First-ever India Sourcing Fair: Home Products opens in Hong Kong today

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
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

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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 & Timothy Dien of Lippert-Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.,
+1-415-433-3777, tdien@lhai.com, for Global Sources