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JCPenney Steps Up Loyalty Program with Assist from NBA Great Shaquille O’Neal
JCPenney today announced the launch of a new loyalty program that allows consumer to sign up for free and offers a chance to meet National Basketball Association legend Shaquille O’Neal.
Census Bureau: Retail Sales Keep Gaining
March retail sales, as reported by the United...
QVC Puts New Emphasis on Women Over 50 and Their ‘Age of Possibility’
QVC is declaring women’s lives after 50 the 'Age...
Aldi Introduces Checkout-Free Technology at Chicago-Area Store
Just weeks after Amazon announced it was...
Celigo Integration Platform Partners with TikTok Shop To Support Sellers
Celigo, an integration platform service...
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The New Case for Good Old-Fashioned Retail Storytelling
Inspired Home Show attendees got vivid reminders during the event that the cultivation of an effective retail experience still is seeded by good, old-fashioned merchandising.
Special Reports
The 2024 IHA Occasions and At-Home Entertaining Surveys (in partnership with market researcher Morning Consult) underscore the product development, marketing and sales opportunities available to the home and housewares industry by serving key life moments and increasing frequency of at-home entertaining for all sorts of get-togethers.
2024 Occasions & At-Home Entertaining Reports
Housewares Continues The Celebration
The home and housewares industry, after a wild ride of unpredictable life- and business-altering ups and downs the past several years, is primed for a new market stability and eager to celebrate the next wave of enduring growth.
One way to spark such growth is to serve a consumer base embracing relative normalcy after living the same volatility and eager to celebrate… well, everything.
The 2024 IHA Occasions and At-Home Entertaining Surveys (in partnership with market researcher Morning Consult) underscore the product development, marketing and sales opportunities available to the home and housewares industry by serving key life moments and increasing frequency of at-home entertaining for all sorts of get-togethers.
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2023 Occasions Report
Housewares Joins The Celebration
The exclusive HomePage News Report on the 2023 International Housewares Association (IHA) Occasions Survey offers an in-depth look into how consumers are currently celebrating life moments and what that means for home and housewares purchasing in 2023.
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2022 Occasions Report
Rising to the Occasion
Exclusive HomePage News Report on the 2022 IHA Occasions Survey offering an in-depth look into how consumers are currently celebrating life moments and what that means for home + housewares purchasing in 2022.
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The final portfolio in the HomePage News 2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index examines The World of Wellness: how expansion and innovation are continuing across the many facets of wellness, creating new opportunities within the housewares industry.
Portfolio 9 — The World of Wellness
The eighth portfolio in the HomePage News 2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index examines The Shape of Things To Come, examining form, function and finish are defining the future of home and housewares.
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Portfolio 8 — The Shape of Things to Come
The eighth portfolio in the HomePage News 2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index examines The Shape of Things To Come, examining form, function and finish are defining the future of home and housewares.
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Portfolio 7 — Second Nature
The seventh portfolio in the HomePage News 2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index examines Second Nature, elements of the living world cultivate renewed inspiration, innovation and growth in home and housewares.
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Portfolio 6 — The Great Outdoors
The sixth portfolio in the HomePage News 2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index examines The Great Outdoors, inspired products to take The Inside out or bring The Outside in.
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Portfolio 5 — Fine Lines
The fifth portfolio in the HomePage News 2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index examines Fine Lines, the design and material trends that bring style to life.
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Portfolio 4 — Pantone ColorWatch
The fourth portfolio in the HomePage News InSight™ Trend Index 2023/24 examines Pantone ColorWatch, palettes inspiring the home and housewares industry for 2023-24 from the latest Pantone/IHA collaboration.
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Portfolio 3 — All About Ease
The third portfolio in the HomePage News InSight™ Trend Index 2023/24 examines All About Ease, new and next solutions for everyday living.
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Portfolio 2 — Material Evidence
The second portfolio in the HomePage News 2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index examines Material Evidence, material innovations reaching across international markets, ready to satisfy a thirst shared by retailers and consumers for everything “new and next.”
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Portfolio 1 — The Great Entertainers
The first portfolio in the HomePage News 2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index examines The Great Entertainers: The Artist, The Contemporist, The Naturalist, The Postmodernist, The Traditionalist and The Great Gifter.
