Co-located China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products returns to AsiaWorld-Expo with nearly 50% more booths
HONG KONG, April 20 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- In response to demand from volume buyers, Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL) ( http://www.globalsources.com ) launched two new shows today at AsiaWorld-Expo -- China Sourcing Fair: Home Products and India Sourcing Fair: Home Products. These two specialized events will be co-located with China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products, which has nearly 50% more booths than the inaugural show in spring 2008. All three Fairs will run until April 23.
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The three Fairs showcase a total of 1,500 booths from 9 countries and regions. The vast majority of exhibitors at the China Sourcing Fairs are from Greater China. The India Sourcing Fair is the first of its kind outside of India, and features 100 booths of high-quality, decorative and functional home products from India.
Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke, said: "The China Sourcing Fair: Home Products replaces our China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products, which is being split into China Sourcing Fair: Home Products and China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Premiums for the first time this year, in response to buyers' demands for greater specialization and more efficient sourcing. Our new China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Premiums opens next week.
Benecke added: "Consumer behavior has changed and buyers are modifying their sourcing strategies. However, buyers still need to replenish their inventories and need to source products that sell in today's market. The two new home products Fairs will give buyers much more choice, as they can now source from both Greater China and India.
"Despite the challenging times, buyer pre-registrations are strong across all three shows. Companies signed up include Atico, Auchan, Coles Group, Creata, Dollar General, Halfords, LG Sourcing, Li & Fung, Playtex and Sears."
As well as two new shows, Global Sources has organized many on-site activities. These include:
-- "How to source from India" seminar by Shri Ajay Sahai, Director
General, Federation of Indian Export Organisations.
-- "The harmonization of toy safety trends" seminar by Julian Kwok,
Technical Manager, SGS Hong Kong.
-- Home Textiles Collection. A selection of around 50 products will
feature in this new collection in Hall 10.
-- Baby & Children's Products World. Around 60 selected products will be
showcased to buyers in Hall 10.
-- Vendor Summits. Participating companies include A. S. Watson and
Dollar General.
-- Private Buyer Meetings. These are exclusive to exhibitors at the China
Sourcing Fairs and involve large global companies meeting pre-selected
suppliers in private during the shows. This April's meetings are
scheduled to be lead by Atico, Auchan, Caben, Coles Group, Creata,
Dollar General, Halfords, Id Group/Okaidi, Klin, Li & Fung, LG
Sourcing, Pacific Access -- Migros, Playtex and Sears.
Buyers at the China Sourcing Fair: Home Products show can source from convenient specialized pavilions covering kitchenware; glassware & tableware; ceramics & porcelain; household products; storage; laundry & cleaning products; bathroom products; health & personal care products; arts & crafts; home decor; oil paintings & wall decorations; home textiles; garden & outdoor; table lamps & decorative lighting; furniture & furnishings and sports & leisure. Buyers at the India Sourcing Fair: Home Products can expect to find uniquely Indian lines including metalware; glassware; kitchenware; home decor; coir products; steel & plastics; home textiles; arts & crafts; leather products and bamboo & cane handicrafts.
At the China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products, buyers can find baby and children's garments; bedding; furniture; safety products; footwear; fashion accessories; baby care & bath products; baby feeding products; baby travel products; outdoor play equipment; children's masks & costumes and toys, games & puzzles.
Show dates for 2009
China Sourcing Fair: Home Products
(http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-HOME-PRODUCTS.HTM )
April 20-23 AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong
June 14-16 Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, UAE
Oct. 20-23 AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong
India Sourcing Fair: Home Products
(http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-INDIA-SOURCING-FAIR-HOMEPRODUCTS.HTM ) (Note: If the URL above wraps to a second line, paste both lines into the browser.)
April 20-23 AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong
June 14-16 Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, UAE
China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products
(http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-BABY-CHILDREN-PRODUCTS.HTM ) (Note: If the URL above wraps to a second line, paste both lines into the browser.)
April 20-23 AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong
Oct. 20-23 AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong
Buyers and suppliers can find more information about the upcoming Fairs at China Sourcing Fair ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com ) and 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
Camellia So
Tel: +852-2555-5021
Email: cso@globalsources.com
Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.
James W.W. Strachan
Tel: +1-480-664-8309
Email: strachan@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia
Investor Relations Department
Tel: +852-2555-4777
Email: investor@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.
Kirsten Chapman & Timothy Dien
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Email: tdien@lhai.com
