EL MONTE, Calif., Aug. 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- No apparel sourcing trade show is better prepared for gaining information on current hot-button international apparel sourcing issues than the ASAP Show. As ASAP prepares to open its doors next week, the highly anticipated show will present sourcing buyers with hundreds of quality, overseas manufacturers and seminars on the latest apparel sourcing information including the hot-button issues of China safeguards and DR-CAFTA from the top experts themselves.
Set to begin Sunday, August 28th and running until Wednesday, August 31st in the Venetian Ballroom at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, ASAP organizers are gearing up for the expected record 5,500+ sourcing executives and importers. The ASAP Show has grown to be the most influential event of the year in apparel sourcing.
The upcoming August show will feature returning country pavilions from China, Pakistan, Macao, India, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Korea, Mexico and many more. ASAP is proud to announce the new additions of Morocco, Fiji and Indonesia to its 200+ qualified overseas manufacturers.
The main highlights of the show will be the hot-topics on the recently passed DR-CAFTA and the continuing imposition of safeguards against China. Mr. Tom Travis, Managing Partner of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., one of the international trade firms behind the DR-CAFTA movement, will discuss how the free trade agreement is changing the landscape of apparel sourcing and Mr. Jim Leonard, Chairman of the Committee for Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), the interagency group chaired by the U.S. Department of Commerce and responsible for approving the safeguards will discuss their reasoning for the safeguard measures and other programs in place to protect the U.S. textile and apparel industry.
Other top executives from powerhouse U.S. apparel companies such as Nike, Sara Lee, Sean John, Russell Corporation, Phillips-Van Heusen, Adidas-Salomon, and many more are schedule to speak on issues ranging from increasing profits, protecting brand image, corporate social responsibility, best sourcing practices, logistics, C-TPAT, and financing.
"It's been a collaborative effort on behalf of so many companies and sponsors that have made ASAP the authority in the apparel sourcing industry," said Frank Yuan, President of the ASAP Show. "Sourcing executives are attending ASAP to meet new factories from a variety of countries, update themselves on the constantly changing sourcing topics and plan for next years orders."
ASAP again promises to be THE meeting place for the apparel sourcing industry. For up to the minute information on ASAP August 2005, please visit www.asapshow.com.
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ASAP, a subsidiary of Cyber Merchants Exchange (OTCBB:CMXG), 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).