Global Sources top 20 home products (August 2013): Sculptures not standing still

Posted: September 26, 2013

Rapid buyer activity in August propelled sculptures into the top 20 home products on GlobalSources.com.

Sculptures is the only product in the list to post quadruple-digit growth rates both YoY and from July. For the last, inquiries jumped more than 1,200 percent to push the category into 12th position from July’s rank 155.

Importers are also starting to refill their vacuum flasks stocks to ensure products arrive at distributors’ and retailers' shelves in time for winter when hot beverages will doubtless be popular. Vacuum flasks is likewise new in the top 20, gathering 88 percent more inquiries from July.

Disposable cups, meanwhile, surpassed bedding sets to become the list’s number 1 thanks to steady demand. Requests for disposable cups information increased 10 percent from July and 473 percent YoY.