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The HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers ranking underscores the strength of the top 10 operators in the United States but does indicate that, although the biggest dominate, opportunity exists elsewhere as well. The HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers ranking underscores the strength of the top 10 operators in the United States but does indicate that, although the biggest dominate, opportunity exists elsewhere as well. Click here to view the full report. The HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers ranking demonstrates the dominance of the top 10 store runners in the United States. It also reveals the opportunity for those retailers, and anyone working with them, that can develop a niche in the housewares market. Click here to view the full report.
HomePage News Ranks Top 50 Housewares Retailers of 2022
2022 Top 50 Housewares Retailers
2021 Top 50 Housewares Retailers
The HomePage News 2023 Consumer Outlook Survey, commissioned in partnership with the International Housewares Association, was fielded recently to help suppliers and retailers pinpoint home and housewares opportunities in the coming year. This exclusive report reveals housewares purchase intent across core categories.
2023 Consumer Outlook Report
The HomePage News 2023 Consumer Outlook Survey, commissioned in partnership with the International Housewares Association, was fielded recently to help suppliers and retailers pinpoint home and housewares opportunities in the coming year. This exclusive report reveals housewares purchase intent across core categories.
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2022 Consumer Outlook Report
Sizing Up Housewares Purchase Intent Category By Category
The first annual HomePage News Consumer Outlook Survey, commissioned in partnership with the International Housewares Association, was fielded recently to help suppliers and retailers pinpoint home and housewares opportunities in the coming year.
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Mega issues like inflation, political instability and climate change continue to influence our world, but today’s consumers are looking to cope by creating stability and balance in their lives and creatively expressing their deeply held values and styles, said Anna Ward, consultancy innovation lead at TrendBible in a keynote session at The Inspired Home Show 2024. While typical product replacement cycles may start to buoy the home and housewares industry next year, Joe Derochowski, Circana home industry... The U.S. Hispanic market represents a growing opportunity to increase home and housewares sales, but the best way to do this is to take the time to... Marcus Lemonis, executive chairman of Beyond, Inc, and Chandra Holt, the new CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond, offered a candid look at the company’s... Take a look inside Day 1 of The Inspired Home Show 2024.This video recap, courtesy of the International Housewares Association takes viewers on the...
WATCH: TrendBible’s Ward Gives a View of Global Householder Trends
WATCH: Circana’s Derochowski Uncovers Housewares Growth Opportunities for 2024
WATCH: TelevisaUnivision’s Ruiz Delivers Actionable Insights on the Hispanic Opportunity
WATCH: Beyond’s Lemonis, Holt Outline Transformation, Expansion at Inspired Home Show
An Inside Look at Day 1 of The Inspired Home Show
In this episode Circana’s Joe Derochowski provides a preview of his forthcoming keynote “Uncovering Growth Opportunities for the Home + Housewares Industry: 2024 & Beyond” at The Inspired Home Show 2024 in Chicago. The presentation will take place on Monday, March 18 at 10 a.m. He shares his data-fueled insights on the renewed growth prospects for the home and housewares business and what show attendees should expect to see. HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and... HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and... HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and... HomePage News presents RapidFire with NPD, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and topics...
RapidFire | What To Look for at The Inspired Home Show 2024
RapidFire: The Lessons and Surprises of 2023
RapidFire: Forecasting the 2023 Holiday & Beyond
RapidFire: Leveraging the Product Replacement Cycle
RapidFire: Inflation & The Housewares Opportunity
Nancy Fire of Nancy Fire Design joins the Truth On Trend team for part two of a lively discussion on the current industry landscape on environmentally responsible behavior, and the importance of “walking the talk” when serving a consumer who is more informed (and demanding) than ever before. Truth on Trend is an exclusive HomePage News video series that examines the evolving connection between consumer behavior and the home + housewares... Truth on Trend is an exclusive HomePage News video series that examines the evolving connection between consumer behavior and the home + housewares... Truth on Trend is an exclusive HomePage News video series that examines the evolving connection between consumer behavior and the home + housewares... HomePage News introduces Truth On Trend, an exclusive video series examining the evolving connection between consumer behavior and the home and...
Truth on Trend | Nancy Fire: The New Language of Sustainability, Part 2
Truth on Trend | Nancy Fire: The New Language of Sustainability, Part 1
Truth on Trend: The Expanding Influence of Branding & Licensing
The Future is Now for Home + Housewares
The Real Truth About Trend Forecasting
In this episode of Design Driven, Tom Mirabile talks to industrial designers Steve Cozzolino and Scott Henderson about how generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is being used increasingly in design applications. HomePage News presents Design Driven, a video series hosted by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend analyst for the... HomePage News presents Design Driven, a video series hosted by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend analyst for the... HomePage News presents Design Driven, a new video series hosted by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend analyst for the... HomePage News presents Design Driven, a new video series hosted by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend analyst for the...
