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David's AW News: Trying Not To Complain

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Greetings from Spain, How are you doing today? Here in Spain, it's still almost too hot.. I'm trying not to complain . I hear good weather is also blessing the UK this weekend.. so hopefully you can enjoy it ...   Rodrigo, our marketing man in the UK.. will certainly be enjoying it. Here he is enjoying the weather with the recently expanded team.   This week, we are excited to welcome Alex (the cool guy in the baseball cap) A traditional AW picture, always includes a Buddha statue. Toni is stressed. Toni, our man in Spain, has had a busy (and stressful) week - a container from India finally arrived after clearing customs with what seems to me ridiculously unfair treatment. (I'm trying not to complain) . Despite having all our paperwork carefully prepared and in place, answering every customs query and despite never ever doing anything dodgy.   The delays in customs create storage charges, which we have to pay even though it's not us causing the delay.. and the...

David's AW News: Heatwaves, Holly & India

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Greetings from the middle of a heatwave in Spain It's hot here in summer, but this summer is a little too much. Hard to sleep at night, I'm waking up in a pool of sweat.. sorry too much info. Last week I was telling you about Slovakia, and how damned efficient they are there. But also friendly and fun. And I was telling you that with the help of Katarina, we made some content for YouTube.. It was lots of fun!! Travel Update Regular readers will know that the circle of life goes on at AW and that involves constantly bringing you new products, and that involves travelling.. I have spent much of this week coordinating with our man in India, Mr Chatterjee, about an Indian tour in October.. and it's looking pretty epic. We are going gemstone hunting in regions unknown, hoping to open up new hippy textile connections in one of India's iconic cities and meanwhile catching up with old suppliers. Before that will be Indonesia, China and Nepal.. so a lot to organise.. sta...