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Portugal Imports is a small wholesale family business focusing on hand made and hand painted products from Portugal.
Portugal Imports schedule and information for open houses, trade shows and events. See below for warehouse sale information.
Are you a retail store interested in carrying our line? Existing and new customers can place orders online through Shopzio.
Portugal Imports offices and showroom are located in London, Ontario, Canada. Sales representatives available across Canada.
Portugal Imports opens to the public for their warehouse sales twice a year. Come shop for deals on discontinued lines, samples and more!
Interested in buying?
Shop online through these websites. Shipping within Canada and United States.
About Us
Our HIstory
Portugal Imports was founded as a wholesale business in 1972 by the husband and wife team of Manuel and Leonor Cardoso. Leonor came from a large family, her father was a carpenter and had several shops in Fatima, Portugal. The shops were run by the children and Leonor began helping her older siblings in the shops as a young child. By the time she was a teenager she was managing one of the family’s souvenir shops.
Manuel grew up about 40km from Fatima, in Calvaria. He began working in a souvenir shop in Fatima when he was 12. Although he was still a child, he would travel the winding road to and from work every morning and every night on his scooter. Manuel always had dreams of going overseas and making it big. Manuel met Leonor while they both worked in touristy town of Fatima. Manuel immigrated to Canada from Portugal in 1964, and continued a long distance relationship with Leonor. They married in Portugal in January of 1972, and Leonor joined her husband in Canada shortly after. They began their wholesale business and received their first shipment in September of 1972. In the basement of their home in London, Ontario they imported gift items, kitchen items and religious articles all made in Portugal. At that time there was no one bringing in these unique products from Portugal and when Manuel attended his first gift show, it was a huge success and he was able to move into a small rented warehouse. From there the company grew and grew. In 1988 Portugal Imports split into two companies: Portugal Imports remained focused on giftware, kitchenware and religious products and ABC Cork was born and focused on wine making supplies for the home brew market.
Our present
Manuel and Leonor had two children, Daniel and Monica both grew up working in the family businesses and now help run the businesses. Manuel and Daniel run ABC Cork, which is a leader in the wholesale home brew market and imports foods from Portugal. Leonor and Monica run Portugal Imports, which has become a reputable wholesaler across Canada. It has grown to include a large variety of products from around the world, but still focuses on handcrafted and hand painted products from Portugal. These products include giftware, home décor, roosters, kitchenware, food, tabletop, garden accessories, religious and inspirational products. Portugal Imports religious division offers a wide ranging line of religious and inspirational products for both the Catholic and Christian markets. They have become the Canadian distributor for many US-based religious wholesalers including Catholic Book Publishing, Malhame, Greetings of Faith, H.J. Sherman, Devon Trading, The Original Holy Bears, Gannon’s, and most recently C.A Gift/Abbey Gift.
Our FUTURE
Portugal Imports is always looking for new and unique pieces to add to their product line and will continue to maintain close relationships with their suppliers which includes small manufacturers and craftsmen in Portugal. Portugal Imports plans to expand their online presence to share their products with all of Canada, and eventually the world. Monica’s daughter, Carolina, loves to help mom and grandma shop for new products and enjoys working at the trade shows and in the office. Carolina adds a youthful and modern take on the product collections, and hopefully will join the family business when she graduates from University in a few years.
warehouse sale
Our warehouse sale opens twice a year to the public.
Our Spring sale is held mid-April to mid-May and our Winter sale is held mid-November to Mid-December.
See below for the schedule for upcoming warehouse sales.
At our warehouse sale you will be able to shop for select products, discontinued products, samples, and more.
We also partner with other wholesalers to find deals on a large variety of products including home decor, small furniture, garden decor, women's accessories, housewares, gourmet food, Christmas decor and much more!
Unfortunately due to COVID-19 we were unable to have our regular 2020 Spring Warehouse Sale. During our temporary shut down we created a website so you can shop our warehouse sale from home 24/7! Our website was a great success and will remain operating all year. Unfortunately, we are not offering shipping from this website but are offering curb side pick up at our London warehouse. Visit our website for more information:
upcoming spring warehouse sales
April 19th - May 15th, 2021
April 18th, May 14th, 2022
*Dates subject to change*
upcoming winter warehouse sales
November 16th - December 12th, 2020
November 15th - December 11th, 2021
November 14th - December 10th, 2022
*Dates subject to change*
FOR RETAILERS
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Thank you for visiting our website. Call our customer service desk for information on opening an account or to set up an appointment with a sales representative in your area.
ordering is easy
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new to portugal imports
-Call our toll free number 1-866-317-0702 to speak to our order desk
-E-mail your order to the order desk: info@portugalimports.ca
-Fax your order to our toll free fax 1-888-768-3847
-Visit our showroom, walk-ins are not allowed, please call to book an appointment
-With our sales rep in your store or by telephone, call to book an appointment
-Order online through www.Shopzio.com
*Note: Minimum order for existing customers is $100 and Minimum order for new customers is $500 ($250 for religious products)
order online on shopzio
new to portugal imports
order online on shopzio
Portugal Imports has partnered with ShopZio to make ordering from us much easier. It brings our retailers to browsing and ordering our products under an all-in-one solution. ShopZio is an innovative ONLINE shopping market place that allows retailers to access multiple vendors using one ID code. You can place orders, create wish lists and organize “favourite products”. ShopZio is current, fast and simple, try it now!
New to ShopZio?
Follow the steps below to register
* Note: If you already have a ShopZio account please proceed to step 4
1. Go to the ShopZio website to register www.shopzio.com.
2. Fill out all of the necessary information required to create an account (Tax ID numbers are required) with ShopZio, then click ‘Create Account’.
3. You will receive an email from ShopZio asking you to confirm your account registration. Click on the email and activate your account. Your account is now active
4. Log in to ShopZio and look for the Portugal Imports logo.
5. Select the logo to request access to our store
6. We will grant you access and notify you as soon as possible that your account is now active. Once your registration is complete, you can shop instantly, anytime!