious now that we have tools and technology that make work easier. We carry these gadgets wherever we go - so why not develop gadgets that make sleep easier?

For something we’ve done since birth and a necessity for us to function in our daily lives, it’s only recently that sleep has been looked at more closely as an area requiring attention. While most people are content to simply throw the covers over themselves and just sleep, more and more people are turning to sleep aid products.

Enter the rising boom in interest for the sleep industry. Suddenly, there was a surge of interest in understanding how we slept instead of why: studies, products, and innovations came pouring in to a market that needed these products. But not all sleep products are created equal - and it’s important to decide once you enter the industry as to what quality is.

Manufacturing electric blankets and heating pads is far from comfortable. As a product worth both technical and industry standards, making sure that a company that creates them is up to the task.

And it's even a trickier task to pick a partner for such a venture - it's important to establish good working relationships while still being able to satisfy your bottom line. So what are the standards for a good fit if you're looking for an electric blanket and heating pad manufacturer?

It’s no secret that China is one of the easiest places to buy products in bulk. The cost of manufacturing, labour and assembly costs make ordering goods from China relatively easy - and if done well, even quite profitable.

There’s a few rules to follow in doing this - as business partner from across the continent, there are some rules and etiquette that you should follow when buying goods. And that’s not even starting on the question of quality - not all of China’s wholesale manufacturers are the same. So how do you ensure quality while keeping a good business relationship?