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Visiting our customers in person isn't a once-a-year thing at Onings, it's something our sales team does throughout the year, wherever those customers happen to be. Mats' most recent trip, to China and Taiwan, was part of that same rhythm.
He travelled there to visit customers and growing locations firsthand, talk through what's moving in the market, walk the crops in person, and see with his own eyes how our tulip and lily bulbs are grown and used on the other side of the world.
One thing that struck him in Taiwan: how specific the market there is about lilies. "𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥," Mats explains. "𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯-𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥."
It's a good reminder that more flowers doesn't automatically mean more value. It also shows why testing new varieties at an early stage matters so much, in the end, it all comes down to what the local market actually wants.
"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘞𝘦𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘌," 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴. "𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵."
And that's exactly why we keep making the trip, again and again, market after market.
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