EL MONTE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ASAP Show, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cyber Merchants Exchange (OTCBB:CMXG), has organized various seminars featuring top apparel executives from U.S. fashion, sourcing and financial fields during its August 28-31 ASAP Global Sourcing Show held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. These industry leaders will speak on up-to-date issues facing the drastically changing challenges and opportunities in the apparel industry.
Over the course of three days, August 29th-31st, top executives from Nike, Phillips-Van Heusen, Jones Apparel Group, Sean John, Russell, Perry Ellis, CIT, Jockey, adidas-Salomon, U.S. Customs, CITA, OTEXA, and many others will offer their views and expertise on an array of sourcing issues.
"We are honored to have these leading experts in the apparel industry to share their expertise in their particular fields with our thousands of attendees and exhibitors at the most critical time of the year," states Frank Yuan, CEO of ASAP Show.
The seminars at ASAP will address how the removal of quotas and the imposition of safeguards against China have affected apparel costs for U.S. companies in the coming year. Other topics will address the importance of protecting brand image by staying on top of corporate social responsibility issues, advice on lowering costs with the First Sale Program, how to create a full value supply chain, up-to-date news on safeguards and finding innovative avenues of financing.
A few notable experts include: Tom Travis, Managing Partner at Sandler, Travis, & Rosenberg; Jim Leonard, Chairman of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA); Courtney O'Keefe, VP Sourcing at Phillips-Van Heusen; Fukumi Hauser, Director of Compliance Operations at Nike; and Ellen Smith, Director of Customs & Supplier Compliance at Jockey International.
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ASAP is a trade-show organizer and B2B international stock lot trading company that targets the apparel industry. ASAP produces the ASAP Global Sourcing Show twice a year (February and August) in Las Vegas, arranges two buying trips per year, a China buying trip in May, and a South Asia buying trip in November, and is the exclusive global marketing partner of both Material World shows (March in Miami, September in New York).