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10 (Fri), organised by Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd., 4th International Variety-Gift Expo (GIFTEX), Design Accents Expo Tokyo 2009 (DESIGN TOKYO) and Baby & Kids World 2009 was grandly held. All together, 476 exhibitors from 20 countries/regions exhibited their stylish innovative design products that caught a great attention from 59,461 buyers (including concurrent fairs) visited the fairs. Although economic is facing a difficult time worldwide, the visitor number increased in more than 4,000 buyers compared that of last year, proving that the market is demanding the exhibitions to look for new products and new businesses.

Show Management has received positive feedbacks from almost all participants to three shows. Mr. Hessel Hettinga, the founder of House of Ran told us, "We are very satisfied with the results we gained as it was much more than we've expected. One of our products was broadcasted on TV as well. There were so many buyers visiting our booth, interested on our business. We will come back next year!" Also, Innosphere from DESIGN TOKYO said "Traffic was high during the show and we are inviting our friends to join next year. Also, we are very happy with the support service, " and Fitron from GIFTEX said, "Our products were welcomed in Japan and it was more than our expectation! We already decided to exhibit again next year."

Demands for baby and kids products are rapidly growing these days in Japan. Due to the growth of the market and with the voices gathered to the Show Management, Baby & Kids World was grandly held for its first time. 106 exhibitors exhibited their innovative and unique baby and kids products. Ms. Catie Foster, Vice President of Right Bank Babies, LLC said, "Although we are a small company, there were many leads from Japan's famous retailers and we are very satisfied with the result. We are grateful that we chose to exhibit Baby & Kids World. We will definitely come back next year." Also, Mr. Steven Bryant from Starchild commented, "We received 100 potential inquiries from Japanese customers as well as some overseas buyers. We are satisfied with the result we have gained by exhibiting at Baby & Kids World."

Matching Party for Overseas Exhibitors and Importers/Distributors When second day was closed, overseas exhibitors and importers/distributors gathered to the reception hall for the Matching Party held by the Show Management which concluded in a great success. Overseas exhibitors are exhibiting at the fairs, wishing to start or expand the business in Japan, and also because many importers and distributors are looking for new business with overseas products, Show Management decided to hold this party to provide the place other than exhibition hall for the matching of business. Mr. Norikazu Okada, Vice President of Plazastyle Corp., which is one of the biggest and most famous retailers in Japan, said in his speech, "Plazastyle was established in1966 as a retailer carrying mostly import variety goods. After 43 years, we have now 137 shops importing stationery and gift products from more than 300 companies all over the world. In a soft economy, consumers are more selective making it ever more important that we find appealing products. We are very happy with ISOT and GIFTEX for bringing here so many suppliers from overseas. Every year we send quite a few of our buyers to source here. We look forward to the opportunities of meeting many more new overseas suppliers through this show." There were more than 400 attendees seeking for new business, and discussions were held everywhere.

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