HONG KONG, April 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL) China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products, held April 20-23 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, attracted 31,808 buyers from 137 countries and territories - up 3.5 percent from spring 2006. This brings overall buyer attendance at the four spring China Sourcing Fairs to 75,566. The other three spring China Sourcing Fairs for Electronics & Components, Fashion Accessories and Underwear & Swimwear ran from April 12-15 at AsiaWorld-Expo.
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Global Sources’ chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "We’re very pleased with both the quantity and quality of visitor traffic at the Gifts & Home Products show. Many exhibitors commented on the number of top buyers in attendance -- a lot of serious, large-volume business was done at the Fair.
"Once again, the event attracted the kind of international buyers our suppliers prefer to work with. And, we delivered for our buyers as well, presenting them with a huge range of high-quality suppliers from Greater China and 11 other countries in Asia and worldwide."
World’s Biggest Buyers Attended Gifts & Home Products Fair
Many of the world’s largest buyers participated in the Fair, including American Greetings, Amway, Avon, B&Q, Black & Decker, Coles Myer, Disney, IKEA, Kingfisher, Li & Fung, Mattel, Newell Rubbermaid, Office Depot, Panasonic, Procter & Gamble, Sara Lee, Staples, Tesco, Tupperware and Woolworths.
One buyer, Playtex Products general manager of Asia Operations, Johnny Shek, said: "I spent an entire day at the Fair. I met a good number of suppliers that can deliver the quality my company requires. I also saw a range of innovative products. I am in further discussions with suppliers of those products."
One supplier, Ningbo Sun Gift Home general manager Zhu Hongyu, said: "This is our third time participating. The quality of buyers is outstanding. One unique aspect of the Fair is that we’re able to meet buyers who’ve seen us in Global Sources’ other media. We’re definitely strengthening our brand recognition in our industry."
New Dubai China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products to be Middle East’s First Large-Scale Exhibition of China Suppliers
Global Sources’ first Middle East trade show, the China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products, is scheduled to be held June 11-13, 2007, at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre. Featuring over 500 booths, all exhibition space has been sold out at the Fair.
Global Sources’ executive director, Sarah Benecke, said: "The Gifts & Home Products show in Dubai is the first specialized, large-scale exhibition of Greater China suppliers ever held in Dubai.
"The Fair presents a huge opportunity for Middle East buyers to source direct from Greater China -- right in their own backyard. For exhibitors, the Fair offers a unique opportunity to tap into new markets. Dubai is the world’s third-largest re-export hub and the ideal location to sell to the booming Middle East -- plus expand into Africa, India and the Russian Federation."
Product categories at the China Sourcing Fair in Dubai are bags & luggage; ceramics & porcelain; decorative lighting; electrical appliances; gifts & premiums; health & beauty; home decor; home textiles; kitchen & household; and toys. The show is also featuring special pavilions for Baby & Children’s Products, Consumer Electronics and Fashion Accessories.
Buyers planning to attend the Dubai China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products can find more information, including discounted hotel rates, at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com . Buyers who pre-register are entitled to receive free admission to the event.
Specialized Global Sources trade magazines, websites and China Sourcing Fairs
The China Sourcing Fairs are an important part of Global Sources’ sourcing and product information services, which include Global Sources trade magazines, Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) and Global Sources Direct ( http://www.globalsourcesdirect.com ). Further information about Global Sources is available at http://www.corporate.globalsources.com .
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 600,000 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 230 countries.
The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 1.8 million products and more than 150,000 suppliers annually through 13 online marketplaces, 12 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and nine specialized trade shows which run 22 times a year across seven cities.
Suppliers receive more than 13 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 36 years. In mainland China it has over 1,700 team members in 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 Investor Contact in Asia:
Eddie Heng
Tel: +65-6547-2850
Email: eheng@globalsources.com
Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:
James W.W. Strachan
Tel: +1-602-978-7504
Email: strachan@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:
Moriah Shilton & Cathy Mattison
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Email: cmattison@lhai.com
