The only trade show dedicated to Indian suppliers to be held outside of India
HONG KONG, April 20 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- The first-ever India Sourcing Fair: Home Products opens today at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong and runs until April 23. The show is organized by Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL)( http://www.globalsources.com ), a leading B2B media company in Asia, to cater to the growing demand for Indian products. The Fair is the only trade show held outside of India dedicated entirely to Indian suppliers.
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Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke, said: "Through the India Sourcing Fair: Home Products, we are giving Indian suppliers a very effective global marketing platform to show their products to some of the world's largest importers. The Fair is perfectly timed to coincide with one of Hong Kong's busiest sourcing periods, when tens of thousands of international volume buyers descend on the city to source products from Asia.
"On the visitors' side, we are giving buyers more product choices and more innovative suppliers. Buyers will be able to source metalware; glassware; kitchenware; home decor; coir products; steel & plastics; home textiles; arts & crafts; leather products; and bamboo & cane handicrafts that are uniquely Indian in style. The show will be co-located with the China Sourcing Fairs: Home Products and Baby & Children's Products, which gives buyers even more choice."
Indian suppliers are responding positively to this new show. Metal Trends Partner, Moonis Ghayur, said: "The India Sourcing Fair is a great solution for us. We are glad that there is an international trade fair in Hong Kong dedicated to Indian suppliers where we can show our world-class products. Hong Kong is an important location to hold this show, as thousands of international volume buyers from new and existing markets visit this key re-export city every year. We need to meet these buyers if we are to survive the current financial downturn. Thanks to Global Sources for thinking of this."
All three shows are expected to attract leading volume buyers, many of whom are participating in the Private Buyer Meetings held exclusively at the Fairs. In these meetings, buyers choose from a list of exhibitors pre-selected by Global Sources and then meet with them on-site in private to discuss product specifications and production requirements. Among the participants this April are Atico, Coles Group, Dollar General, Halfords, LG Sourcing and Li & Fung.
India Sourcing Fair goes to Dubai in June
The next stop for the India Sourcing Fair
( http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/DUBAI-INDIA-SOURCING-FAIR-HOMEPRODUCTS.HTM ) (Note: If the URL above wraps to a second line, paste both lines into the browser.) is Dubai from June 14-16, 2009. Dubai is the gateway to a market of 150 million consumers in 40 countries and regions that include the Middle East, the Russian Federation and Africa.
Benecke said: "We are taking Indian suppliers to the world's top sourcing centers, particularly Hong Kong and Dubai, to give them access to the leading buyers. In this economy, it is important for suppliers to branch out and seek new markets."
Buyers and suppliers can find more information about the shows at India Sourcing Fair ( http://www.india-sourcingfair.com ).
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business uses English-language media to facilitate trade from Greater China to the world. The other business segment utilizes Chinese-language media to enable companies to sell to, and within Greater China.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 790,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 240 countries.
The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.3 million products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 11 specialized trade shows which run 32 times a year across 11 cities.
Suppliers receive more than 53 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 38 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has over 2,800 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.
Global Sources Press Contact in Asia
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Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia
Investor Relations Department
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Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.
Kirsten Chapman & Timothy Dien
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