Global Sources 2017 spring trade shows in Hong Kong to feature 8,800 booths of electronics, gifts, home and fashion items

Comprehensive summits and conferences to deliver insights about rising industries

Global Sources Electronics show will host a series of on-site conferences to cover smart living, AR/VR/MR, autonomous vehicles and personal transporters. Top industry experts will share their views on market trends as well as industry development. The second phase of the show will host the Global Sources Summit, an intensive three-day sourcing and selling workshop for online and Amazon sellers.

Startup Launchpad to showcase innovation and facilitate global distribution

Startup Launchpad is the largest collection of hardware startups in Asia. Spanning across both phases of the Global Sources Electronics show and featuring 200 startups, the pavilions give buyers the chance to be the first to market with shelf-ready emerging products. Its conference program covers emerging product trends covering topics from autonomous vehicles and health tech, to sports wearables and the Internet of Things. More information is available at http://www.launchpadhk.com.

Creative, curated and innovative gifts, home and fashion products

The Gifts & Home show will be held concurrently with Mobile Electronics from April 18 to 21 to feature a wide variety of gifts, premiums and home products. It will include a Creative Design Pavilion and a Living and Giving Gallery where attendees can see interactive displays and product demonstrations. The show will help buyers to source creative, curated and innovative products from Greater China and across Asia.

Global Sources Fashion, Hong Kong's largest, one-stop fashion sourcing show is scheduled to run from April 27 to 30. The show will feature 1,700 booths of accessories, sportswear, fabrics and apparel from China, India, South Korea and throughout ASEAN. This spring, the Bags and Luggage and Footwear pavilions have been expanded. Other highlights of the show are the Fashion Tech Zone as well as the Transforming Fashion and eTailer Source2Sell seminars.

Top buyers from 150 countries and territories expected to attend

Tens of thousands of international buyers from more than 150 countries have pre-registered to attend the 2017 spring Global Sources trade shows, including executives from many top global brands and retailers including Amazon, Anteprima, Audiovox, Brookstone, Burberry, Carrefour, Casio, Dolby Laboratories, eBay, El Corte Ingles, Fossil, Foxconn, Fujitsu, Gibson Technology System, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi, Intel, Jebsen, Kingfisher, LG Electronics, Li & Fung, Microsoft, Nintendo, Office Depot, Panasonic, Philips, Qualcomm, Quiksilver, Robinsons Supermarket, Samsung, Target, Telstra, Thonet & Vander LLC, Uniden, Velleman and Woolworths.

Global Sources trade shows are complemented year-round by 16 industry-specialized websites accessible from GlobalSources.com. Updated daily, each site delivers exclusive content, including Analyst's Choice which provides an unbiased selection of new and innovative products.

For more information about Global Sources trade shows, please visit http://www.globalsources.com/exhibitions.

More information about Global Sources is also available at the company's corporate site (http://www.corporate.globalsources.com/), Facebook and Twitter (/globalsources).

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 facilitates trade between Asia and the world using English-language media such as online marketplaces (GlobalSources.com), trade shows, magazines and apps.

More than 1.4 million international buyers, including 95 of the world's top 100 retailers, use these services to obtain product and company information to help them source more profitably from overseas supply markets. These services also provide suppliers with integrated marketing solutions to build corporate image, generate sales leads and win orders from buyers in more than 240 countries and territories.

Now in its fifth decade, Global Sources has been publicly listed on the NASDAQ since 2000.

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