Las Vegas, NV, USA – February 13, 2007 – At this year's Fall MAGIC show, for the first time ever, Alibaba.com was included in the Sourcing at MAGIC's seminar series line-up, a week long seminar series where top industry experts offer solutions and strategies for improving all aspects of the buyer supply chain. Alibaba.com moderated a panel titled: Finding Your Way Through the Maze of Sourcing from China. The seminar aimed to help buyers discover new supplier sources in China.

The sourcing panelists included:

• Jay Bowdenand Pamela Gans Demarest – Managing Partners, Apropos Global Solutions, LLC
• Richard Price - President, ***.U.
• Tekle Sebhatu - President, STC Consulting

The panelists discussed best practices for international purchasing, how to protect a buyer's brand and standards for terms of engagement when sourcing from . "What today's seminar turnout has illustrated for us is that buyers are hungry for this kind of information. They may have walked into the room feeling a bit overwhelmed as a first-time buyer but, hopefully, they left the room with at least one piece of useful information that will help to demystify sourcing from ," said Selena Yang, Senior Manager of Alibaba.com's International Business Development and Marketing team in the United States..

A packed house at the Alibaba.com sourcing seminar

After the seminar concluded, several attendees stayed behind to ask questions of the panelists. Prizes, including a MP3 player and an Alibaba.com jacket, were also awarded to attendees.

Panelist Richard Price and attendee

Panelist Tekle Sebhatu and attendees

Winner of the MP3 player

Winner of the Alibaba jacket