{"id":11572,"date":"2025-09-23T08:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/23\/driving-apparel-sourcing-sialkot-us\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:42:47","slug":"driving-apparel-sourcing-sialkot-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/23\/driving-apparel-sourcing-sialkot-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Apparel Sourcing Growth from Sialkot to the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pace Sports<\/strong>, the Sialkot-based custom sportswear manufacturer led by <strong>Tehseen Abbas<\/strong>, represented Pakistan at Alibaba.com CoCreate 2025 in the United States, using the platform spotlight to amplify Pakistan&#8217;s role in global apparel sourcing. Making his U.S. trade show debut, Abbas emphasised that more than 80 percent of his company&#8217;s revenue comes through Alibaba.com and presented Sialkot\u2019s manufacturing strengths to an engaged international audience.<\/p>\n<p>In a session on changing buyer behaviour and data-driven apparel sourcing, Abbas highlighted how clearer buyer data and platform tools are reshaping supplier selection and production planning. He noted the strong interest from U.S. buyers and said the experience confirmed Pakistan\u2019s position as a competitive, reliable sourcing partner for custom and sublimated team uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>Alibaba.com executives used CoCreate to unveil next-generation AI features aimed at helping SMEs scale cross-border trade. Company research cited that 63 percent of SMEs now seek AI solutions for international business. The platform introduced <em>Deep Search<\/em>, a procurement tool able to process complex natural-language queries and image-based searches at once, tapping into Alibaba.com&#8217;s 280 million product listings to deliver more accurate supplier and product matches for buyers pursuing apparel sourcing.<\/p>\n<p>Alibaba.com President Kuo Zhang underlined the urgency of adopting AI in B2B, saying &#8216;AI isn&#8217;t a luxury. It&#8217;s survival, especially in B2B, where high-stakes decisions demand innovation,&#8217; and stressed the company\u2019s move to modernise its 26-year-old business to meet evolving user behaviour beyond keyword searches.<\/p>\n<p>The participation of a Sialkot entrepreneur at a major U.S. summit reinforces Pakistan\u2019s growing visibility in tech-enabled trade. For local manufacturers and exporters, the combination of established sourcing expertise and new AI tools presents a practical route to faster market access and deeper engagement with global buyers, strengthening Pakistan\u2019s prospects in apparel sourcing and export growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover how Pace Sports and Tehseen Abbas advanced apparel sourcing from Sialkot at Alibaba.com CoCreate 2025 using AI tools to reach U.S. buyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}