COVID-19 pandemic has hindered the growth of global trade in recent years. However, Shaibani, a businessman from Middle East, shared that his e-commerce company has registered a year-on-year increase of 20% in turnover in Q1 this year. He even set up 2 companies and rented a 2,500-square-meter warehouse in Foshan. 

In the recession period, how did he manage to buck the trend and gain good performance?