Tasweek

We are looking for  Garment, jewelry and accessories designers from Morocco to participate in a series of exhibitions in Dubai ( June, July and August 2012 ) to exhbit and market their products.

You can reach us out at fashionclub.dubai.morocco@gmail.com

Nous sommes a la recherches des designers de mode, des bijoux et d'accessoires du Maroc pour participer a une series d'exhibitions a Dubai ( Juin, Juillet et Aout 2012 ) pour commercilaiser leurs produits.

Pour plus d'infos, veuillez nous contacter sur fashionclub.dubai.morocco@gmail.com

Tasweek Team

Palette hair color

In 16 color

2000 pcs of each total 32,000 pcs

As usual, with a very GOOD price

With a very GOOD price

C2D SL9400 1.86GHz
2Gb RAM
120Gb HDD
12.1” display
WEBCAM
Ultra-slim expansion base with DVDRW
Stylus pen
US Keyboard

Quantity : 150 units with a very good price

 Damascene Ware: Damascene ware is a specialty in the city of Meknes. The products are usually well finished and nicely designed to make durable gifts.

Basket Work: All sorts of amusing gifts, both decorative and practical, and at very low prices, can be bought from the basket weavers anywhere in the country. Baskets can be bought with or without covers. Some are made very small like toys or extremely big, thick and "woolly" looking.

 Stone Work: Natural stones like the "desert rose", a crystal formation found in the Sahara, which makes a very decorative object d'art. There are many items carved out of soft local stone called "soapstone": jewelry and cigarette boxes, candlesticks, paperweights and animals or human figurines which are carved with geometric hammered designs. There are also natural rocks or semi-precious stones like mineral crystal and bright-colored marbled stones sold on the roadside in many parts of the mountain areas.

Silversmith: Their art is very old Moroccan tradition. They know how to make jewelry starting from scratch by first extracting the silver from the ore. Silver jewelry comes in many forms: bracelets, earrings, fibulas, anklets and necklaces, sometimes set with semiprecious stones or studs inlaid with enamels. Among the most popular are heavy solid silver bracelets with deeply- etched designs.

 Jewelry: Made of gold and found in all the big cities where the goldsmiths usually have their own separate district. Moroccan designs in general are quite unique, very distinctive souvenirs. One style is known as the "hzam", woven in Fez in a very distinctive design. They are made of silk, about four centimeters wide sometimes and two to four meters long. They are embroidered with modern motifs that recall matisse, and many people buy them for other purposes, such as framing pictures. The "medama" is a leather belt covered with satin strips and gold embroidered with a highly ornamental buckle made of gold or silver .

 Leatherwork: Morocco leather of course is a by-word, and a thousand different types are available. Leather which is decorated with fringes of brown or beige to make travelbags or satchels. Leatherworkers specialize in gold-leaf designs on red or green to make document holders, office or desk furnishings, with arabesques or geometric designs that give a very sumptuous effect.

Handbags: Among the many handbags available is a small traditional one (originally designed to carry a Koran) which makes a delightful evening bag and has become popular in fashionable places. Handbags are made of stiff sheep-skin leather with embossed, embroidered or studded designs, often in colored leather or natural shades with zip-fasteners or shoulder straps.

 Embroidery: Many of these relate love stories or dreams that girls are fond of and which are translated into silken fantasies on fine fabrics to make table-cloths, tea-sets and other items for your dining-room.

Blankets: Are made either in one natural color or in very bright tints, sometimes with designs in white wool.

 Brasswork: Has a big place in the Moroccan handicraft industry, and offers you candlesticks in several sizes and styles for table, standard or wall-lights. Brass trays exist in numerous sizes, some of them very big indeed and artistically decorated to be placed on wrought-iron legs to make a table for your lounge. Smaller trays are ideal for serving and even smaller ones make nice ashtrays. Other specialties include sugar-boxes and incenseburners. Moroccan lanterns have colored glass in sapphire, ruby, emerald, amethyst and topaz shades that cast a delightfully intimate light. Door-knockers are finely carved and some of the older ones that can be bought occasionally make fine antique decorations.

 Marquetry: Craftsmen make large trays that seem to be woven like a carpet with several different kinds of wood. Smaller items but just as richly decorated include cigarette or jewelry boxes inlaid with mother-of-pearl. In Marrakech and Azrou, the woodworkers and cabinet makers use cedar or olive tree wood to make a wide variety of objects. Coffers are also made of carved cedarwood with studded wood in the Sahara, covered with leather and studded or intricately painted designs in many colors. These coffers or chests used to be a kind of Moroccan hope-chest for keeping women's caftans in. Smaller caskets, coffee tables in marquetry, chessboards are made out of the wood inlaid with ebony, lemon wood or cedar, while chests or babies' cribs made of brightly-painted wood are made mainly in Fez.

