Alibaba.com brings Global Retailers to the Doorstep of Indian Suppliers
Alibaba.com is to host the third edition of the India offline sourcing event in Gurgaon to provide additional global trade opportunities for Indian small and medium enterprises. Indian suppliers attending the event is said to have the opportunity to interact and work with leading retailers from across the world including Target Australia, retailer for apparel and homeware, Dorel Juvenile Group, world-leader in the child products industry, Sears Holdings Corporation, leading broadline retailer, Auchan Group, the second largest hypermarket chain in France and Kmart, one of Australia’s largest discount department stores.
The day long sourcing event, to be organised on 13 October, 2011, is aimed at providing Indian suppliers with an offline extension of the Alibaba.com online marketplace to promote made-in-India products to the North American, European and Australian markets. Alibaba.com will host an orientation session to offer the attending Indian SMEs first-hand information about various export markets, while sharing insights on industry and global sourcing trends. High-quality Alibaba.com Indian supplier members, screened and selected based on pre-defined quality requirements, will also receive the opportunity to interact directly with the international retailers in one-on-one business matching meetings.
"India has emerged as a reliable, cost-competitive destination to fulfill the growing sourcing needs of international buyers, and we see that Indian SMEs are instrumental to this development. We are hopeful that the availability of opportunities like this sourcing event will make it easier for Indian small suppliers to draw the attention of international traders and retailers, converting potential buyer interest into real orders," said Sandeep Deshpande, Country General Manager, Alibaba.com India.
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