Case studies

How we develop and deliver home goods programs

Five programs that show how we work: a fifteen-year supply relationship with PartyLite, Taiwan marble brought back to U.S. retail, ceramic and glass candle vessels developed for premium fragrance brands, and a ceramic item moved from China to Vietnam. Brand customers in the development cases are not named; the capability is what we show.

Case 1 · Home party · Home fragrance & décor

Fifteen years, fifteen supplier awards with PartyLite

The program. PartyLite sells candles and home décor through a direct-selling network, which makes delivery dates non-negotiable: products have to be in hand when a catalog season opens.

What we did. We developed and supplied candle accessories and home décor across multiple materials, and later electric aroma diffusers — now around 60,000 units a year, built with the same diffuser factory partner for more than ten years.

The result. Between 2001 and 2015 PartyLite recognized Jason Craft fifteen times: Supplier of the Year in 2001, 2009 and 2012, Factory of the Year in 2004, on-time delivery six times, outstanding quality twice, plus awards for service, new product support and innovation in home décor.

PartyLite Supplier of the Year 2001 award — Supplier of the Year, 2001

PartyLite Factory of the Year 2004 award — Factory of the Year, 2004

Case 2 · Taiwan marble · U.S. mass retail

Bringing Hualien marble back to the U.S. shelf

The challenge. Hualien's marble industry once supplied major U.S. retailers, then retail buying shifted and the market forgot it. Importers looking for marble outside Italy and China rarely looked at Taiwan.

What we did. We worked with a Hualien stone works on boards, trays and turned pieces — natural veining, hand finishing, and turnaround of about a week for work that takes a month elsewhere.

The result. In 2026, Taiwan marble won a U.S. mass-retail order through one of the leading U.S. importers we work with. Read the full story →

Hand finishing Hualien marble — Hand finishing, Hualien.

Case 3 · Premium home fragrance · Ceramic vessels

Ceramic candle vessels with signature glazes

The brief. Premium fragrance brands need a vessel that is recognizable on the shelf, consistent across thousands of units, and refillable with wax without cracking.

What we did. Our designers developed shapes in CAD and 3D, built colorway sheets for each glaze, and worked with our Vietnam ceramic factory on reactive and gradient glazes — the hardest finishes to keep consistent in volume. Samples take around 21 days; we iterate until the glaze, the color and the fit with the wax and lid are approved.

The result. Ribbed, fluted, textured and reactive-glaze vessel collections in production for premium fragrance brands, with stoneware made in Vietnam.

Ceramic candle vessel in a multicolor reactive glaze — Reactive glaze development

Ceramic vessel with an ombre spray glaze — Ombre spray glaze

Ribbed matte black ceramic vessel — Ribbed matte glaze

Three ceramic tumblers in reactive glaze colorways — Colorway samples

Case 4 · Premium home fragrance · Glass vessels

Embossed and colored glass candle jars at scale

The brief. Embossed, colored glass jars with lids for a premium candle line — detailed relief, rich color and tight dimensions for filling and lid fit.

What we did. Tooling and hand-tooled samples were made in China to keep sampling fast (around 35–45 days); the tooling then moved to our Vietnam glass factory for production on press and automated lines, with colored art glass and spray finishes applied in the same plant.

The result. A repeatable embossed glass jar program produced in Vietnam — China speed for development, Vietnam origin for production.

Colored glass vessel samples — Color sampling

Glass vessels on an automatic line in Vietnam — Automatic glass line, Vietnam

Case 5 · Tabletop · China+1

Moving a ceramic item from China to Vietnam

The challenge. Ceramic items made in China carry tariff and anti-dumping exposure in the U.S. and EU, but a program cannot afford a quality reset or a missed season when it changes origin.

What we did. We started our Vietnam ceramic line in 2024, before tariffs made it urgent. For each item that moves, we check classification and duty, match Vietnam samples to the approved China sample, run a pilot order, and keep China qualified as a second origin.

The result. Stoneware dinnerware and candle vessels now in production in Vietnam, shipped with a Certificate of Origin on every order — with China still available if volume needs to shift back.

Jigger forming line for stoneware in Vietnam — Forming line, Vietnam

Hand dip-glazing a stoneware plate — Glazing, Vietnam

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