Happy Chinese New Year!

As our Chinese offices celebrate their lunar New year we take a break to reflect on the amazing year we have had. A great tip in distribution is to always complete all orders before this time, hundreds of millions of people are travelling home in what is considered the world’s biggest annual human migration. State media says about three billion passenger trips will be made by plane, train and car over the 40-day period.

It is a public holiday in many places with ethnic Chinese populations such as Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. The festival is known as Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in South Korea, and is traditionally a time to be with family.

Markets or village fairs are set up as the New Year is approaching. These usually open-air markets feature new year related products such as flowers, toys, clothing, and even fireworks. It is convenient for people to buy gifts for their new year visits as well as their home decorations. In some places, the practice of shopping for the perfect plum tree is not dissimilar to the western tradition of buying a Christmas tree

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