JOHN LIU · 30+ YEARS IN STATIONERY EXPORT

John.
30+ years.
From China to the world.

Part of China’s first generation of stationery exporters, John has spent more than three decades helping Chinese stationery reach buyers and shelves around the world.

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Open 168-piece creative stationery set
24-colour acrylic marker set
Coloured pencils in retail cartons
Colour markers arranged across a white surface
PRODUCTS, UP CLOSE / JOHN SOURCE

MORE THAN ONE WAY TO CREATE

From the first mark
to the full set.

Individual tools, complete art kits and gift-ready collections: a glimpse of the formats we can bring together for different shelves and markets.

Dinosaur themed art gift set
Gift-ready art sets
Fold-out creative art kit
Creative formats
Licensed character colouring set
Licensed ranges
Licensed Frozen colouring case
Retail collections
Brush pen set
Drawing tools
STATIONERY ✳ ART & CRAFT ✳ LICENCED COLLECTIONS ✳ RETAIL PROGRAMMES ✳ STATIONERY ✳ ART & CRAFT ✳

01 / WHAT WE MAKE POSSIBLE

Good products begin
with better choices.

Explore a snapshot of the stationery and creative ranges our team works with. Product configurations can be developed for your market and brief.

Large colour marker carry case01

COLOUR MARKERS

Marker sets

Colour brush pen set02

DRAWING TOOLS

Brush pens

Acrylic paint marker pack03

PAINT & COLOUR

Acrylic markers

Glitter marker set04

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Glitter markers

Children's colour pencils in retail packaging05

EVERYDAY STATIONERY

Pencils & crayons

Fold-out creative art kit06

CREATIVE FORMATS

Portable art kits

Dinosaur themed stationery art set07

READY-TO-GIFT

Art sets

Licensed Frozen colouring case08

CHARACTER PROGRAMMES

Licensed collections

Character artwork shown in product examples is used in authorised customer programmes. Product availability and rights vary by market.

02 / OUR APPROACH

One brief.
Many moving parts.
One team with you.

John Source brings product thinking, supplier coordination and export experience together, so buyers have a clear partner from the first idea to final shipment.

Talk through a brief
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Understand the shelf

We start with your audience, retail format, price point and product goals.

02

Shape the range

We develop practical product, packaging and assortment options around the brief.

03

Make it real

We coordinate samples, production details and the people behind each stage.

04

See it through

We stay close to quality, delivery and export handover until the work is done.

03 / GLOBAL REACH

Local insight.
Worldwide perspective.

Our team has worked with customers across Asia, Europe, North and South America, and the Middle East. Each market brings different tastes, formats and requirements. We build with those differences in mind.

JAPAN & KOREAEUROPENORTH AMERICASOUTH AMERICAMIDDLE EAST

RETAILERS OUR TEAM HAS SERVED

Experience supporting product programmes for leading retailers and retail groups.

  • Lidl
  • ALDI
  • La Foir’Fouille
  • Tesco
  • Asda
  • Dollar Tree
  • Walmart
  • LuLu Group International
Stationery and creative products displayed at a Canton Fair boothON THE GROUND / CANTON FAIR

04 / WHERE WE MEET THE WORLD

At the fairs.
In the conversation.

We have taken part in major stationery trade fairs in China, Germany and the United States, including the Canton Fair, Paperworld Frankfurt and SHOPA. These long-running connections help us listen closely to buyers and spot what is next.

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Paperworld Frankfurt and SHOPA refer to past trade fair participation.

05 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE SOURCE

Meet John.

John reviewing a stationery productJOHN, AT WORK

A personal point of contact from the first product idea to the final detail.

John Liu (Liu Jiahong) works with an experienced team focused on stationery and creative products for international retail. He brings relationships with customers and suppliers into a direct, detail-minded way of working.

John Source operates as an independent sourcing team in partnership with HF HIECO Import & Export Co., Ltd., a Hefei-based import and export company. Together, the team connects product development with established export operations.

EXPORT PARTNERHIECO logo

LET'S MAKE SOMETHING WORK

Tell us what
you are looking for.

Share the category, market, target price or idea you have in mind. John Source can help turn the brief into a product conversation.

Start with a brief.

If we have met at a trade fair or worked together before, please reach John through your existing business contact. New enquiry details will be shared here when available.

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