A practical pre-shipment inspection checklist from our Chengdu factory. Five tests to verify genuine leather, how to evaluate Blake stitching vs cemented soles, what heel and hardware details separate a $15 FOB shoe from a $45 FOB shoe, and the exact AQL 2.5 sampling SOP for pre-shipment inspection when you cannot fly to China.
Three data sources most wholesale content ignores — Sichuan customs exports, ITC five-year trend data, and country-level consumer preferences — reveal what actually moves in each European market. Category mix, heel preference, color bias, size spread, and SKU strategy for Spain, Romania, Poland, Germany, and the UK.