 Hassocks: Are made in embossed or bright colored leathers. Apart from the usual shapes, a new design has been specially made for watching television.

 Pottery: There is a great variety of earthenware pottery in all kinds of shapes from the jug or vase to tableware like plates, cups, saucers, coffee-sets, cooking-pots for making tajine dishes or stews, some of them glazed or decorated with black designs.

 Ceramics: The main center for ceramics is Safi, which produces a variation of the metallic pottery. Some ceramics are covered tightly with fine leather and decorated with gilt motifs. Wrought Iron: A wide selection of small tables, lamps, knick-knacks, platerests and candle holders.

This is Morocco and so many other fabulous aspects that you might discover when you are in Morocco.

Tourist receipts in 2007 totalled US$7,55 billion. Tourism is the second largest foreign exchange earner in Morocco, after the phosphate industry.The Moroccan government is heavily investing in tourism development. A new tourism strategy called Vision 2010 was developed after the accession of King Mohammed VI in 1999. The government has targeted that Morocco will have 10 million visitors by 2010, with the hope that tourism will then have risen to 20% of GDP. A large government sponsored marketing campaigns to attract tourists advertised Morocco as a cheap and exotic, yet safe, place for European tourists.

Morocco's relatively high amount of tourists has been aided by its location, tourist attractions, and relatively low price. Cruise ships visit the ports of Casablanca and Tangier. Morocco is close to Europe and attracts visitors to its beaches. Because of its proximity to Spain, tourists in southern Spain's coastal areas take one- to three-day trips to Morocco. Air services between Morocco and Algeria have been established, many Algerians have gone to Morocco to shop and visit family and friends. Morocco is relatively inexpensive because of the devaluation of the dirham and the increase of hotel prices in Spain. Morocco has an excellent road and rail infrastructure that links the major cities and tourist destinations with ports and cities with international airports. Low-cost airlines offer cheap flights to the country.

The "Plan Azur", is a large scale project initiated by king Mohammed VI, is meant to internationalise Morocco. The plan provides for creating six coastal resorts for holiday-home owners and tourists (five on the Atlantic coast and one on the Mediterranean), the daily telegraph noted. The plan also includes other large-scale development projects such as upgrading regional airports to attract budget airlines, and building new train and road links. Thus, the country achieved an 11% cent rise in tourism in the first five months of 2008 compared with the same period last year, it said, adding that French visitors topped the list with 927,000 followed by Spaniards (587,000) and Britons (141,000). Morocco, which is close to Europe, has a mix of culture and the exotic that makes it popular with Europeans buying holiday homes.

Greetings from Morocco

By James Bell

Most people mistakenly assume that when you talk about marketing, you're automatically talking about "Tactical" marketing - placing ads, generating leads, sending out mailers, attending trades shows, creating brochures, implementing a follow-up system, and so forth.

They fail to realize that the "Strategic" side of the coin - what you say, how you say it, and who you say it to - is almost always MORE important than the marketing medium of WHERE you say it.

So, What's The Difference Between Strategic And Tactical Marketing?

The distinction between the two is huge. "Tactical Marketing" is the execution of your marketing plan, such as generating leads, placing media, creating marketing tools, and implementing a follow-up system. In other words, it's the medium in which your message is delivered.

"Strategic Marketing" has to do with what you say, how you say it, and who you say it to. In other words, it's the content of your marketing message.

Strategic Marketing starts with understanding your customers and the things that are important to them, understanding "WHY John Smith buys".

"If You Want To Know WHY John Smith Buys What John Smith Buys, You've Got To See The World THROUGH John Smith's Eyes."

Just putting a marketing message in an appropriate medium for John Smith to hear or read is not good enough. The strategy must derive from an understanding of what's important to John Smith. Otherwise, this tactical part of the marketing process will be much less effective, resulting in ads that under-perform.

Many companies try to figure out how to sell more before they find out how to provide a solution to their consumers' needs. The procedure for accomplishing this is exactly the same every single time, for every kind of business.

It's The Advertiser's Job To Pay Attention To Human Nature. Buyers Always Want To Make The Best Decision Possible.

Strategically, marketing programs and advertising should get the attention of target market prospects and facilitate their decision-making. This lowers their risk for taking the next step in the buying process.

By understanding what's important to your target market, you can then put together a strategy that gets more qualified prospects to call, reduces your sales cycle, and increases your conversion ratios.

AFTER the strategy is in place, the tactical execution simply consists of testing and implementing your strategic plan.

My bolg Tasweek is your gate to explore the initiative spirit. It is your window to touch the richness of the products made in Morocco. It is your assistant to promote your business in Morocco. Tasweek core objectives are :

1- Looking for partners to widely market the Moroccan products especially handcrafted stuff

2- assisting SMEs, cooperatives and associations to develop and promote their businesses via social media and other communication tools

3- Assisting foreign companies which would like to promote their business in Morocco