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Freight Companies should focus on Business to Business solutions

In my 2014 review I noticed that there are some very interesting developments happening in the freight industry. Companies which focused on provided freight to consumers are showing poor returns whereas companies which focused in providing freight to businesses are showing good returns. Freight brokerage companies such as CH Robinson revenues grew by 4.54% and […]

Tips: How To Develop Your Companies International Trade Opportunites

        Maximizing International Trade Opportunities: Essential Tips for Your Company’s Growth In the fast-evolving global economy, businesses of all sizes have unprecedented opportunities to tap into international markets. A recent conference among local businesses highlighted the critical importance of formulating an international market trading strategy. The global marketplace, characterized by its vast […]

EU-US Free Trade Agreement FTA

Why the US-EU Free Trade Agreement Will Be a Game Changer

  The high level team dealing with a potential US-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has cleared the way for formal negotiations to begin. Indeed the European Union’s incoming trade chief is vowing to pursue an ambitious free trade agreement with the United States. The shared ambition would be to progressively move to a more integrated […]

Vietnam Furniture Products

Why You should Consider Switching Sourcing Indoor Furniture to Vietnam

  Vietnam has traditionally been a country that has produced outdoor Furniture; however, it is rapidly moving to become a producer country of Indoor furniture.   This article is a review of the Furniture Industry in Vietnam and explains why you should consider Vietnam as a country to source Indoor Furniture Vietnam Furniture Industry Review […]

Why Businesses should have Export Markets for their products

Export Markets – Over the years, I have had the privilege of chatting with many business owners about how their business is going.  One of the most common comments that I receive is “the economy is very poor at the moment and my business is down as a result”.  When I receive this comment I […]

Asia Shipping News – Prices to remain volatile after Alliance is blocked

Today the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has officially blocked the plans of an alliance between some of the major shipping lines.  citing the potentially negative impact such a partnership would have on other carriers The Shipping lines Maersk, MSC & CMA had been planning an Alliance to begin in the later part of 2014. The […]

7 Tips to Successfully Grow Your Export Sales

Goodada has been designed as a platform to allow you to promote your products to international markets. People often ask  for tips on how to grow their export sales. So I have listed 7 tips that will help bring success to your international sales strategy. Tip 1 – Select a limited number of Products to […]

7 Reasons to Ask – Is Asia still Good Value?

By Aidan Conaty Date 14th April 2014     As founder and CEO of Goodada, I have the privilege of traveling to many countries in the world to meet with Goodada’s Clients and Partners. The main purpose of these meetings is to discuss how to promote that country, its products and services through Goodada’s international […]

Goodada Exhibiting at Furniture Fair in Guangzhou China March 2014

Delighted to announce that Goodada will be exhibiting at the 33rd CIFF Furniture Trade Fair in Guangzhou China. Goodada will be promoting the Quality Control Inspection services in the following Countries: China Vietnam Malaysia Indonesia Thailand Turkey Poland Bulgaria Germany Goodada will also be promoting the Logistics services of its UK Freight Partner John Good […]

Shipping News Update on 2014 China New Year Shipping

Update 16th January 2014 Shipping from China is now suffering huge Space issues. It has become very scarce. MSC / Maersk / OOCL are all struggling to cope with demand in a very busy time The carriers have announced plans to cut their sailings in Week 6 and Week 7 from China. It is thought […]