2008 has been an exciting year for World Zone, seeing its major expansion into Vietnam reach new heights. The opening of our new flagship showroom in Ho Chi Minh City allows us to better serve the large number of our customers who buy our Vietnam products.

Nestled in a beautiful park setting with over 10 acres of grounds, the new showroom allows us to display a much wider variety of product. Only 30 minutes from the major hotels in District 1, we are conveniently located for any trade visitors.

During this past season saw very rapid expansion of our business with very large retailers, whose complex supply chain requirements call for large, experienced teams to handle. We have also overseen an increase in the amount of product development we have done, and grown into new market segments, such as the fast-growing 'poly rattan' area.

2009 will see a much stronger emphasis on our Vietnam showroom as a sales platform. A survey of our most influential customers tells us that trade shows are becoming less important venues, at least in their dealings with us. Typically, we have already had our sales meetings and gone through several product development rounds by March each year, and the business for the coming year is normally set just before or after the summer holidays.