Huge Gifts & Home Products Fair Opens Friday
HONG KONG, April 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- More than 43,000 buyers attended Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL) China Sourcing Fairs for Electronics & Components, Fashion Accessories and Underwear & Swimwear -- up 17 percent from spring 2006. Buyers including Carrefour, Decathlon, Samsung and Sears came from 152 countries to attend the three Fairs at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, April 12-15.
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The China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components attracted 30,041 buyers from 142 countries -- up 15 percent from the show last spring. Another 13,717 buyers from 108 countries attended the Fashion Accessories and Underwear & Swimwear shows.
Global Sources' chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "The China Sourcing Fairs broke attendance records compared to our inaugural Fairs last spring.
"The huge number of repeat visitors demonstrates the Fairs are delivering value to buyers. Plus, we welcomed a lot of new faces -- especially for the first-time Underwear & Swimwear show."
World's Biggest Buyers Attended the Fairs
Many of the biggest names in the retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors participated in the China Sourcing Fairs, including:
-- Electronics & Components: Carrefour, Circuit City, Epson,
Flextronics, Fujitsu, IBM, Kesa Electricals, Foxconn, Monster Cable,
NEC, Philips, RadioShack, Samsung, Sears, Sony, Tesco and ThreeSixty
Sourcing.
-- Fashion Accessories: BCBG Max Azria, Benetton, Boots, Case Logic,
Coles Myer Asia, Decathlon, Diane Freis, El Corte Ingles, Gap, Jusco,
Louis Vuitton, Marks & Spencer, Peacocks, Toppy, Twiggy Maternity
Wear and Wal-Mart.
-- Underwear & Swimwear: Embry Form, Hanes Brands, Leona, OTTO,
Quiksilver, Speedo, Triumph International and Victoria's Secret.
Monster Cable's vice president of Asia-Pacific Business Development, Leo Lin, said: "Our sourcing team has come to the Electronics & Components Fair for several years now. The Fair is getting bigger and better. We've had the opportunities to meet with many potential suppliers and explore new product development ideas. Global Sources has done a fantastic job providing specialized services to facilitate work between international buyers and Chinese suppliers. We are very impressed."
One supplier, Connectland Technology Asia-Pacific regional sales manager, Richard Yeung, said: "The buyers who visited our booth were focused specifically on sourcing the kind of products we make. Their product knowledge and understanding of our business tells me they are professionals
-- the type of buyers we want to work with long-term."
China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products Opens Friday, April 20
China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products is scheduled for April 20-23 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. Occupying all 10 halls of the venue, the show is set to feature more than 3,500 booths, including over 2,400 booths from mainland China alone.
Also set to exhibit are suppliers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, India, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Major pavilions include: Gifts, Premiums & Toys; Kitchen & Household; Home Decor; Glassware and Ceramics. Expanded pavilions are: Arts & Crafts, Baby & Children's Products; and Garden & Outdoor.
China Sourcing Fair Show Dates and Times
China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products opening times are:
-- April 20, 21 and 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
-- April 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Discount Travel Rates Available
Special air fares and hotel rates are available through China Sourcing Fair travel partners listed at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com . Buyers who pre-register are also each entitled to receive free admission, a free Show Guide Directory and venue maps.
Easy Access to AsiaWorld-Expo by Airport Express Train, Free Shuttle Buses
AsiaWorld-Expo is one minute from Hong Kong Airport and 28 minutes from downtown via the Airport Express Train.
Global Sources provides free shuttle bus service to and from the venue. Pick-up points include Causeway Bay's Excelsior Hotel, Wanchai Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui (Middle Road), Tsim Sha Tsui East (Regal Kowloon Hotel) and Tung Chung MTR Station (Exit A). Timetable and bus stop details are available at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com . The venue is also easily accessible by public bus, taxi and private car.
Buyers planning to visit the Fairs can find more information, including complete transportation options, at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com .
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 560,000 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 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 years across seven cities. Suppliers receive more than 10 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 1,600 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
