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David's AW News: Full Steam @ AW
Fri Dec 05 2025 14:45:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Greetings from Malaga, Spain

Happy Christmas Folks.. hope that trade is going good.
Right now it seems like all of AW is running on Full Steam.. all systems go.

Christmas is approaching fast. We are already on day 5 of the 12 days of Christmas free gifts.. showcasing our most popular and fast selling products. 
Well it's almost Christmas.. when Ancient Wise Men first brought gifts and established the first Christmas presents. Since we are Ancient Wisdom - your favourite gift wholesalers.. we are bringing YOU gifts everyday.. Don't miss out it's day 5 already!!
Last week I was telling you about my arrival back in the UK.. and the shock of landing in Manchester. If you missed it you can catch up here.
It was great to see Rodrigo and Holly.. working on the next "Can You Sell This?" YouTube video.. and all see all the team working on full steam Christmas rush now full on.. Right on our Busiest Week Ever at Ancient Wisdom.. 




But this month is kind of crazy.. it's the beginning of the Christmas Party Season at AW.. and I'm expected - no duty bound to attend them all.. It's a hard life. So after little more than a week in the UK.. I headed to T2 at Manchester airport.. Which after my unfavourable review last week of Manchester arrivals.. I can report massive improvements since my last trip there.. they spent £1.3bn  on the departure T2 and it's awesome..so smooth and easy.. world class! Check in and luggage drop as easy as Vienna, Security (no need to take out laptops) better than Amsterdam, common areas better but not as good as most Asian International departures..   EasyJet flies from T2 but not Ryanair for that reason alone you should switch.  

So on Monday I flew EasyJet from Manchester to Malaga.. arriving late evening. Been so busy this year.. this is the first time in my home in La Cala de Mijas since June.. my poor house needs a bit of love and attention.. but alas not much time.. 

So here in Spain
Main job here is to help Toni make the final choice of warehouse and enable a fast move.. I went to see two warehouses on the shortlist.. and approved one of themAgreed a deal and it looks like we could be moving to our new home in Malaga pretty soon. Maybe even over Christmas. Things can happen fast in Spain.. 
It's going to be great.. We could have done with a bit bigger but warehouses are scarce these days. This is a warehouse 50% bigger,  pallet racking already in place, offices 300% bigger, space for a huge showroom and 3 container docking bays 2 drive in bays. So a big upgrade in infrastructure.. and importantly two or three nice lunch restaurants within walking distance! 





This could be our new home in Spain.. wish us well.. The team in Spain will be busy beyond normal this Christmas.
More updates soon... 



Meanwhile in Bali
Tomas is almost on his last day.. and then he is back for Christmas..in UK and Slovakia. 
He has been working long days.. with our teams in our IT development office, (who it seems never want to go home).

He has been very busy there.. Now we have a solid key team.. we have been recruiting like crazy.
Lots of things are happening - offices revamped, an extra room for the team to work in, bigger monitors, more powerful computers, better air conditioners. There will be a big expansion soon. And several key new projects launched.. I'll keep you updated because some of them could save you money or help your business grow

Drop shipping Update
As part of that team we have a dedicated Drop-shipping section.. working REALLY hard to improve the AW drop shipping backend and systems. Now we have a system where bugs and issues come to the team directly from users.. and they are priding themselves on fixing things and improving things inside the day if possible. 
Well drop shipping sales are booming with some key customers making magic happen.. we have AWESOME products coming online.. Check it out here: AW-Dropship.com

In our Slovakia warehouse..
The team there has never been so busy.. again because of the great products we have right now..
But for a while we will lose a key member of staff.. Zuzana, our wonderful webmaster for the EU website: AWGifts.eu   She is going on maternity leave.

So we wish you well and thank you Zuzana for your super hard work.

Meanwhile in the UK.. stock arriving and the warehouse team are working all hours to get your orders out..
As well as lots of new products.. just coming online.. a lot this week came back in stock..

So grab it quick.. and take advantage of our 12 Days of Christmas gift giveaway..

Have a lovely weekend.
I'm off to the Spain AW Christmas party!!

Take care & adiós

David



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