ASAP Show, where apparel and textile manufacturers showcase their contract manufacturing to buyers, wrapped up its 17th trade show in Las Vegas on September 2. ASAP’s Match Maker and Foreign Trade Sponsor services connected global ready-made garment manufacturers with North American buyers at the Las Vegas Venetian Marco Polo.

Between twice-a-year trade shows, ASAP offers Buying Trips — Trade Mission visits to evaluate factories in China, Bangladesh and Pakistan; Fashion International — an international brand licensing show; and IBMC China — an ASAP affiliate that opens international fashion franchises in China … leveraging brands, designs and marketing.

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 ASAP SHOW Las Vegas is a one-stop marketplace for sourcing apparel overseas, featuring hundreds of global manufacturers of men’s, women’s, children’s apparel, textiles and leather.

Meeting U.S. buyer demands for a U.S.-based company accountable for merchandise quality; plus, meeting overseas manufacturers’ demands for a local factory representative, ASAP Show conducts unique Match Making:

·  Traditional – ASAP sourcing specialists pre-arrange meetings between at least four overseas factories and show buyers ($5 million or greater in annual imports) who don’t have time to walk the floor in Las Vegas;

·  Walking – A rep walks the ASAP Show floor with pre-registered buyers and makes connections with appropriate overseas factories;

·  Joint Venture Matches– Connecting exhibitors with show attendees (who submit proposals before the show) to develop investment and production ventures;

·  A Registration Service- at the ASAP show that helps overseas manufacturers connect with U.S.-based sales representatives of their choice.

Trade Missions to the Source. ASAP has arranged 10 trade trips to Asia, giving U.S. and European buyers the opportunity to evaluate pre-qualified factories in China, Bangladesh and Pakistan on short, cost-effective buying trips. The next one to China is set for March 24 to April 3 in 2010. See ASAP Buying Trip.

International Brand Licensing. ASAP Global Sourcing works with Fashion International Trade Show (an international brand licensing show for 15 fashion brands), currently in a master license agreement with the world’s largest textile and apparel mart in China – the International Textile and Fashion Mega-Mall. See more at Fashion for China.

ASAP Franchise Affiliate. This ASAP affiliate is a Switzerland corporation that opens international fashion brands franchise stores all over China … both free-standing stores and franchise stores-within-department-stores. See IBMC China.

Foreign Government Co-Organizers. ASAP Trade Show boasts a number of foreign government agencies and trade sponsors, including . . .

(left to right) Hong Kong Products; Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers; China Council for Promotion of International Trade; Macao Trade and Investment; and the Indonesia National Agency for Export.

ASAP Shows are Twice a Year in Las Vegas. If you missed the ASAP Global Sourcing show that wrapped September 2, 2009, plan on the next show in First Quarter 2010. Start checking Future ASAP Shows later this year to register.

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