Design Driven | Generative AI: Design’s Rising Reality
Design Driven | Sustainability 2.0: Expanding Definitions, Forecasting New Realities
Design Driven | Objective Development: The Role of External Design Resources in Home & Housewares Development
Design Driven | The Power of Reinvention: Growth Through Consumer-Centric Development
Design Driven | Speaking in Color: Messaging, Motivating and the Power of the Palette
The week’s Housewares TrendHive spotlights Face Forward: obvious or obscured, fanciful or flirty, faces are taking the stage as an evolving and expanding focal point across home and décor categories. Housewares TrendHive is an exclusive video series created for HomePage News by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend... Housewares TrendHive is an exclusive video series created for HomePage News by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend... Housewares TrendHive is an exclusive video series created for HomePage News by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend... Housewares TrendHive is an exclusive video series created for HomePage News by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend...
Housewares TrendHive | Face Forward
Housewares TrendHive | Neo-Primitive Nexus
Housewares TrendHive | Into the Woods
Housewares TrendHive: Gold Rush
Housewares TrendHive: Hot Tropics
As stores and services continue to evolve, so must retail design and its techniques, visual merchandising expert Anne Kong said during her Connect FALL session, “Enhancing Your Visual Toolbox.” The final session of Connect FALL 2022 featured an overview of the IHA Occasions Report 2023, offering key findings, conclusions and changes from... Trend forecasters like to talk about things that influence an industry including lifestyle, food & beverage, economy, cohorts and generations,... "If your product comes into contact with food, you're part of this," said Fran Groesbeck, managing director of the Cookware and Bakeware Alliance,... A tote bag with the saying "Nobody's Normal" was the inspiration for Tom Mirabile's Connect FALL session on Tuesday. "Everyone who saw the bag said,...
Enhancing Your Visual Toolbox
IHA Occasions and At-Home Entertaining Surveys: Housewares Joins the Celebration
Growth at the Intersection of Food, Housewares and Lifestyle Trends
PFAS Chemicals and Housewares: Answering the Critical Questions
Never Say Normal: Navigating Change and Enabling Growth in the Modern Marketplace
Home + Housewares
Conair Appoints Candra to New Chief Digital & Technology Post
Conair LLC named Willi Candra to the new company post of chief digital and technology officer.
Ooni Unveils Larger Gas-Powered Pizza Oven with Dual-Zone Cooking
Ooni Pizza Ovens has launched a 24-inch pizza oven with what the company describes as a next-generation gas system allowing consumers to cook...
Fellow Announces First Coffee Brewer
Specialty beverage gear company Fellow announced the presale of its first brewer, the Aiden Precision Coffee Maker.The Aiden coffee maker has a...
SodaStream Launches Another Round of Sustainability Initiatives
SodaStream announced advancements in sustainability across operations in connection with its Earth Month celebration.SodaStream offers reusable home...
De’Longhi Releases New ‘Magnifica Start’ Fully Automatic Espresso Machine
De’Longhi has launched the Magnifica Start fully automatic espresso machine with the brand’s LatteCrema System.The Magnifica Start, in a...
Giada De Laurentiis Launching VIP Membership Access to Her Giadzy Products, Content
Chef and Emmy award-winning television personality Giada De Laurentiis is launching The Membership, an exclusive fee-based program based on her la dolce vita-inspired e-commerce brand Giadzy.
Conair Appoints Candra to New Chief Digital & Technology Post
Conair LLC named Willi Candra to the new company post of chief digital and technology officer.Candra joined Conair from Kimball International, a...
Gallery | 2024 gia Finalists: Kitchen Tools, Cutlery, Sustainable Products
The International Housewares Association's Global Innovation Awards (gia) for Product Design honor exhibitors' latest creations and cutting-edge...
Meyer Launches KitchenAid 2-Quart Kettle in Enamel on Steel
Meyer Corporation, U.S., has launched a new KitchenAid 2-quart enamel-on-steel kettle to be available in several colors. The new kettle, suitable...
GelPro Floor Mat Maker Let’s Gel Acquires Zip Top Food Storage Business
Let's Gel, Inc., producer and marketer of GelPro comfort floor mats, has acquired Zip Top, Inc., a manufacturer of silicone food storage...
