Global Sources Named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 List

Award Honors Companies that Provide the Most Innovative Solutions to Supply
Chain Challenges

HONG KONG, Aug. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources
(Nasdaq: GSOL) ( http://www.globalsources.com ) has been selected for the 2008
Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 -- an award which recognizes companies
providing the next wave of innovative supply chain solutions.
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Global Sources' Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "We are honored
to have been chosen for this prestigious award -- particularly as it comes on
the heels of our launch of Global Sources Online 2.0. With comprehensive
search results, including verified and unverified suppliers, it offers the
world's only one-stop sourcing solution for buyers.
"With our online, trade show and print media, we believe that we offer the
most complete platform for buyers to source from Asia -- from discovery to
final orders."
Other winners of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 Award include
Microsoft, Motorola, JPMorgan and Staples. A complete list of winners is
available at http://www.sdcexec.com/print/Supply-and-Demand-Chain-
Executive/2008-Supply-and-Demand-Chain-Executive-100/1$10582 .( Note: If the
URL above wraps to a second line, paste both lines into the browser.)
More information about Global Sources is available at
http://corporate.globalsources.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 is
facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of
English-language media. The other business segments facilitate trade from the
world to Greater China, and trade within 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 725,000 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 nearly 3
million products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online
marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9
specialized trade shows which run 27 times a year across eight cities.
Suppliers receive more than 36 million sales leads annually from buyers
through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 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
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Email: investor@globalsources.com

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Press contact in Asia: Camellia So, +852-2555-5021, cso@globalsources.com;
Press contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan of Global Sources, +1-480-664-8309,
strachan@globalsources.com; Investor contact in Asia: IR Department of Global
Sources, +852-2555-4777, investor@globalsources.com; Investor Contact in U.S.:
Kirsten Chapman of Lippert-Heilshorn & Associates, Inc., +1-415-433-3777,
investor@globalsources.com, for Global Sources