Importers, Exporters, Small Businesses Look Ahead to 2013 (Infographic)

Trade show season in Hong Kong recently drew to a close. While business people from all over the world were in town, Alibaba.com took the opportunity to conduct a man-on-the-street survey, asking 399 small business owners, big buyers, sourcing agents and business developers what they expected economic conditions would be like in 2013–and how they were preparing. With recession in much of Europe, the slowdown in China and the “fiscal cliff” in the U.S., a majority of those polled said they expected 2013 would be more challenging than 2012.  Most were laying in strategies that would help them grow even if markets remain sluggish. Here’s an infographic on the survey findings: