operates as a business-to-business media company that facilitates global trade, with a particular focus on the China market.
It provides information to international buyers; and integrated marketing services to suppliers.
The company delivers content to its communities through a network of 9 vertical marketplaces and 13 geographic portals; and through magazines, CD-ROMs, and private catalogs, as well as China sourcing fairs and technical events.
Its flagship marketplace, Global Sources Online, through its Web site, www.
globalsources.com, hosts marketing and sourcing activity.
As of July 21, 2004, the company served approximately 409,000 active buyers in 230 countries and territories.
Global Sources was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
