Aug 20, 2012

GLM Announces Launch of Sources

GLM has announced plans to launch Sources – an exhibition connecting international and domestic manufacturers, artisans and producers of materials, home décor, accessories, gifts, private label apparel and handcrafts, with US-based importers, wholesalers, volume buyers, product designers and the largest US retail chains. SourcesNY will launch September 18-19, 2013, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, and SourcesLA will launch in February 2014, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA.

“Sources will provide GLM’s 6,000 exhibiting companies featured at the New York International Gift Fair®, National Stationery Show®, International Contemporary Furniture Fair®, and Surf Expo with a dedicated resource of the world’s better suppliers,” reported Kevin O’Keefe, GLM Senior Vice President. “Now our customers and the nation’s importers need not search the globe for the best manufacturers and artisans; Sources puts them all in one place, all vetted by GLM.”

SourcesNY and SourcesLA are strategically located near the nation’s largest ports and each will present some 300 suppliers, with anticipated representation from Bolivia, China, Ecuador, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, The Philippines, Russia, Thailand, West Africa, Central Africa, Vietnam and other countries. Featured product categories will include ceramics, craft items, desk accessories, floor coverings, frames, glassware, home entertainment, home textiles, housewares, jewelry, leather goods, lighting, pens & writing instruments, personal accessories, stationery, travel accessories, decorative accessories and woodenware.

The semi-annual event is expected to attract nearly 4,500 representatives from US-based buying offices, catalogs, importers, wholesalers, designers, distributors, mail order merchants, major retailers, product developers and volume buyers.

GLM creates face-to-face and online buying, selling and networking platforms for designers, product developers, manufacturers, reps, retailers and operators through tradeshow and event production, online community development and association management. GLM tradeshows include the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, National Stationery Show, New York International Gift Fair and Surf Expo. The company was founded in 1924, and acquired by Providence Equity Partners, in 2011. Additional information is available online at www.glmshows.com.

For Sources exhibitor information, contact Kevin O’Keefe, senior vice president, at 914-421-3227 and kokeefe@glmshows.com. Additional information and registration is available online at www.sourcesny.com and www.sourcesla.com.