TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR HANDICRAFTS 1

DEFINITION AND ROLE OF HANDICRAFTS ........................................................................................1

COMMONLY ACCEPTED DEFINITIONS ..............................................................................................1

Challenges Associated with Definitions and Data Collection.............................................2

THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR HANDICRAFTS......................................................................................3

Players and Channels...........................................................................................................8

Retailers...............................................................................................................................9

Recent Changes and Nuances in How the Distribution Channels Work...........................13

Price Segments ..................................................................................................................15

Key Import Markets ..........................................................................................................17

Key Export Markets ..........................................................................................................18

TRENDS FOR THE UPCOMING DECADE ...........................................................................................21

Impact of Globalization.....................................................................................................21

Rapid Changes in Market Trends ......................................................................................21

Towards Contemporary Minimalism ................................................................................22

The Push to Differentiate ..................................................................................................23

…Channels Keep Getting Get Shorter ..............................................................................26

Growth in Online Sales .....................................................................................................27

Where to, Trade Shows? ...................................................................................................27

Heightened Awareness of Environmental and Social Concerns .......................................28

The Future Competitive Landscape… is in Asia ..............................................................29

II. OPPORTUNITIES FOR HAITIAN HANDICRAFTS 31

HAITI AND THE MARKETPLACE......................................................................................................31

Changes in the Landscape .................................................................................................32

Purchasing .........................................................................................................................34

Key Attributes ...................................................................................................................38

HAITI: VIEW FROM THE MARKETPLACE.........................................................................................41

Background .......................................................................................................................41
Products.............................................................................................................................42

Demand .............................................................................................................................47

Buyers on Haiti..................................................................................................................48

Haitian Diaspora................................................................................................................53

CONCLUSIONS.................................................................................................................................53