How to Buy Wholesale Polish Gifts
Whether you're big on celebrating Casimir Pulaski day, plan to host your family's traditional Polish Christmas celebration or you'd love to get into business as a Polish giftware retailer, homeland treasures abound. Of course, the items on your 77-year-old buscia's wish list are light years away from what Polish teens will actually use or wear. That's why finding the right gift mix that pairs Polish pride with various audiences is so important.
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Visit cities with the highest concentration of Polish people to check out handmade wares in communities known for their ethnic shops and markets: New York, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Wisconsin, California, Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Minnesota. Contact artisans making the kinds of gifts you're looking for and negotiate wholesale pricing.
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Find beautiful Polish gift merchandise at ethnic museums (e.g., The Polish Museum of America in Chicago) dedicated to Polish culture. Stroll museum gift shops to identify vendors producing Polish-style giftware from Warsaw to Washington. Contact select manufacturers by locating sourcing information on hang tags and box inserts. Open an account that allows you access to their wholesale pricing.
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Attend Polish street fairs, festivals and other large events---for example, the annual Polish Fest spreads across Milwaukee's Lake Michigan fairgrounds every year---and while you're sampling the pierogi and kielbasa, peruse booths offering merchandise for sale. Ask vendors about terms and conditions you'll need to meet to establish an account and purchase goods at wholesale prices.
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Turn to the Internet for domestic sites dedicated to importing Polish gifts and handicrafts from the old country. Expect to pay a bit more if you enter into a relationship since your Polish giftware contact will probably add an import fee to cover the tariffs required to bring the goods to the U.S.
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Import Polish gifts directly from Boleslawiec (the country's pottery hub), Gdansk, Warsaw and other large cities with healthy commercial bases and locally famous products. Apply due diligence to check them out before you think about purchasing items from their site, and be certain you have a good understanding of the current exchange rate and ship times as even huge savings can't make up for gift orders that arrive late.
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Get a Polish calendar to plan for major holidays. Choose wholesaler sources well in advance of Easter and Christmas and order products early so books, crafts, clothing, 24 percent lead crystal, Polish flags and items bearing the great seal of Poland have plenty of time to travel by boat and pass customs. That stated, you might be surprised by the quirky gift options coming directly from Poland. Think Polish Vodka Drinking Team.
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Tips & Warnings
Gain bargaining and buying power by finding Polish gift wholesalers willing to offer big discounts for large orders and remember, whatever language you may speak, it's never a bad idea to try to negotiate further discounts.
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