Gallery | 2024 gia Finalists: Kitchen Tools, Cutlery, Sustainable Products
The International Housewares Association’s Global Innovation Awards (gia) for Product Design honor exhibitors’ latest creations and cutting-edge innovations with award recognition, distinguishing five finalists in 14 categories. This gallery showcases the finalists in Kitchen Hand Tools + Cutlery and Sustainable Products.
Gallery | 2024 gia Finalists: Cook + Bakeware, Kitchenware, Tabletop
The International Housewares Association's Global Innovation Awards (gia) for Product Design honor exhibitors' latest creations and cutting-edge...
Zafferano America Promotes Tabletop Veteran Collins to Executive VP
Zafferano America, a manufacturer of cordless lighting, handmade tableware and colored glassware, has promoted Chris Collins to executive vice...
Lifestyle Trends Are Setting New Opportunities for Tabletop Business
Understanding how emerging lifestyle trends can direct the tabletop market is key to getting ahead of change and maximizing opportunity in the...
Sellers of Wood, Plant-Based Housewares Will Need To Declare Lacey Act Compliance
The Lacey Act might not be well known among U.S. marketers and sellers of imported wood and plant-based home and housewares products, but its impact...
Gallery | 2024 gia Finalists: Kitchen Tools, Cutlery, Sustainable Products
The International Housewares Association’s Global Innovation Awards (gia) for Product Design honor exhibitors’ latest creations and cutting-edge innovations with award recognition, distinguishing five finalists in 14 categories. This gallery showcases the finalists in Kitchen Hand Tools + Cutlery and Sustainable Products.
Gallery | 2024 gia Finalists: Personal Care, Cleaning, Organization
The International Housewares Association's Global Innovation Awards (gia) for Product Design honor exhibitors' latest creations and cutting-edge...
Inspired Trend: Housewares Reinforces Connection to Consumer Lifestyles
Lifestyles are diverse today, but The Inspired Home Show presented an array of products that can support living at home with all the variations and...
Bissell Introduces Cordless ‘CrossWave OmniForce’ Wet-Dry Vac
Bissell has released the CrossWave OmniForce, a cordless wet-dry vacuum that offers mopping and vacuuming from one appliance.The new CrossWave...
Inspired Trend: Black, Silver Also Advance at a Colorful Inspired Home Show
With the varied color finishes that painted so much of the new product seen at The Inspired Home Show 2024, it might have been easy to overlook...
Gallery | 2024 gia Finalists: Home Decor, Travel Goods, Pet Products
The International Housewares Association’s Global Innovation Awards (gia) for Product Design honor exhibitors’ latest creations and cutting-edge innovations with award recognition, distinguishing five finalists in 14 categories. This gallery showcases the finalists in Home Decor + Gifts; Luggage, Travel Goods + Accessories; and Pet Products.
Zafferano America Promotes Tabletop Veteran Collins to Executive VP
Zafferano America, a manufacturer of cordless lighting, handmade tableware and colored glassware, has promoted Chris Collins to executive vice...
Umbra Names Zadorsky EVP, Marketing & Business Development
Umbra Ltd., known for its original modern designs in housewares and home décor, named Paul Zadorsky executive vice president, marketing and business...
MÜkitchen Delivers Cleaning Expertise to The Inspired Home Show
As more consumers exercise their meal prep skills, MÜkitchen is helping home chefs keep their cooking spaces neat and tidy. Modern Terry Stripe...
Solo Enterprise To Show the ‘Butterly Sleep’ Line at The Inspired Home Show
The Butterfly Sleep Pillow is designed to help users sleep better, as Solo Enterprise will demonstrate at The Inspired Home Show.It is the...
GC Buying Group Recognized ‘Best Vendors’ at Inspired Home Show
The GC Buying Group presented its annual best vendor awards during the recent Inspired Home Show in Chicago.
Sellers of Wood, Plant-Based Housewares Will Need To Declare Lacey Act Compliance
The Lacey Act might not be well known among U.S. marketers and sellers of imported wood and plant-based home and housewares products, but its impact on the industry is significant.
Gift For Life Issues Statement in Response to Killing of World Central Kitchen Relief Workers
Gift for Life, the gift and home industry charitable organization that support hunger-relief cause World Central Kitchen issued a statement following news that World Central Kitchen workers were killed during hunger relief operations in Gaza.